Not so great...

Rating: Null/10 (30 June 2004)

OK, I wasn't bored, but that's about the best thing I can say for this meandering, lackluster effort. Doc Ock was a pale shadow of a villain compared to the Goblin, and the whole sequence of events leading to his creation made absolutely no sense. Kirsten Dunst, poor girl, looked positively dreadful - since when does Mary Jane Watson look like a heroin addict? The plot really bogged down in the middle, and I was unsure for awhile if Sam Raimi realized that he should have ACTION in his action movie.
The effects were, predictably, fantastic, and the elevator scene made me laugh out loud, but I found myself leaving the theater with no images imprinted on my mind, unlike the carnival sequence, the upside-down kiss, and the great speech Peter gives MJ in Aunt May's hospital room from the first movie. A nice piece of throwaway summer mind-candy, but that's about it. Catch a matinée.