better than the original

Rating: 9/10 (29 June 2004)

I watched this movie at a midnight showing, and after a long and hard day's work that started at 6 a.m., I can honestly say that I was awake and alert throughout the entire movie. Spiderman 2 easily surpassed everything that was done in the original (hopefully the box-office record too). The graphics were improved, there was much more comedy, and it even was quite touching at certain points. The villain, Dr. Octopus, played amazingly by vet Alfred Molina, is even better than Willem Defoe's Green Goblin (and doesn't look half as ridiculus). The ending leaves a huge amount of open space for a sequel I would gladly go see. All in all, see this movie at least once. I know I'll go back several times.