Didn't meet expectation at all...

Rating: Null/10 (18 July 2004)

(slight spoilers) Spiderman 2 ***
This movie was a TOTAL letdown. Man, this film got so hyped up to be the 'movie of the decade'. Pfh!I wouldn't even class it as movie of the week!
The opening credits were quite impressive, with drawings and photos from spiderman interweaved with pictures from the actual comics- then going straight into a very funny scene involving pizza delivery. I thought "this movie is gonna be great". How I was wrong!
It was sssslllllllooooooowwwww. Parts of it were like watching paint dry. The whole film moved at the pace of a snail, with no point whatsoever. Even the special effects didn't seem so 'special' anymore. The film really picked up about half an hour from the end, with one tense moment, and a very nice suprise to see Willem Dafoe back on the scene!
So what were the good points of this film. Why did it even deserve 3 stars from me? Well, it knew how to build tension in places, and as usual the characters were played in style, showing true human emotion sometimes, and there were also some comical moments, spiderman in the lift with the dog walker ("nice spidey suit"), or the time when Spiderman washes his suit and turns his whites red and blue! So the film wasn't all bad.
Dr Ock (Alfred Molina- Identity/Chocolat) was played with the most skill and style and made the audience really sympathise with him. In a way this was a bit of a downside because there was really no baddy to hate in this movie.
Overall, entertaining, but too over hyped, so therefore a let down.