Ethnic slur

Rating: Null/10 (15 August 2004)

After all the complaints Lucas got for Episode I about ethnic slurs that harked back to films of the 1930's, I am amazed that no one has focused on the obvious one in SM2. I do not think it is a spoiler to reveal that Peter Parker's landlord is portrayed as a money-grubbing, grasping Eastern European Jew. I found these scenes very distracting and disturbing for that reason and I felt such a slur was entirely uncalled for. Other than that glaring problem, I agree with the other comments that this film is far better than SM1. The Jonah Jameson scenes are always the best part of the film, IMHO, and he is fortunately given far more of them in SM2.