What were people thinking?

Rating: 1/10 (21 December 2004)

My husband and I just rented Spiderman 2, skipping it in the theaters because we hated the first movie so much. I can't believe it, but we actually hated Spiderman 2 even more than its prequel. The sequel rehashed the dull moral quandaries of the prequel, and the CGI effects were lame. Plus, the villain was a non-entity with Alfred Molina, a usually vibrant actor, phoning in a dull and mannered performance. What was up with the cinematographer? Kirsten Dunst looked terrible. She was washed out, dressed in unflattering clothes, and barely registered a pulse with her performance, or lack thereof. The action sequences looked so fake that my husband and I laughed and laughed, especially with the idea of disabling a fusion generator by drowning it in a body of water. Suffice to say, we were so disappointed that we almost asked for a refund of our rental fee.