I really like the first Spidey movie. My only pet peeves with it are the Green Goblin’s suit, Kirsten Dunst, and the organic webshooters.
May I ask what bothers you about these things? The organic web-shooters were an interesting thing that I forgot to mention in my post. I actually prefer the webs being biological over the plot device ridden mechanical ones from the comics (“I’m out of webbing!”). I also really like the Green Goblin suit. I feel it captures the comic book feel while also making sense within the story context. And I already mentioned that I think Kirsten Dunst did a fine job.
I dislike the Green Goblin suit for the same reasons everyone else on the Internet who dislikes it has already mentioned.
My problem with Dunst’s Mary Jane is she is never this
except perhaps in that stupid dance scene from S3. Most times, she’s just this soft-spoken, passive woman who vacillates between being a damsel in distress and a wet blanket.
As for the webshooters, mechanical webshooters help establish Peter as someone with a keen interest and aptitude for science. In Raimi’s films, he’s just a nerd who likes science but never displays any overt scientific prowess.
Valid points, but I feel like your problem with Maryjane is with the chracter and not with the actress. Those aren’t really nuances that Dunst can bring out in a performance when the character simply wasn’t written that way.