unexciting followon

Rating: 5/10 (22 August 2004)

I was hoping this would be as good as most people seem to think it is, but it was relatively dull, to me. Spidey agonizes over the choices made at the end of the last movie -- endlessly. Mary Jane helps him agonize -- endlessly. Somewhat
superfluously, a supervillain is created, causes mayhem, and is defeated. Entirely superflously, Harry Osborn gnashes his teeth and searches - sort of - for his father's killer.
The movie lurches around a bit, high-speed action scenes come to a screeching halt for stumbling non-dialogue scenes about Spidey's life. Some of the jokes fall flat. Sam Raimi's old-school direction is solid as always, but the script lets him down sometimes. I look forward to Spidey3, though. Hopefully a better script can be had. All the pieces are certainly there.