Major Flaws in "Super Hero" Film.

Rating: 5/10 (5 April 2009)

I really enjoyed the first Spiderman Film. I thought it did a good job establishing Spiderman and had a lot of action. Also it layed a good foundation for future sequels. I thought the second would be an action packed follow up that further developed characters. I was half right.
Basically in this film Peter Parker is learning to live his life as both himself and Spiderman. THis leads to him constantly being late which affects his schoolwork, jobs, and most importantly his relationship with MJ. Meanwhile a doctor named Doc Ock is performing a fusion experiment but it goes horribly wrong and he has four metal arms that are really powerful fused to his body and he becomes Doctor Octopus. Parker soon decides that it may be best for him to hang up his Spiderman Costume and live as Peter Parker and not Spiderman. But will his decision be final? Too much of this film drags. For one the first half of the film Peter is still affected by his uncle Ben's death. That was a problem that should have been done after the last film. But through the film the characters are still coping with Bens death and it just would have been nice if that was not still an issue.
Also this film deals more with Peter Parker than Spiderman. It should have been called Peter Parker. It is all about his relationship with MJ, his aunt May, and his best friend. The main conflict of the film is not dealing with Spiderman himself then.
I thought the villain in this film, Doctor Octopus, was OK. However he does not get to fight with Spiderman enough. In fact after his first encounter with Spiderman you do not see him for a while and I think that all of the conflict concerning Peter Parker takes away from time that should have been with Doctor Octopus and Spiderman fighting.
Spiderman could have been in the film more also. The core of the film barely shows Spiderman. I was hoping since they already established Spiderman in the first film that in this one he would get to do a lot more action and fighting but there really is a shortage of great action. SOme of it is good like how Spiderman battles Doctor Octopus on the side of the building, but there is not enough of it.
Also what is the deal with Spiderman wanting to take off his mask in this film? That just seemed out of place.
The conflict within characters is somewhat interesting though. It does not necessarily make this a bad film, just a boring at times Super Hero film. I came to see this film to see Spiderman get in a lot of action, not see Peter Parker try to work out his life.
So this sequel does not have enough action for me. It has an OK villain, but there are a lot of major flaws in this super hero film. I do not recommend it greatly, the first Spiderman Film I think is much better but this is not that bad either. Worth seeing once or twice.