More drama, less action

Rating: 7/10 (5 May 2007)

That might not be what I/you want, that's however what you get here. And although the drama part works better here, than in the third part of Spider Man, it still feels as if it were too much, especially after repeat viewing.
The drama part still works (as I wrote above) though and that is a testament to the actors. They have to convince in some partly dodgy dialogue! The action scenes are filmed well enough (nothing surprising here) and the end will leave you yearning for the third part (which is out now, in Cinemas if you didn't notice! ;o) Although who knows you might read this, after it hits the DVD shelves).
The running time isn't the only thing I didn't like (the extended version feels even more long drawn-out, especially the elevator scene shouldn't have made the extended cut, it just isn't funny, but I liked the office scene with the Spider Man costume, you know which, when you see the movie). There were too many "revealing" moments, that wouldn't work like that, not only in reality, but also in the film reality we are drawn into here!
If you've seen the first one, you'll see this one too, I encourage you to do that, and then you will make up your own mind, about the great themes in here, but also about other things! :o)