Bah! Hollywood schmaltz ruins the eye candy.

Rating: 5/10 (6 July 2004)

I have the same problems with this film as with the first Spidey -and the new Star Wars flicks for that matter. Too much sappy, melodramatic horse pucky interferes with a perfectly fine story and awesome action sequences. Sure, the characters need to develop but this is a COMIC BOOK story directed by a fantastic, stylistic director. It should be a fantastic, stylish, comic book movie.
The action and special effects are great. The acting is above par for this kind of film. The dialog is actually quite good, there's just WAY too much of it.
Also, where are Spider Man's trademark wisecracks?