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You do too much - college, a job, all this time with me... You're not Superman, you know.

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No 437 – Spiderman Director – Sam Raimi Spiderman . Spiderman . Does whatever a spider can . Ah Spiderman – a film which manages to flirt with greatness but also have a violent sexual relationship with being really really cheesy. The thing is that cheesy kind of suits the story of Peter Parker. He isn ’t the bleak dark reality of Nolan’s batman – he lives in the same (Marvel) world as Tony Stark. Bright, brash and stupid with a wisecracking hero zipping about. From the first tinkles of Danny Elfman ’s marvellous score (not his best work, but all is work can surely be classed as ‘ samey but magical to listen to ’) we know we’re in a cartoon world – we’re here for a laugh. The film does help create some wonderful moments. Once Parker has been bit by the genetic super spider we open a world full of great touches. There is the simple – yet brilliant – way that Parker’s new found Spidey Senses work – showing his reactions by slowing everything down, there is the humour in Spidey ’s wis...