5/5 This is HIGH DEFINITION!
  by Harold Edward Wills (Hagerstown, Maryland USA)
A wonderful, exciting adventure in the best HD I've seen so far. Whomever said any of these movies was "grainy" didn't watch it on a TV as good as my Mitsubishi Diamond Series.
The story was great and endearing, the casting was great, Spiderman was perfect and the HD was breataking.
This is what good movies are all about: telling a story, using artistic means to do it, and have a great cast to do it.
And, of course, the ending was great too.

5/5 Toby Is the Winner
  by John F. Rooney
In this first movie of the Spider-Man franchise (2002) director Sam Raimi did almost everything right. He concentrated on character development and character growth. Tobey Maguire as Peter Parker becomes a fully-realized person before our eyes. He's not a cardboard or cartoon character hero. He's vulnerable, innocent, a wide-eyed likeable person that we can empathize with. Orphaned, he lives with his Uncle Ben (Cliff Robertson) and Aunt May (Rosemary Harris) in a very modest Queens(?) home. He has a lifelong crush on the girl next door Mary Jane (Kirsten Dunst).
Bitten by a spider, he gets great powers that he uses to fight evil. Fighting the bad guys becomes a mission more important than his personal happiness and his love for Mary Jane. His wealthy friend Harry Osborn (James Franco) has a father Norm (Willem Dafoe) who because of an experiment gone awry becomes a nut case villain, the Green Goblin, who buzzes around on a flying machine like a sled. The two masked men, Spider and Goblin, go after each other and all heck breaks loose.
The subsidiary characters are well-done including J.K. Simmons as Peter's editor who thinks Spider-Man is a menace. Uncle Ben is instrumental in carving out a career for Spider-Man/Peter.
Spectacular scenes of Spider aloft weaving in and out through the Manhattan canyons are memorable along with the Roosevelt tram episode.
This movie surmounts its action-oriented genre, and creates believable people. Toby's acting is a key to the movie's success and its artistry. Enough teasers and unfinished business was left in this one to spawn sequels and perhaps even a Broadway musical.


5/5 Spiderman on Blu
  by David (Lima)
the spiderman almost jump out off the screen, get the box set not one by one..

5/5 Look out here comes the Spider-Man.
  by Bman3rd (United States)
"Spider-Man" is not only one of the best comic book adaptations ever to come out of Hollywood, but also the most cohesive. Sure, the first film is loaded down by a lot of exposition, while the third is overtaxed by too many villains and needless subplots, but these are minor quibbles. As a whole, the 'Spider-Man' trilogy is a great thrill ride.

A terrific adaptation of an iconic character, and a surprisingly resonant experience that actually improves upon repeated viewings.

Video 5 out of 5
There is a huge improvement from the most recent DVDs incarnations of Spider-Man in this Spider-Man (High Definition Trilogy). The colors, detail and depth are astounding. Every facet in DVD appearance is improved.

The first film is presented in 1.85:1 aspect ratio while the subsequent two are framed in 2.40:1. Action movies rely heavily on dynamic video, and the 1080p presentation of the Spider-man trilogy is essential to view the special effects, stylized colors and costumes. DVD simply cannot do justice to these films. The level of detail and depth on Blu-ray is extraordinary, with tremendous definition in the cityscapes and sets. Even microdetails in skin and clothing is extraordinary. For example, in the scene in the laboratory where Parker is bitten by the spider, Mary Jane's mottled green sweater shows remarkable definition in the weave and the color variation of the fabric. But everywhere in the picture, the detail is apparent.

Watch the way Parker swings through Manhattan. Every pixel is rendered convincingly to show the detail, speed and power that bursts from the screen during these action sequences. The camera follows Parker closely as buildings, traffic and streets far below sail past with lightning speed. Every bit of the 1080p resolution is required to convincingly pull off this effect. And what a stunning effect it is. I can think of few other scenes on Blu-ray disc to show off the quality of the format as effectively. Usually, CGI-stylized scenes are lacking in depth and other cues of visual realism, but not here.

Scenes with less motion are equally detailed, but the small grain is highly visible, especially in light areas. I was afraid some type of digital noise reduction would be used to wipe the video clean. That approach would remove the grain, but also take away some life from the picture. The video is dynamic, with such definition that facial expressions yield tremendous detail. Watch the scene where Willem Dafoe has the conversation with himself in the mirror. His expressions are priceless, and the 1080p allows us to see the full range of Dafoe's emotions during his transition into the Green Goblin.

Audio 4 out of 5
The audio varies with each release. "Spider-Man" features English Dolby TrueHD 5.1, which is a rich and sometimes booming soundtrack, with additional options in French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Thai Dolby Digital 5.1 and subtitles in English, English SDH, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Thai, Chinese, Korean, and Arabic. Expanded audio options is yet another benefit of Blu-ray.

"Spider-Man 2" offers the same featured Dolby TrueHD 5.1 soundtrack in English, but with only French and Spanish in 5.1 Dolby Digital, and fewer subtitles as well: English, English SDH, French, Spanish, Korean, Chinese, and Arabic. As with the first film, the sound is solid, with a natural timbre and good treble/bass balance and flow across the speakers.

"Spider-Man 3" gives you a choice of English Dolby TrueHD 5.1 or English PCM uncompressed sound, along with additional audio options in French, Spanish, Portuguese and Thai Dolby Digital 5.1. Subtitles for this title are English, English SDH, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Korean, Thai, Chinese Mandarin, and Chinese Cantonese. Again, the audio is rich and full, with great ambient sounds coming from the speakers.
Extras 4.5 out of 5
Aside from the choice to watch either "Spider-Man 2" or "Spider-Man 2.1," there are no bonus features for the first two single discs.

"Spider-Man 3" is a two-disc set that has the same bonus features as the DVD. Even the special features have subtitle options: Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese Mandarin, Thai, and Korean.

Disc one features two commentaries. The first features James Franco hamming it up as "director" of the project and taking the lead on a track that includes fellow actors Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, Thomas Hayden Church, and Bryce Dallas Howard. They're a relatively young bunch of actors who clearly want to have fun doing this commentary, as long as they have to do it at all, but there's not a whole lot of substance here.

What's better is the filmmaker's track that gives us producers Avi Arad, Grant Curtis, Laura Ziskin paired with visual effects supervisor Scott Stokdyk and editor Bob Murawski. This is the one to listen to if you want to know how the film was made. The group does a nice job of filling space without killing time or overlapping each other. Also included on disc one is a Snow Patrol music video and a blooper reel that'll get you laughing just because Maguire is such a natural-born nerd and giggles so easily when he messes up. There are also photo galleries divided into the categories of paintings, sculptures, special effects, and director/cast, plus two video game previews.

Disc two features eleven relatively short but substantial behind-the-scenes features. "Grains of Sand: Building Sandman" is a fascinating look at how they constructed this most challenging villain, with Stan Lee talking on-camera and plenty of behind-the-scenes shots and interviews with technicians. In fact, one real strength of all these features is that they don't just include honchos-on-camera. Real artists and mechanical wizards appear on-camera and talk about what they're doing as they're doing it.

"Re-Imagining the Goblin" gives us a technician holding one of those sharp slice-and-dice armbands and talking about their construction, for example, while "Covered in Black: Creating Venom" takes us into the computer world for a look at how they accomplished the effects. One of my favorites, "Hanging on: Gwen Stacy and the Collapsing Floor" shows us how they used a monster hydraulic system to get that quick drop, rubber life-sized models of furniture dropped on real people below, and actors working with wires to make it appear they were sliding off to their dooms.

Other features include "Tangled Web: The Love Triangle of Spider-Man 3," "Wall of Water," "Inside the Editing Room," "The Science of Sound," and two location features, one on New York and the other Cleveland. Both location features are fascinating, as we learn a few things about the costs/risks of location shots and hear from actors about what playing in front of gawking crowds can do to the cast and crew.

As a movie trilogy, this set is superb. As an HD collection, it's superb. But as a complete package, extras included, it may fall short of fans' expectations. Even so, it could be a must-have for that ever-expanding home Blu-ray collection.

4/5 Look Out! There Goes The Spider-Man [Movies]!
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Hi, Fat Boy. I am the world-famous film critic, Movie Review Kid, who is gonna tell YOU how to lose weight. First, you need to exercise daily and stop eating fatty foods. Now that I'm done with that, let's get on with the review.
This week's movie is Spider-Man-The Motion Picture DVD Trilogy. This little beauty contains the three Spidey movies (Spider-Man [2002], Spider-Man 2 [2004] and Spider-Man 3 [2007]) which are conveniently packaged in this low-priced box set. The movies star Tobey Maguire as Peter Parker a.k.a. your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man. Kirsten Dunst is the Girl Next Door, Mary Jane Watson, Spidey's love interest. And James Franco as Harry Osborn, Peter's best friend, until he finds out that Peter is Spider-Man who killed his father (explained in more detail below.)
Spider-Man is a famous Marvel Comics superhero. With every superhero comes supervillians. A rogues gallery of Spidey's fiercest enemies appear in the trilogy. In Spider-Man, it's the Green Goblin (played by William Dafoe), who is the father of Harry Osborn, turned evil. In Spider-Man 2, it is Doctor Octopus, abbreviated Doc Ock (played by Alfred Molina), a former scientist who is controlled by his evil robot tentacles. In Spider-Man 3, it is New Goblin (James Franco) a.k.a. Harry Osborn who tries to get revenge on Peter after finding out that he killed his father. Another Spidey 3 villian is Sandman (Thomas Haden Church), a burgular who gains sand powers after falling into a particle acclerator (I have no idea what that is). The final Spidey 3 villian is Venom (Topher Grace) a photographer who is stricken with an alien symbiote and given the same powers as Spider-Man, but uses them for evil use.
Now that we've patched that up, I--Are you eating chips? If you wanna lose weight, you have got to stop eating this junk. Hey, I see those pork rinds under the pillow. Give them to me! Yeesh, no wonder you're so fat. I bet your mama's that fat, too.--should start telling you about the movies themselves.
Spider-Man: High school student Peter Parker's life dramatically changes after he is bitten by a radioactive spider and receives spider powers. Meanwhile, Norman Osborn turns into the Green Goblin and starts terrorizing the people of New York City. Peter starts using his powers to gain publicity and make some extra dough. So this guy who was supposed to give Peter money doesn't give him the money, see. So after that guy gets robbed, Peter lets the thief get away. Then, that thief goes and shoots Peter's Uncle. Ironic, isn't it? Then Peter learns "With great power comes great responsibility." He then becomes Spider-Man, saving people and whatnot. He faces the Goblin on several occasions and the Goblin tries to convince Spidey to join him in a life of crime but Spidey disagrees. It all ends in a climatic battle between the Spider and Goblin and the Goblin ends up dying (Spidey did not kill him; he died by his own hand). Spidey then sends the Goblin home and then Harry sees him and thinks that Spider-Man killed his father. After the funeral, he vows that Spider-Man will pay.
Well, after that intense ending, Spider-Man leaves ya begging for more. Two years later, you stop begging. Why? 'Cause the second movie's in theaters. The storyline goes like this:
Spider-Man 2: Peter is having a hard time balancing his normal life and his superhero life. First, he's failing school. Second, his best friend, Harry, is out to revenge on Spidey. Third, the girl he loves, Mary Jane, is getting married to John Jameson, the son of the editor of the Daily Bugle (Peter's boss). Dr. Otto Octavius, a scientist, creates these four mechanical arms, or tentacles, to handle this big ball of fire that he is unveiling to everybody. Then, everything goes haywire and there is explosions and Peter transforms into Spider-Man to try to help get things back on track. In all the ruckus, Octavius's wife dies and the scientist decides to blame Spidey for the incident. Then the four mechanical arms mend into his body and he becomes Doctor Octopus. Spidey later temporarily loses his powers and Doc Ock (hearing that Peter is close to Spidey) commands Peter to tell Spidey to meet him at some place or else he'll kill Mary Jane. That scene also has a cool scene where a car comes crashing through the window, that's so cool. Peter gets his power back and the Spider and the Octopus face off in an epic battle. Also, Mary Jane and Harry end up finding out that Peter is Spider-Man. Suprising, huh? I can't tell you how they found out, that would ruin the supriseness.
It all ends in this movie. Check it out.
Spider-Man 3: Spidey/Peter's life is going great. He has finally got the girl (Mary Jane) and can balance his life. But his friend (Harry) now hates him 'cause he thought that Spider-Man killed his father and then he found out that Spider-Man is his buddy, Peter. Harry then dons the same suit his deranged father had and becomes the New Goblin. He faces off against Peter but gets sent to the hospital afterward. When he is released from the hospital, he cannot remember that Spider-Man killed his dad or that Peter was Spider-Man, which is good news for Peter. But Peter's luck changes when he finds out that the man who killed his uncle (the thief from the first movie) was actually NOT the guy who killed his uncle and that the actual guy who killed his uncle is Flint Marko, a thief who is still at large. This angers Peter because he finds out that when he killed his uncle's shooter, he actually killed an innocient man and that his uncle's real killer is still out there. Now, Flint Marko actually falls into that particle accelerator and becomes half-man, half-sand, or Sandman. So, when Sandman robs a bank and Spider-Man tries to stop him, Spider-Man gets a mouthful of sand. Also, another problem Peter faced was Eddie Brock, a photographer who is out to get Peter's job. Also, an alien symbiote from outer space attaches to Spider-Man turning his suit black, and making him evil, adding to his rage. Now he is equally-matched to Sandman, defeating him once and for all, or so Peter thinks. And also Mary Jane, gets bad reviews from critics about her new Broadway and is upset about it, but Peter has to worry about other things. Then, Harry regains his memory and forces Mary Jane to tell Peter that she does not love him anymore. Then, Peter goes out with Gwen Stacy, trying to make Mary Jane jealous. He causes a mess at the club where Mary Jane sings and ends up throwing her on the floor. Realizing that the symbiote that was controlling his life caused this, he hurries to take it off. When Peter strips the black suit off, Eddie Brock (who Peter recently had fired) is standing below and inherits the black suit and becomes Venom. Venom and Sandman team up to defeat Peter, holding Mary Jane hostage. The ending is intense and you just won't believe it. But I saw the ending, and I believed it.
Whew! That was long. I guess this brings my review to an end. If you afford this package, just settle for the individual DVDs then. They also have the trilogy in Blu-Ray, for those who wanna advance. Well then, good-bye from the Movie Review KId...and try to follow my weight loss tips.

P.S. It is not the end of the Spider-Man film series. On May 6, 2011, Spider-Man 4 will be released. No lie.