An all-around excellent experience

Rating: 10/10 (6 July 2004)

What a triumph for everyone who has been complaining that 'no one has done a comic book movie right'! Spiderman 2 does it right - the action is better and better paced, the human elements are more complex and gripping, and the plot addresses Big Ideas without getting distracted from being a movie. The effects are great, the writing is solid, and the acting is also great. Molina is in fine form as Dock Ock, MacGuire has Peter/Spidey down pat, and the rest of the cast is as good as one could hope. I just hope that Spidey is as successful and long-lived as the James Bond franchise