"I've Had a Bite."

Gads! After a week of being unwell, I've managed to make it through two days at work. But I've felt very, very tired. At the collapse of the day, I run home and end.

First off, Tobey Maguire is wonderful. He is perfect as a nerdy teen who realizes the significance and responsibility of power.

To be honest, I enjoyed the first part more than the second. You watch him as he begins to understand what he has become. And there's a great sense of joy in that discovery.

The second part is more concerned with events that must lead to the ultimate conflict with a super villian - The Green Goblin.

Of course, this is the standard plot for all tales of a super hero. There's only so much you can do when a hero has to combat ordinary mortals. You have to give the hero a suitable "dark force" to face.

I love the tiny scene near the beginning, after he's just been bitten, when he bounces down the stairs, and suddenly flings himself into the corner of the stairwell.

For a big splashy movie, it has a lot of these small moments that reveal the soul of Spidey.

PAX!