Don't really see what the big deal is....

Rating: 5/10 (11 July 2004)

OK, so I wasn't one of the people that flocked to see this movie right away, but I saw the hype it received on here so I thought I'd check it out.
Let me just say, I really don't understand the big deal surrounding this movie. Maybe for some comic book fans, or people who are into the whole superhero genre, this may be your thing, but to me, this movie was better than average, but nothing amazing.
This movie did have a few clever moments, some of the scenes and laughs were cheesy funny, but reading some comments on the message board about this movie being hilarious, I really didn't think so.
The fight scenes were OK, the train scene was probably the best scene in the movie, and the interaction with the people on the train was more of a classic movie moment than the scenes with MJ and the Aunt.
SM 2 also seemed slow at times. I understand that character development is a major part in this movie, so that this can be at least a trilogy, but the first movie was a little more fun throughout. There were numerous times myself along with people i noticed around me, yawning and looking around in a few spots in the movie.
I just don't see how this movie can't be ranked so high on the IMDb board.... Especially above Oscar winning classics like Gladiator, among countless others.
Lets be real, I know this genre has a lot of supporters just like the LOTR series, but a good movie is a good movie, and frankly.... this isn't one.......not really close