a personal opinion

Rating: Null/10 (14 August 2004)

i don't no what it is with spiderman films but i don't seem to get that engaged in terms of plot effects or anything. The problem with effects laden films is that they do not stand the test of time, with only a few mentionable exceptions ie t2. Spidermans actual animation is not as good as it should be, and this is me saying this now what for in years time looking back? In fact the original had equal, if not better CGI, with much more fluid, vertigo inducing effects. The only stand out thing in terms of CGI in spiderman2 is dr Octos amazing tentacle effects which are convincing. The pacing is not great in this film, and the villain is not particularly evil in anyway. In a time were cgi makes up 99% of films these days it is refreshing to find a film with something that resembles a plot, but the characters never really interested me.Its sad to say that superhero movies have the most interesting concepts and potential, yet there are only a handful of decent films in this genre, X2 and batman returns namely, also there's something about superman 2, i dunno. Examples of terrible superhero movies are endless ranging from the godawful such as catwoman and batman and robin, the bad- spawn, punisher hulk, and then the instantly forgettable such as the recent Hellboy. ONE DAY Hollywood MIGHT MAKE A Truly GREAT SUPERHERO FILM...until then there's spiderman2.