Brilliant from start to finish

Rating: 9/10 (5 August 2004)

many will complain about the plot being too involved, or say that the love story takes up too much of the film, or that there is not enough action to balance out the other aspects of the script like the inner conflict or money troubles. sure, if this was a 1980's Stallone flick, i might agree. this is, however, a movie about spider-man, and love and conflict and every day woes are what spider-man is about. spidey was never solely about the costume and the action that comes with it, spider-man has always been an overblown melodrama bracketed with outrageous action. any real fan of spider-man, or real fan of films made for people with an attention span longer than 10 seconds should find this film to be fantastic. my only complaint was that the CGI still doesn't look like a real guy in a suit, but other than that this film was outstanding, and outshone the original in every aspect. i especially liked the evil dead-like snap close ups employed in the hospital scene with doc ock, raimi is a fine and daring director that doesn't mind slicing the cheese a little thicker than most.
i give this film a 90%.