Hello everyone, welcome to the Mattacritic. This is Matthew Hemenway. In this episode of the Mattacritic, I will be reviewing and analyzing Spider-Man the 2002 version that starred Tobey Maguire, Wilem Dafoe, and Kirsten Dunst. Tobey Maguire played Spider-Man in that movie. Why do this review? I figure I might give it a new perspective since people would have seen it all those years ago. When Spider-Man: No Way Home came out in 2021, it brought back Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield and they both worked together with Tom Holland’s Spider-Man to fight the villains from the universes of both Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield. This means since all the movies from the Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield are on Disney+, people can watch them. There is no rule that a person cannot watch any of those movies. Without this movie, there would be no MCU. When this movie was released, it broke a record for box office receipts. Iron Man would have not come out in 2008, 6 years after this movie was released. This movie showed people that you can make money from a comic book/superhero movie. I will give you my rating at the end of this review. I will use images and have the video clips in the description below if you are watching the video on YouTube or it will be in the blog post on Patreon and my website. I hope this episode will inspire you to read, watch, and learn. Thank you.
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Tobey Maguire as Peter Parker narrates the movie and tells the story that this story is not for the faint of heart. Peter Parker tells the story that if anyone tells you, this is a happy little tale; someone lied. Like any story this story is about a girl. He tells the viewer that it is about Mary Jane Watson played by Kirsten Dunst. Peter Parker is chasing the bus, and everyone is laughing at him for missing the bus. The bus driver is also enjoying it, which tells me how much of immature assholes they are. How can you take joy in watching someone chasing a bus? Mary Jane Watson tells the bus driver to stop the bus. He does. It is unfortunate that it took her to tell the bus driver to do the right thing. Peter Parker gets on the bus, and no one would let them sit with them. The first person who is a girl who looks like a geek would not let Peter Parker sit with her. The guy who sat behind her would not do it either. Believe me, I was a nerd like Peter Parker and since I am an introvert, it is hard for me to talk to people. At times, I will freeze and not know what to say. When I worked at the movie theater all those years ago, I could talk to people. My confidence got shaken after my automobile accident. I was told I was getting too close after my accident even though I was broken from it, so I chose to isolate myself from people. Peter Parker gets tripped by a person who is part of Flash Thompson’s crew.
Peter Parker will meet up with Harry Osborne and will be at the Columbia University’s display of the new species of spiders they have created. Peter Parker will meet Harry Osborne’s dad Norman Osborne. Norman Osborne is impressed with how Peter Parker can understand the nano technology that he created. Peter Parker will be at the demonstration and during it Flash Thompson and his crew are picking on Peter Parker. Harry Osborne tells them to leave Peter Parker alone. Flash Thompson says, “his father will fire your father. What is daddy going do, sue me?” This shows that Flash Thompson and his friends are a bunch of immature assholes. People like these are weak people and are insecure. They always must pick on those who cannot defend themselves. Picking on someone that cannot defend themselves is not strength, it is weakness. It shows that you are a coward. For example, when you hear about the ICE raids that are going on and people getting picked up for no reason. A lot of these people are not criminals, they are small children, sick people, or single mothers. They are also people who were working at a construction site here in my home of Charotte, NC. His daughter spoke out against this. These are not criminals; these are good people wanting to make it in this world. It is wrong and I do not care if it is legal, it does not make it right. You can go to this Instagram link to learn more. Their behavior is like what one would see in how these kids in high school behave like. Peter Parker will later get bitten by the spider when was taking pictures of Mary Jane Watson. He will get sick and must sleep. It will transform him into Spider-Man.
Here is a clip from the opening scene.
Peter told his aunt and uncle that he needed to sleep. Peter Parker will later have a fight with Flash Thompson which he will win. He runs away after that. He later finds out he has superpowers.
Here is the clip of the fight scene with Flash Thompson.
Peter will climb a wall after the fight with Flash Thompson and one of the words he says is Shazam which is a DC comic book character. Here is a clip from that scene.
Peter does not decide to fight crime or help people with them; he decides to use it for himself. He will become a wrestler. He wanted to buy a car so he can impress Mary Jane Watson. Uncle Ben will tell him that with “With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility.” He also told Peter that just because you can beat him up does not give you the right to. I understand that principle since I took Tae Kwon Do. Just because I can beat someone up doesn’t mean I should beat someone up. It is for defensive reasons not offensive reasons.
Here is a clip of Uncle Ben talking to Peter before the fight with Bone Saw MacGraw.
Peter Parker will win the match against Bone Saw MacGraw and the owner of the fight only pays him $100.00. Here is a clip from the wrestling match.
Peter Parker is mad and after the owner gets robbed, he lets the robber escape. Peter Parker will later learn that his uncle Ben was murdered, and he goes after the killer. Here is a clip of Peter watching his Uncle Ben die.
Peter chases the killer and finds out that it was the same man that he let escape after robbing the owner of the wrestling match. Peter Parker must break his wrist after he put a gun on him, and he trips out the window and the robber ends up dying because of the fall. Peter Parker escapes.
Here is the clip of Peter Parker getting revenge for Uncle Ben’s murder.
Peter Parker will meet with his Aunt May, and she cries in his arms after they both knew that Uncle Ben was murdered. It is sad to say the least.
Norman Osborne will blow up the Quest Aerospace testing site as the Green Goblin and here is that clip.
Peter Parker, Harry Osborne, and Mary Jane Watson graduate from high school. Mary Jane Watson will break up with Flash Thompson. Harry Osborne will make his move. Norman Osborne tells Peter Parker if he needs him just give him a call. Here is that clip of the graduation.
The movie will progress with Norman Osborne deciding to kill the board members after they decide to sell OsCorp to Quest Aerospace. Norman Osborne will do this as the Green Goblin at the OsCorp Unity Festival. Peter Parker is there to take pictures of the festival. He was hired by the Daily Bugle to take pictures of Spider-Man earlier in the movie. This means that he is taking pictures of himself. The Board members see the Green Goblin and one of them will say that is our glider. The Green Goblin throws the grenade, and it explodes with the board members on along with Mary Jane Watson. Peter Parker must become Spider-Man to keep more people from being hurt. The Green Goblin kills the board members so that Norman Osborne can keep his company. Spider-Man stops the Green Goblin from hurting more people and he rescues Mary Jane Watson.
Here is a clip of the Green Goblin murdering the board members, and Spider-Man saving a kid from getting hurt and saving Mary Jane Watson.
The movie will progress with Norman Osborne meeting his dual personality in the mirror. When he became the Green Goblin, it created another personality. This means that he has multiple personality disorder. I mentioned this disorder when I did the Moon Knight reviews. I also mentioned when I did Gotham Knight reviews. Both Marc Specter and Harvey Dent have multiple personality disorder. The side that is dark tells him, “Do you think it was coincidence, all these good things happening for you.” Norman says, “What do you want?” “To do what you can’t, to remove those who stand in your way.” “The Board members, you killed them.” “We killed, them, remember your little accident.” “The Performance enhancers.” “Me, your greatest creation, giving you what you always wanted, power, beyond your wildest dreams. There is only one that can stop us but imagined if he joined us.”
This will progress to the Green Goblin attacking the Daily Bugle and Spider-Man must come to stop him. Green Goblin will knock him out with sleeping gas. Green Goblin offers Spider-Man to join him. He leaves him with that decision. Here is a clip of that attack. It will also have the trailer that was seen in Final Fantasy.
Spider-Man will save Mary Jane Watson from a bunch of rapists and will have the upside-down kiss which is cool. Here is a clip from that rescue.
Spider-Man will later have to save a baby from a burning building. A police officer goes to arrest him after he does that. Spider-Man will go back in the building when he thought there was another person who needed his help. Green Goblin will want to know if he wants to join him. Spider-Man tells him no and Green Goblin will release the grenades that have blades on them. One of them cuts Spider-Man and Spider-Man kicks the Green Goblin. Green Goblin will say, “No one says no to me.” Powerful people like him hate when you say no to them or do not bend the knee to them. Please click here to watch the clip of that rescue and Spider-Man saying no to the Green Goblin.
Norman Osborne will later learn that Peter Parker is Spider-Man and will target those who Peter Parker cares about as the Green Goblin. This is an example of weakness not strength. Going after people who cannot defend themselves is weakness not strength. I will leave you with this. What happens at the end of the film? Please leave a comment below. Thank you.
I give Spider-Man (2002) movie, a 10 out of 10. It is exactly how you do an origin story. It gives you the feel what it is like to be a nerd like Peter Parker and suddenly you are given a big responsibility of having to protect those who cannot protect themselves. He is only a kid when he gets his powers. It shows the viewer how Norman Osborne is corrupt and does not care about who he hurts if he gets what he wants. There are those in life who will do whatever it takes to get money and power. Both money and power are addictive and corrosive. That is why there needs to be a check on both. Too much money and power will corrupt people, and it shows what happens and what people will do to get it.
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