Suze and I went to see Spider-Man last night. It was good. I expected to be entertained, but I was surprised at how much I enjoyed the movie. Of course, the special effects were fantastic. I expected that. But the best part was that the characters were well done, and they did a really good job of sticking to the essential elements of the comic book. They took a couple of artistic liberties here and there, but even the most die-hard >Spider-Man comic purist should be able to overlook them.
This is, without a doubt, the best movie adaptation of a comic book, ever.
Now, we can look forward to the movie version of The Hulk, with Ang Lee at the helm….
If you troll the online movie rumor sites like Ain’t It Cool News, you’ll see that a lot of Hulk comic purists are very worried about Ang Lee’s take on the Hulk.