Spider-Man (4K Ultra HD + Blu-Ray)

Great movie - Very well made and fun to watch. Its a classic!

'Nobody says No to me' quips the Green Goblin, and nobody should say no to watching it. 40 years since his first appearance in 1962 upon the pages of 'Amazing Fantasy' courtesy of Stan Lee at Marvel comics, the web-slinger finally swings his way onto the silver screen, leaving mouths gaping and eyes bewildered. Piloted by American Sam Raimi, who wrote and directed the 1982 cult classic 'The Evil Dead' at the tender age of 18, comic fans and movie buffs alike waited with anticipation. Opening with the 'Who Am I?' Over voice, the film runs along at tremendous pace, piecing together what would later complete the tale in terms of characterization and depth. While on a field trip to a local laboratory in New York, shy Parker finally finds his chance of talking to his only love, Watson, by offering to photograph her for the school paper. In doing so, Parker is bitten by a genetically-altered spider, leaving him dazed and drowsy and eventually sending him to bed. The next morning dawns and Parker is no-longer in need of his thick black goggles, while his strength and stature are to impress. As the day slowly unfolds, Parker continues to learn more unexplainable discoveries about his new gift and why life will never be the same again. With trouble from Norman Osbourn's alter-ego the Green Goblin, who flies through the streets of the Big Apple on a glider of his own design, throwing pumpkin bombs to the innocent citizens below, Parker's life becomes harder by the day as he begins to realize that with great power, comes great responsibility. To watchers unfamiliar to the story of Spider-Man will find this as easy to view as fans, as Raimi lays down a majority of the facts making this a highly enjoyable movie. Unlike Tim Burtons' 'Batman' and Warren Beattys' 'Dick Tracy', the scenery to which the action is staged is New York as its stands, different from the dark and repressed Gotham City and High Color picturesque of Tracy. With echoes from his previous films 'The Evil Dead' and 'Darkman', Raimi has nevertheless assembled one of the finest films to come from 2002, that will be referred to among other comic-strip classics, such as 'Batman' and 'The Crow'. The soundtrack is fine, but Elfman's two tracks stick for much longer than any of the pop infecting your ears. A marvelous film with all the ingredients to stay fresh for years to come.

Great Film to watch when nothing on TV

Spiderman was one of the most eagerly awaited movies of 2002, which is a lot of baggage to carry when setting out to make an adaptation of one of the most popular comic strips ever. However, with Sam Raimi safely entrusted with the responsibility of Directorial duty and the excellent casting of Tobey Maguire as Peter Parker and Kirsten Dunst as Mary Jane Watson, this movie always looked a sure-fire winner and indeed it is exactly that. As everybody knows Spider-man's alter ego Peter Parker is that anonymous boy next door, the boy who never gets the girl and whom the girl doesn't even notice. He's as pure as the driven snow, devoted to his Aunt and Uncle, the boy for girls to take home to their mother, safe, kind but somewhat unexciting. Bullied at school, he is the butt of everyone's jokes and regarded as something of a nerd, a bit of a loser. However, after being bitten by a genetically modified spider, Peter transforms overnight from anonymous boy next door to super hero in this good guys can come first comic-book tale. There are so many good things about Spider-man it is hard to know where to start. First off, what I found most impressive and refreshing was the screenplay, which unlike most major Hollywood studio major event movies actually relies on narrative, plot and character development to tell the story instead of just loosely sewing together action scenes with meaningless dialogue (Simon West are you listening?). Credit for this should go to writer David Koepp and Director Sam Raimi for avoiding this obvious pitfall that has spoilt many a summer blockbuster (such as Tomb Raider to give but one example). Raimi's direction is sure-footed and subtle and the decision to give him megaphone duties has proven to be well vindicated. The casting of Tobey Maguire is another masterstroke because Tobey Maguire is undoubtedly one of the most talented young actors around with a CV of critically acclaimed performances in critically acclaimed movies, that seasoned veterans would be proud of, such as; Ride With The Devil, Pleasantville, The Ice Storm, The Wonder Boys and The Cider House Rules. With Mr Maguire as Peter Parker we get performance of depth and subtlety of a teenager struggling with more than the normal transformation from boy to man. Kirsten Dunst (Drop Dead Gorgeous, The Virgin Suicides) is also a spectacular success with her girl next-door looks and range and depth of emotion and ability, as is Willem Dafoe (Platoon, Light Sleeper etc.) in the villainous role of the Green Goblin, carefully avoiding too much ham. All that said there are some faults. For example, some of the web-slinging CGI is a disappointment and up close the green goblins headgear is a bit poor. Spider-Man is also apparently (according to all the geeks) littered with continuity errors but much of that can perhaps be explained by the devastating happenings of September 11th, with several scenes featuring the twin towers, (including an apparently superb sequence with the villain's helicopter getting caught in webbing between the Twin Towers) having to be cut, along with the relevant narrative. Plus the final scenes where a crowd of New Yorkers hurl objects at the Green Goblin has a definite tagged on feel to it but the who can blame them for it's addition is entirely appropriate and rightly captures the spirit of NYC in the aftermath of 9/11: "Ya take one of us on, ya take us all on!" shouts one patriotic New Yorker. Ending with our favourite web-slinger against the backdrop of the stars and stripes, Spider-Man is a resounding success and with Raimi, Maguire and Dunst all signed up for the sequel, I personally cant wait for Spider-Man 2.

The movie is great

I loved this film as a kid, and I still do. Originally I had the DVD copy but sadly, I lost the copy like a spider crawling away after attempts of the tissue grab. As years go on by, I saw Spider-man 3 on Channel 5 airing repeatedly. And I'd think to myself- "why don't they show Spider-man 1 on the TV?" Since then, I thought about the movie more and more. With the invention of Blu-ray, I had in mind "Why don't I get the HD Version of it?" So I did. I didn't have enough money for the new copies so I turned to the used copies. And my, the copy was in perfect condition. As soon as the Blu-ray popped through the post, I'd felt like I was on cloud nine. I rushed into my Parents' room and fired up the Blu ray player! I was just filled with excitement. The moment I pressed "Play movie" on the remote, It was just like the good old days. My nostalgia-meter was right at the top. Breath-taking aerobatics, Cheesy one-liners and the perfect balance between comedy and action. Willem Dafoe as Goblin did a high quality performance. Actually, all of the cast were properly selected. I have to say well done Mr. Raimi! However, Spider-man 1 is the only favourite movie of mines throughout the series. I felt something was missing in Spider-man 2 and in Sam's final chapter of the trilogy, A lot of things went haywire like a spider's web. The Amazing Spider Man (I'd like to call it 'The not-so Amazing Spider Man') was a dreary film too. But I did like the romance between Gwen and Peter... :D Overall, the service by the seller was exceptional and the film is top notch.

Great entertainment

Der von Stan Lee und Steve Ditko erdachte Superheld Spider-Man trat erstmals im Jahr 1962 auf und avangierte zu einem der wichtigsten Figuren des Marvel Verlags. Diese Verfilmung von Sam Raimi, dem Regisseur von "Armee der Finsternis" und "Darkman", ist einfach genial und eine Freude für alle Superheldenfans. Die Geschichte des Peter Parker, der nach dem Biss einer genmanipulierten Spinne, zum Superhelden Spider-Man wird ist wundervoll in Szene gesetzt. Allein die Hauptdarsteller machen diesen Film zu einem Genuss, nicht nur für Comic-Fans. Tobey Maguire verleiht der Figur Peter Parker/Spider-Man eine besondere Ausstrahlung. Zum einen als Peter Parker, der von seinen Mitschülern nicht groß beachtet wird, da er ja ein Nerd ist und zum anderen als wagemütiger und starker Spider-Man, der seine Kräfte dazu einsetzt die Unschuldigen zu schützen und Verbrechern den Kampf anzusagen. Kirsten Dunst, die man zuvor aus Filmen wie "Interview mit einem Vampir" und "Jumanji" kannte, macht eine tolle Figur als Mary-Jane Watson, der heimlichen Liebe von Peter Parker. James Franco weckt als Harry Osborn viel Sympathie, da er auf die Anerkennung seines Vaters Norman Osborn hofft. Willem Dafoe finde ich teuflisch gut in der Rolle des Norman Osborn/Grüner Kobold, erst so höflich in Zivil und im nächsten Moment so krankhaft wahnsinnig als Superschurke. Rosemary Harris strahlt in ihrer Rolle von Peter Parkers Tante May Parker eine ganz besondere Wärme aus, man findet sie einfach nur sympathisch und vor allem sehr liebenswert. J. K. Simmons finde ich sehr eindrucksvoll in der Rolle des cholerischen und umsympathischen Daily Bugle-Herausgebers J. Jonah Jameson, der Spider-Man total diffamiert und Hetztiraden von sich gibt. Dieser Film hat Action, Romantik und auch Dramatik der besonderen Art. Mit diesem Film begann eine Reihe von großen Superheldenfilmen.

So amazing about movie

i was looking for this for a long time. it is good quality and looks new. I love it.

Watching from Sweden but obviously watching the movie in english. Great scan of the movie, available in english 7.1 Atmos and 5.1 DTS. The Atmos version is super immersive and you really get that pop out of the audio and picture quality. Im watching it on a OLED CX65 aswell as using a merdian soundbar from LG but playing the movie through my PS5, to me it sounds and looks incredible (Not an audiophile, more so visiual nerd). I am suprised at how good my PS5 works as an 4K blu ray player.

Et oui, je tenais à le dire....ce n'est pas la permière fois que je commande des blu-ray et les boitiers arrivent cassés... Je tiens à dire que ce n'est pas la faute du facteur, j'en suis sure, c'est un peu facile de reporter le problème à d'autres. J'ai reçu ma commande et le carton était dans un état impeccable. Si le boitier avait été cassé à la réception, il serait logique que l'emballage carton soit abimé, mais ce n'était pas le cas. Bref, on emballe des films alors que le boitier est déjà cassé, ce n'est pas normale. Et on est reparti pour aller racheter des nouveaux boitiers. Amazon ne pourrait pas faire un geste? c'est arrivé à 4 reprises sur une année. Pour ce qui est de cette édition de spiderman en blu-ray 4k, elle est pas mal....du grain sur certaines scènes sinon, dans l'ensemble c'est très bon. J'avais lu que l'édition avec bonus était largement perfectible alors je me suis tourné vers cette édition 4k. On a pas l'image parfaite mais dans l'ensemble c'est assez bon. A moins d'avoir un jour une véritable version 4k, cette édition est la meilleure à ce jour.