A sequel that matches the original.

Rating: 7/10 (24 April 2014)

SPIDER-MAN 2
This is the sequel to the successful Sam Raimi movie.
The film continues 2 years after the original movie with Peter Parker now living in a flat on his own still protecting the city from the bad guys. His nemesis this time around is Doctor Octopus.
It is very rare for a film to be better than the original movie or even be close, but this is easily as good as the original in my opinion. The story is really good and even though Spider-Man has an enemy in Doctor Octopus, this film concentrates a lot on the emotions he is going through and not just about the action. Peter is going through a lot of stress with life as Spider-Man. He is in love with a woman he can't be with, he can't hold a job down, he is failing his studies, his best friend is badgering him to find out who Spider-Man is because he wants revenge for his father and he is riddled with guilt because of the death of his uncle. I like the story in this as it shows that he is human and has emotions and you start to feel actually quite sorry for him as you see that even though being Spider-Man is cool, he is sacrificing a lot for the people.
The action and effects are really good and it stays entertaining all the way through the film. There are some comedy moments which breaks up the emotion and it is well timed.
The stars of the original movie returned for this. Tobey Maguire was Spider-Man, Kirsten Dunst played MJ and James Franco plays Harry Osbourne. Alfred Molina played Doctor Octopus. Toney did a good job playing a guy who was running out of emotional energy. He really did look like he was struggling with everything. James again did a brilliant job. He looked angry and played the part well. Alfred did a great job as Doctor Octopus. Even though he was the bad guy in the movie, he was also the victim. I felt sorry for his character. The cameos again were great in this Stan Lee and Bruce Campbell made appearances.
There was one scene that I thought was rubbish. During once sequence Spider-Man was seen by a lot of people without his mask. They all tell him that they won't say anything and his identity was kept a secret I straight away thought this was rubbish. Someone would have spilt the beans for the right price and let's face it. The Bugle would have paid cash for that story. I enjoyed this a lot and thought it was a great sequel to the original.
I will give this film 7 out of 10.
"I'm back I'm back! WOOOOOHOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!! My back! Ouch, my back!"
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