Spider-Man (2002)

Director: Sam RaimiStarring: Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, Willem Dafoe, James FrancoWhat it is about: Your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man's origin story.Spoiler-free review: Although a few good superhero movies had been made before Sam Raimi's Spider-Man, it was this movie that showed, yes, it was possible to make a superhero movie that looked and felt like the original comic books.I've wanted to introduce my children to Spider-Man for a while, and I've wondered whether I should start with this movie or the MCU movies starring Tom Holland. While the latter are excellent films, I've always felt that the MCU version of Spider-Man is its own thing, quite different from the comics. Well, I haven't read Spider-Man comic books in probably 20 years, but I mean they're different from the "classic" version that people who grew up reading the comics before the movies were made know. Sam Raimi's movies, especially the first one, were beloved by professional critics and fans alike because…