Peter Parker: the Spectacular Spiderman (dvd)

Rating: 10/10 (11 December 2011)

This sequel ranks at 2nd in my best séances ever: I have seen it on its release, in my first trip to London and after visiting the British museum and having tea with my old Greek friend next door. In other words, it was the ideal movie to conclude an amazing day.
As I said before, Spidey is maybe my oldest passion because i was offered his comics at 6 years old and was totally swept by the bright colors and realistic art. Spidey wakes me up of the boring French comics and since, i have never let him down. In thirty years, I read thousand Spidey's stories, some bad but some unforgettable (the Ditko, Romita Sr and Jr, MacFarlane) and to watch him live and on screen was his second earthquake.
I think the Raimi's movies have totally captured the soul and heart of the characters. He succeeds putting in his movies all the trademarks of Spidey that the other Dynamic Concurent has never been able to deliver (in its comics as well an in its movies): a NYC icon, a soap opera, a big heart and a lot of laughs! It's hard to distinguish between all the movies because it's about an evolution but what i really appreciate in this second movie was:
1) the opening credits: it's a terrific idea to have a talented artist (Ross?) have drawn the first movie because it's a cool homage.
2) The songs: there are only two songs in the movie: "hold on" and "raindrops" and if they can be listened for themselves because they are really good, they are also perfectly in harmony with the mood of Peter
3) The fire rescue: Raimi has always found the perfect person to every character, big or small, and this little Asian kid was excellent as a mini-hero!
4) Doc Ock birth was really scary and violent and it was funny to see "Evil Dead" coming into Spidey!
Well, i could go on a long time like this. When you have a movie with such depth and details, you can be sure that's a hit and this trilogy won't never catch web in my bookcase!