Problems with the film

Rating: Null/10 (28 February 2005)

While wonderfully produced, I thought there were some possibly unbelievable plot problems.
First, with so many people now knowing Peter is Spidey, can we really expect no one to reveal it. I mean his best-friend-turned-arch-enemy knows...he could destroy him by revealing his secret identity.
His girlfriend knows.
And a whole subway train full of people knows. Can we really believe one of THEM, down on his or her luck (or just greedy) wouldn't exploit it???? Two, it was never explained why Peter lost his spider powers in the first place--nor how he got them back. Seemed like a wasted plot point.
Three, Peter makes this big confession to his grandmother about how he's responsible for his grandpa's death, Grandma leaves, heavy with emotion, unable to even reply to Peter's admission. Then, when it comes time for a second confrontation, Grandma say,s essentially, "Oh, it's no big deal. Let's forget about it." It could have been a major emotional scene, even if it was just a scene of true reconciliation and forgiveness. But it was trivialize.
In addition to these criticisms, I thought that actress, Donna Murphy, was entirely wasted as Doc Oct's wife. She deserved much better.
It'll be interesting to see if, in the third film, they address these (to me) glaring complications, especially the one concerning Peter's secret identity known to so many, or if they just gloss over it, don't even mention it, and hope we have forgotten it!