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13th Child (2002)
Not very scary
I figured that I'd see this since I live in the Pine Barrens and I thought the Jersey Devil would make a good story, but was disappointed.
Besides them making up their own version of the Jersey Devil legend, the movie had other bad points. The acting of most of the people in the movie wasn't very good. The special effects were bad even for a B movie. Also parts of the movie that were supposed to be scary ended up being laughable because of the lousy acting and sound effects.
Most of this could be forgiven as this was a B movie, except the plot made no sense what-so-ever. I talked to some other audience members as we left the theater to see if it was just me who was confused, but they were just as confused as I was.
Currently this is only playing in South Jersey, but I'd wait for it to come to video when it gets near you.
Spider-Man (2002)
Good, but not perfect
The movie was pretty good. Parts of the movie turned into a CGI-fest though and the CGI was very noticeable. If you ignore that and focus on the plot (the origin story followed the comic pretty faithfully) and the characters (I especially liked William Dafoe's portrayal of Norman Osborn) the movie was enjoyable.
Toby Maguire made a pretty good Spiderman despite what critics say.
The ending seemed a bit rushed and there is an obvious setup for a sequel.
Still I enjoyed the movie and may see it again since I missed all the trailers and I heard there is a surprise at the end of the credits.