Spider-Man 2 does everything a sequel should do!

Rating: 9/10 (6 July 2017)

Spider-Man 2 is directed by Sam Raimi and is the sequel to the very popular "Spider-Man" film in 2002. This movie was very anticipated and a lot of people were very excited to see this film. Did it live up to the hype? Over the years, very many fans have said this to be the best comic book films of all time and certainly the best Spider-Man film. How was it re-watching the movie 13 years later? This movie delighted me upon re-watching and I am glad to say this is the best Spider-Man we have so far (I have not yet seen Spider-Man Homecoming). If you have not yet seen this movie, first of all go watch it, second of all, I am going to be talking about the film in detail so you have been warned.
The movie begins with the same opening credits and the same music that I loved in the first film and again begins with Peter sort of narrating what is going on in his life right now. The movie, right off the bat, just starts pounding Peter to the ground over and over again. They handle this in the movie very well. It never feels out of place, all the actors do a very fine job handling these scenes, and you really understand why Peter feels the way he does in this movie.
We get introduced to a new villain, Doctor Octopus, played by Alfred Molina. Doctor Octopus in the comics is a very cheesy, corny villain. What this movie did very well in regards to characterization is make Doctor Octopus an awesome, threatening villain in which we understand his motives and why he is doing the evil things he is doing. And yes. Doctor Otto Octavius in this movie is very cool to see and gives us some of the best action scenes in a movie ever. The best action scene and the obvious stand out of the entire movie and Spider-Man trilogy in general is the train scene. It's very well choreographed, the special effects are very good, and the stakes are very high in this scene as Doctor Octopus moves the train at full force then breaks the lever. Spider-Man uses his webs with both of his arms to attach he webs to the walls on both sides of the train while he is at the front of the train to stop the train from reaching the dead end and falling to everyone's death. It's amazing and he pulls it off which is very cool.
As for flaws in this movie there are barely any. Occasionally during action sequences the extras have strange fake screams that kind of took me out of the moment, and sometimes the extras will say something funny or cheesy which again kind of takes me away from what is actually happening. Also, when Spider-Man has decided he is Spider-Man no more, we get this very interesting scene with the song "Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head". I understand what Sam Raimi was going for but it just seemed out of place, it had some weird shots, and overall very cheesy. The scene even ended with an out of focus freeze frame. Yes it is very cheesy.
Overall this movie is extremely entertaining. All the actors did an amazing job. The special effects are very good. The lighting was not as memorable as the first but still very good. The score again was fantastic. The sound mixing and editing was on point and the movie had great stunt work and action scenes but also very good character scenes. Spider-Man 2 is my favorite Spider-Man film up to date not including Spider-Man Homecoming which I will be seeing soon.