Classic Spider-Man When you remember Sam Raimi's 2002 "Spider-Man" movie, you can't help but smile. This is probably because now it is an unshakable classic, one of the first superhero films, of which there are now a dime a dozen. This is a film from childhood, which essentially determined the state of affairs for children's minds. It was simple. There is good and there is evil. There are no complications in the plot, no ambivalent interpretations of situations. It's just that there is a protagonist and an antagonist, and they fight each other like good fights evil in order for one of them to win and thereby show an interesting story. Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy with Tobey Maguire has generally become something bright and simple. And the first film in this series tells a measured story about the formation of a young hero and his acceptance of fallen power and responsibility. The genre of modern superheroics has not even been born yet, the now famous successful Marvel Cinematic Universe and the less successful DC Extended Universe are not even planned. The just-launched series about X-Men is somehow remembered as a kind of comparison with the story of Spider Maguire. And it's even good. The viewer learns to understand the simple rules of this world, to accept the absolute polarity of the characters, to comprehend the laws of the presented Universe. It is for this reason and the repeatedly complicated comic world of films, as well as the generally ambiguous surrounding real world with many existing truths, "Spider-Man" by Sam Raimi allows you to immerse yourself in one story of a young man who is looking for himself and finds it his duty to become a friendly neighbor for the residents of huge New York. The film came out soulful and intense. The few main characters allow the director, with the help of a competent script, to introduce us to all the actors and show their evolution in the allotted couple of hours on the screen. Tobey Maguire and his Peter Parker fit perfectly into the concept of the story. An adult actor has always seemed to me suitable for this role of a high school student. His manners, shy smile, true emotions — all this made it possible to see in Toby a high school student Peter Parker, who begins his growing up and transformation from an ordinary unremarkable teenager into a young man who learns to make adult and balanced decisions. Kirsten Dunst became popular at a young age, having played well in "Interview with a Vampire". And her appearance in Spider-Man has once again confirmed that she is a great actress. However, in my opinion, the script did not particularly allow her to open up in this film. Her character Mary Jane Watson appears as a defenseless girl who constantly needs to be saved by a famous hero, she sometimes looks like a trophy in the struggle between the young heroes of the film (Peter Parker and Harry Osborne) than a real person. And once again, I am sure that this is not the problem of the actress's game, but rather a scenario blunder or even a simplification of her character. James Franco is also good. Let him really reveal himself to me in the third film of this franchise, here the young actor adequately shows the younger Osborne as a man who has been looking for his father's approval all his life. This is a complex character with his own internal problems, which are also sure to come back to everyone in future films. A separate decoration of the film is actor William Defoe. That's who really pulls the whole picture. His Norman Osborn will give odds to any villain. Defoe is charismatic, bright and dangerous on screen as always. You can't negotiate with him, you can't get away from him. He is single-minded, dangerous and incredibly attractive as an antagonist. It is a pleasure to watch the actions of the Green Goblin on the screen. Given the complex family and friendly ties in this small circle of the main characters, the viewer is sure that even a family dinner is unlikely to be able to take place in a calm friendly atmosphere when such diverse characters are at the same table. It is definitely worth mentioning the peculiar calm characters, which are Uncle Ben and Aunt May — Peter Parker's relatives. They seem to be the glue that binds the whole picture together, they represent the morality of this world and teachers, probably for all the characters and the audience. "Great power carries great responsibility" is a saying that, probably, both I and many other fans have carried and continue to carry through their lives. After all, these words are very correct and teach you to be able to be responsible for your decisions, especially when you are already becoming an adult and must be responsible not only for your actions and responsibility for yourself, but also for your actions and your family in an attempt to give her the best, as well as protect her from a bunch of different problems. "Spider-Man" was born very timely. This is an ageless classic for my generation, a sip of that almost ideal and simple world that could never have been in reality, but that existed in Raimi's interpretation, when everything around was much less complicated than it is now. Then you knew that the world is much simpler, it is predictable. Now, when you look around, you clearly understand that the world is multifaceted and complex, it is much more difficult to do things in it, and the results of actions are unpredictable. This was taught not only by real life, but also by many times more complicated superhero paintings, of which several dozen have since been released. In them, the world seems much more real and dangerous. And this fact also makes you remember the first picture of the trilogy about Spider-Man Maguire with special warmth in your heart. After all, this is a well-forgotten past, which sometimes you want to revive by simply re-launching the picture on the screen and hearing the first chords of the famous melody from the colorful screensaver. 10 out of 10