You see what Raimi is trying to do........

Rating: Null/10 (18 July 2004)

Just a short line........ This is the first summer movie in a LONG time that did not leave me exhausted from all of the CGI thrown at me...In fact, I wanted more than there was....But...The fight scenes were truly great...I couldn't keep up! Raimi does a masterful job of not bludgeoning us to death with effects, delves into the characters wonderfully and gives us a DIFFERENT movie than the first! That alone makes the difference! And Kirsten Dunst, on a side note, isn't the most attractive MJ they could have come up with, but she just somehow fits into her role. The ONLY drawback, is that some of the time, the dialog seems.......ehhh...sophomoric (?)....Like the writers were blocked on how to explain the meaning of life and the pursuit of happiness. Seemed to be a little banal for my tastes. I just thought that Mike Clark of USA Today would have knocked off a 1/2 star for that contrived dialogue. Great Movie, I will see it again. I pride myself in knowing what pure escapism is, and what isn't a "Cookie Cutter" of a Movie jammed in our faces just to meet the "4 month deadline" that studios think is a great idea for making money. They (studios)need to wake the hell up! Less is more, and Quality before quantity.
Shrek 2 and this are the only ones that have brought about feelings of seeing it again.....
Go see it....... 9/10