Spider-Man is a 2002 American superhero movie based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name. Directed by Sam Raimi from  David Koepp's script, this is the first of Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy,  Willem Dafoe, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Cliff Robertson,  Rosemary Harris. Alongside, Tobey Maguire is appearing as the title character. The film tells the origin of Spider-Man and his early career as a superhero. Exiled after being bitten by a genetically engineered spider, the exiled teenage genius Peter Parker develops spider-like superhuman abilities and takes on a masked identity to fight crime and injustice in New York City. Take on the malicious Green Goblin (Dafoe). 

 The development of live-action Spider-Man films began in the 1980s. Filmmakers Tobe Hooper, James Cameron, and Joseph Zito were all attached to direct the film at one point. However, the project would languish in development hell due to licensing and financial issues. After progress on the film stalled for nearly 25 years, it was licensed for a worldwide release by Columbia Pictures in 1999 after it acquired options from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer on all previous scripts developed by Cannon Films, Carolco, and New Cannon. Exercising its option on just two elements from the multi-script acquisition (a different screenplay was written by James Cameron, Ted Newsom, John Brancato, Barney Cohen, and Joseph Goldman), Sony hired Koepp to create a working screenplay (credited as Cameron's), and Koepp received sole credit in final billing. Directors Roland Emmerich, Ang Lee, Chris Columbus, Barry Sonnenfeld, Tim Burton, Michael Bay, Jan de Bont, M. Night Shyamalan, Tony Scott, and David Fincher helmed the project, and Raimi took over as director in 2000. Koepp's script was rewritten by Scott Rosenberg during pre-production and refined by Alvin Sargent during production. it was done. Filming took place from January 2001 to June 2001 in Los Angeles and New York City. Sony Pictures Imageworks handled the film's visual effects. 

 Spider-Man premiered at the Mann Village Theater on April 29, 2002 and opened in the United States on May 3. The film was well received by spectators and critics who praised Raimi's direction, performance, visual effects, action sequences, and sheet music. It was the first movie to make $ 100 million in a week and the most profitable movie based on comics at the time. At the time of its release, it was the third-highest-selling movie in 2002, the highest-selling superhero movie, and the sixth-highest-selling movie overall, with over $ 825 million worldwide. Was sold. Spider-Man is known for redefining the modern superhero genre and summer blockbusters. Following its success, the film produced two sequels, Spider-Man 2 and Spider-Man 3, released in 2004 and 2007, respectively. Maguire and Dafoe later reprized their roles in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021). The film explored the concept of the multiverse and linked Raimi's trilogy to the MCU.

Story of the Movie :



On a school trip, senior high school  Peter Parker visits the Genetics Lab at Columbia University  with his friend Harry Osborn and his crush, Mary Jane Watson. There, a genetically engineered "super spider" bites him and when he gets home he gets sick. Meanwhile, Harry's father, scientist, and Oscorp's founder and owner, Norman Osborn, is about to enter into an important military contract. He experimented with  unstable performance-enhancing chemicals, went crazy and killed his assistant in the process. 



 The next day, Peter realized that he was no longer myopic, and he developed a spider-like ability. He can also shoot spider webs from his wrist, has fast reflexes, superhuman speed and strength, and an increased ability to sense danger. Peter ignores Uncle Ben's advice that "with great power comes great responsibility" and considers impressing Mary Jane with a car. He enters an underground wrestling event to earn money  and wins his first match, but the promoter cheats him out of his earnings. When thieves rob the promoter's office, Peter lets him go in retaliation. Some time later, he discovers that Ben has been ambushed and killed by gun-toting robbers. Peter chases the carjacker, but finds it to be a robber who has escaped. The carjacker runs away, but he falls out of the window and dies. Meanwhile, crazy Norman interrupted a military test by Oscorp's  rival Quest Aerospace and killed several people.  



After graduating from , Peter wears a spandex outfit and the role of Spider-Man and begins to use his abilities to combat injustice. J Daily Bugle editor Jonah Jameson has hired Peter, the only person who can provide a clear image of Spider-Man, as a freelance photographer. When Norman discovers that Oscorp's board plans to oust him in order to sell her company to Quest, he murders her. Jameson refers to the mysterious killer as the "Green Goblin". 

Goblin offers Spider-Man a place on his side, but Peter declines. They fight and Peter is wounded.  Peter's aunt May invites Mary Jane, Harry, and Norman to a Thanksgiving dinner. During the supper, Norman sees the wound and notices Peter's identity. Norman later attacked Mei and hospitalized her, believing that the only way to defeat Peter was to attack the people he cares most about.



Harry, who is dating Mary Jane, sees him holding Peter's hand  and comforting him, and assumes she has feelings for him. A devastated Harry tells his father that Peter loves Mary Jane, unwittingly revealing Spider-Man's greatest weakness. Norman has a Roosevelt Island Tram car next to the Queensboro Bridge holding Mary Jane and her children hostage. He forces Peter to choose which one to save and dumps them both. Peter saves both Mary Jane and the trolley car. Norman then throws him into an abandoned building and brutally beats him. When the Goblin tells how he plans to kill Mary Jane, Peter regains his powers and gains the upper hand. Norman reveals himself to Peter and begs  forgiveness while unobtrusively preparing the speeder to impale Peter from behind. increase. Norman tells Peter not to reveal  to Harry that he is a goblin before he dies. Peter thinks Spider-Man has killed his father, and as soon as Harry comes in, he returns Norman's body to Osborne's house and points his gun at him, but he runs away. 



 At his Norman funeral, Harry vows revenge on Spider-Man, who was responsible for the death of his father. Mary Jane confesses  that she is in love with Peter. But Peter feels he has to protect her from the unwanted attention of her enemies, so he hides her true feelings and tells Mary Jane that they can only be friends. .. When Peter leaves, he remembers Ben's words and accepts his new responsibility as Spider-Man.



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