With a Great Adaption, Comes a Greater Masterpiece

Rating: 10/10 (31 March 2011)

Sam Raimi, along with his cast and crew, raise the bar in Spider-Man 2, the sequel to 2002's biggest cinema hit, Spider-Man, and creates one of the greatest superhero movies of all time.
SPOILER ALERT!! SPOILER ALERT!! SKIP FOLLOWING PASSAGE IF YOU DON'T WANT TO BE SPOILED!! The cast from the first movie returns for the next adventure of the iconic superhero. Peter Parker struggles to find balance in his double-life as a college student and a superhero, while also dealing with both his feelings for Mary Jane Watson and his declining friendship with Harry Osborn. It does not make things any easier when new villain Doctor Octopus (or just Dock Ock) arrives on the scene, whom in this movie is more sympathetic than his comic book counterpart. Things get even more complicated for our hero when he discovers that Mary Jane, now popular stage actress, is engaged to marry the son of his boss, J. Jonah Jameson, who never misses an opportunity to slam the web-head's heroics with his own newspaper.
SPOILER END!! SPOILER END!! Spider-Man 2 towers over the first installment in greatness. When Sam Raimi says he is a fan of Spider-Man, you can tell he means it. The acting is superb, the story is great with a great meaning, and the CGI has improved greatly from the last movie, and the love story is even more heart-wrenching than the previous installment. If anything, some will probably find the extended version more fulfilling than the theatrical version.
A must-see! 10/10!