Overrated, but still has some good moments

Rating: 7/10 (13 February 2005)

People are hailing Spider-Man 2 as the best movie during the summer of 2004. There was only a few good movies during the summer of 2004, so you could easily get away with saying that this was one of the better ones. It's a super hero movie, so realism isn't a huge concern of mine, but yes, Spider-Man 2 is somewhat realistic for the premise that it follows.
The reason this movie was considered the best popcorn movie of summer 2004 is because it has two huge elements in it, action and a love story. I have no problem with there being a love story, but I felt as though the love story in this movie wasn't as great as it could have been. The love premise is about how Mary Jane is upset with a guy because he can't show up to her Broadway play. It would be disappointing for someone not to show up, but the character Peter Parker is a busy person and I felt that MJ's character should have realized that. She seemed to be rather ignorant in this movie if you compare her to the original Spider-Man.
The reason people hailed this so much is also because of the fact that there is a love story, unlike many other action movies that are very mindless. Even though the love story is mediocre, at least it didn't become a soap opera.
There are some great action scenes, but I thought that the mediocre love story interfered with them. At least I appreciate the fact that the film makers attempted to add more story to this movie.
Another problem is that the dialog wasn't as good, especially compared to the original Spider-Man. Some of the lines that the character Aunt May had seemed very sappy at some points.
This movie does have a great villain known as Doctor Octupus. The movie's high points are where Dr. Octopus is clawing his way up the side of a building and Spidey is swinging through the air trying to stop him.
From what I hear, many comic book fans were disappointed with the fact that this movie relied more on a love story than on the action scenes. I'm not a comic book fan, so I wouldn't know.
Even though everyone says this is way better than the first one, I have to disagree. I saw the first one at the theaters three times, and I own a copy of it. This one I only saw once and I didn't buy it on DVD.
You might completely disagree with me. This was a pretty good movie, but I don't think it is a 4-star movie like everyone says. If you look at the fact that people are comparing this movie to classics like The Godfather and Schindler's List. I think a lot of people should consider how overrated it is if people are comparing it to those movies.
This is worth watching once, and yes, it's a good date movie. You might absolutely love it, or you might think of it the same way I did. Whether or not you should buy it is completely up to you.