Spider-Man is a movie directed by Sam Raimi in 2002 and based on the characters from the comic book The Amazing Spider-Man by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, first published in 1963. The movie features Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, Willem Dafoe, James Franco, Cliff Robertson, Rosemary Harris, and others.
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“The movie is better than the comic book”
But the comic book is worth reading.
Book by Peter David
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Storyline
On a school trip, high school senior Peter Parker visits a Columbia University genetics laboratory, where he is bitten by a genetically engineered super spider that escaped from containment and seemingly falls ill after returning home.
Movie vs Book
Year
2002
Minutes
121
Movie Rate
7.30
Source: IMDb
Year
1963
Pages
568
Book Rate
8.64
S: Goodreads
Comic Book
The Amazing Spider-Man
Author: Stan Lee, Steve Ditko
Country: USA
First published in: 1963
Length: 568 pages
Genre: Fiction
Book series: The Amazing Spider-Man
Other screen adaptations of the comic book
TV Series by Stan Lee, Steve Ditko
Movie by Marc Webb
Movie by Marc Webb
Movie by Jon Watts
Movie by Jon Watts
Movie by Jon Watts
User polls & recommendations
“A movie is not a book. If the source material is a book, you cannot be too respectful of the book. All you owe to the book is the spirit.”
GRAHAM GREENE (Writer)
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