Mass Hysteria

Rating: Null/10 (7 July 2004)

SPOILERS (But don't worry, nothing could spoil this movie as it's already rotten!)
I cannot in any way fathom the praise being heaped upon this pile of crap movie. I loved the original; it was balanced, exciting, witty, and romantic. Spider Man 2 was none of those things. A short list of the bad parts:

The villain had no motivation or explanation for his bad behavior

Peter Parker can't get any better employment than pizza delivery boy? He's supposed to be a genius. Wouldn't his buddy hire him at his mega huge corporation?

His aunt gets evicted and that's that. No further resolution or explanation. Did she end up at the homeless shelter? Maybe they could've had her go to one of those suicide clinics like Charlton Heston's sidekick in "Soylent Green".

Sudden new very unspiderlike powers. Wouldn't his legs have shattered when he was trying to stop that train?

No motivation or development whatsoever for MJ's romance with the astronaut (who just happens to be the newspaper editor's son). They seemed like they were together on a bad blind date.

No consistent visual style. The color palette and design were all over the map.

The pacing was atrocious. We vault from action scene to boring dialog to painful unrequited romance.
This has to be one of the worst flicks I've seen in many moons. Those responsible should be forced to watch "Hell Boy" over and over so they can see a successful execution of what they were apparently attempting.