Revisiting a massive early 2000s blockbuster and the early days of Marvel cinema is an interesting one. Frankly a lot of them are hits (first two X men movies) and misses (third X men movie and Daredevil).

This one falls in-between.

Sam Raimi is great with two things: great visuals and campy horror. But for me personally, there's always a different thing missing and I can't always pin point what it is. The Evil Dead series did not impress me (the second one being pretty much a remake of the original except with a different ending), did not enjoy Oz the Great and Powerful and I really couldn't stand the third Spider-Man movie.

In this film, the piling on of troubles that Peter Parker has seems endless, but it does cut to the core of what makes his character so appealing and relatable. Doc Oc was actually a little more developed and understandable than most supervillains of that era. The malfunctioned chip in his neck makes his multiple arms control him rather than other way around as it was originally intended before the unfortunate accident.

MJ, sadly for me just felt extremely flat to me. Although Kirsten Dunst is wonderful and she does her best with what she's given, the script just doesn't allow her to be a fleshed out character the way hers is supposed to be. She is either the damsel in distress or the token love interest that makes or breaks Peter. It's not that she's a bad character by any means - but there was an opportunity for her to be fleshed out, complex and interesting, even if she wasn't the main character. And she just isn't.

The very best part of this movie? Jonah Jameson. I LOVED his character. He is absolutely hilarious and JK Simmons does an excellent job at portraying this high-energy, fast talking short fused anti-Spiderman newspaper mogul. I honestly wouldn't mind having an entire film featured on him.