Not nearly as good as the first... but a good movie

Rating: 8/10 (6 July 2004)

A good solid movie... but seemed to lack the tight pace and flow of the original. Had some great scenes but the story didn't seem to hold together as well as the original. There were several bad scenes that should have been edited out. It's not that they were slow ... every action movie needs some slow parts ... its just that they didn't seem to fit. Examples : Peter's 'dream' about his uncle (just an odd and redundant scene). Aunt May's big long speech while she's moving (too long winded ... a few cleverly spoken words would have worked much better here). Spider man getting carried by the crowd in the train (just weird, awkward and melodramatic). The kids who find spider man's mask "we won't tell" (cringe inducing cheese). Of course there some great scenes to compensate for these bad ones... but with a little more editing this movie could have been made far better. 7.5/10