{"id":5671,"date":"2013-06-07T07:16:22","date_gmt":"2013-06-07T14:16:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/?p=5671"},"modified":"2021-06-13T15:36:19","modified_gmt":"2021-06-13T22:36:19","slug":"review-spiderman-4k-bd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2013\/06\/review-spiderman-4k-bd\/","title":{"rendered":"Spider-Man Blu-ray Review (Mastered in 4K)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Spider-Man<\/i><\/b> is an OK superhero movie, satisfying enough debut for the web-slinger but that\u2019s not to say it didn\u2019t have more than one flaw. As far as this new re-release goes, the \u201cMastered in 4K\u201d transfer is wonderful providing rich video and audio transfers but unfortunately, as with the others, none of the features have been ported over.<\/p>\n

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\nSpider-Man (2002)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Genre(s): <\/b>Action, Adventure, Comedy
\nSony | PG13 \u2013 121 min. \u2013 $19.99 | May 14, 2013<\/p>\n

MOVIE INFO:
\n<\/span>Directed by: <\/b>Sam Raimi
\nWriter(s): <\/b>Stan Lee and Steve Ditko (comic book); David Koepp (screenplay)
\nCast: <\/b>Tobey Maguire, Willem Dafoe, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Cliff Robertson, Rosemary Harris, J.K. Simmons<\/p>\n

Theatrical Release Date: <\/b>May 2, 2002<\/p>\n

DISC INFO:
\n<\/span>Features: <\/b>UltraViolet Digital Copy
\nNumber of Discs: <\/b>1<\/p>\n

Audio: <\/b>English (Dolby TrueHD 5.1), French (Dolby Digital 5.1)
\nVideo: <\/b>1080p\/Widescreen 1.85
\nSubtitles: <\/b>English SDH, English, French, Spanish
\nDisc Size: <\/b>35.0 GB
\nCodec: <\/b>MPEG-4 AVC
\nRegion(s): <\/b>A, B, C<\/p>\n

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THE MOVIE<\/strong> \u2013 3.0\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Plot Outline: <\/b>Peter Parker (TOBEY MAGUIRE) seems like a normal, average teenage boy. He has a crush on the girl next door, Mary Jane Watson (KIRSTEN DUNST) and is best friends with rich boy Harry Osborne (JAMES FRANCO). One day while on a school trip, Peter is bitten by a genetically altered spider that had gotten loose, the next morning he wakes up to find his vision corrected and sporting a rockin\u2019 body, well at least Maguire\u2019s face was placed over another young man\u2019s body…<\/p>\n

In any case, he\u2019s experience strange changes which of course concern his Uncle Ben (CLIFF ROBERTSON) and Aunt May (ROSEMARY HARRIS) who are Peter\u2019s guardians after his parents were killed years ago, although the film doesn\u2019t broach that part of his life at all. So with these powers comes responsibility, a term by his Uncle he takes to heart especially after Ben is murdered during a robbery. So now Peter becomes the web-slinging vigilante known as Spider-Man.<\/p>\n

Spider-Man\u2019s first challenge: Creepy corporate executive Norman Osborne (WILLEM DAFOE) who, in desperation to hold on to his company, uses a serum, developed to create super soldiers for the military, on himself with dark psychological side effects resulting in his evil alternate personality, Green Goblin who has it out for Spidey and those around him when he learns the man behind the mask.<\/p>\n

Quick Hit Review: <\/b>2002\u2019s Spider-Man<\/i> used to be in the upper echelon on my list of superhero movies but over the years has slipped down for one reason or another (one being better movies, such as Batman Begins<\/i>, The Dark Knight<\/i>, Iron Man<\/i>, etc., being produced). The acting is OK although outside of Spider-Man 2<\/i>, I didn\u2019t really care for Tobey Maguire as Spidey; Willem Dafoe hams it up although he was at least fun to watch; James Franco was a twerp; and lastly Kirsten Dunst, while a looker, just didn\u2019t give a good performance.<\/p>\n

On the plus side, the action seems well coordinated, the costume design for Spider-Man is well done and although indeed Green Goblin\u2019s costume is a bit ridiculous, I didn\u2019t hate it as much as others.<\/p>\n

Back then, when Sony hired Sam Raimi, it was an odd choice given his previous film history which included The Evil Dead<\/i>, Darkman<\/i>, Army of Darkness<\/i> and the great crime-thriller, A Simple Plan<\/i>, so to hand him a then multi-billion dollar franchise was eye-opening and even though it never quite reached its full potential, Spider-Man<\/i><\/b> was at least a satisfying action adventure in spite of all the problems.<\/p>\n

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SPECIAL FEATURES \u2013 0\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Due to disc space, or lack thereof, none of the features from the original Blu-ray were ported over. However, there is an UltraViolet Digital Copy<\/span><\/b> download code.<\/p>\n

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VIDEO \u2013 5.0\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Sony releases Spider-Man<\/i><\/b> on Blu-ray with a 4K master. Having seen the original Blu-ray release and comparing it with this, there is a noticeable difference and uptick in clarity. Colors are more vibrant, such as Mary Jane\u2019s red hair, and the detail levels phenomenal like the textures of Spider-Man and the Green Goblin\u2019s respective suits. The video itself also features a fine grain or noise levels which does add to the quality<\/p>\n

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AUDIO \u2013 5.0\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n

One of the perks of the initial Spider-Man<\/i> Blu-ray is with the audio. The disc includes a strong Dolby TrueHD 5.1 track which is aggressive yet even keeled throughout. Danny Elfman\u2019s opening theme sounds incredible while dialogue levels are crisp and clear and the numerous action sequences are strong and expansive.<\/p>\n

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OVERALL \u2013 2.75\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Overall, Spider-Man<\/i><\/b> is an OK superhero movie, satisfying enough debut for the web-slinger but that\u2019s not to say it didn\u2019t have more than one flaw. As far as this new re-release goes, the \u201cMastered in 4K\u201d transfer is wonderful providing rich video and audio transfers but unfortunately, as with the others, none of the features have been ported over and the cost, while only $15 (at the time of this writing), it\u2019s really not worth the upgrade at this point.<\/p>\n

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Published: <\/b>06\/07\/2013<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Spider-Man is an OK superhero movie, satisfying enough debut for the web-slinger but that\u2019s not to say it didn\u2019t have more than one flaw. As far as this new re-release goes, the \u201cMastered in 4K\u201d transfer is wonderful providing rich video and audio transfers but unfortunately, as with the others, none of the features have … Continue reading “Spider-Man Blu-ray Review (Mastered in 4K)”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,970],"tags":[1144,2100,215,1107,2098,2099,2101],"class_list":["post-5671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blurayreviews","category-quick-hit-reviews","tag-j-k-simmons","tag-james-franco","tag-kirsten-dunst","tag-sam-raimi","tag-spider-man","tag-tobey-maguire","tag-willem-dafoe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5671","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5671"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5671\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26578,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5671\/revisions\/26578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}