Spider-Man 1 wasn't perfect but I found it enjoyable. Raimi is very idiosyncratic as a filmmaker. It's not going to hurt it to be tightened up a bit, especially concerning the villain (although I'm alarmed at the tendency of most fan edits here to want to completely de-humorize everything. Why do we geeks want every thing so deadly serious?). They were still finding their way. But Spider-Man 2 is a masterpiece. It nailed Spider-Man almost perfectly. When I read complaints about Spider-Man 2 being too Soap Opera-ish, I have to wonder at the commentator's familiarity with Spider-Man. Spider-Man is not supposed to be a pure action movie.