I'd sell all four of my mechanical tentacles to see this movie again!

Rating: Null/10 (9 August 2004)

**SPOILER**
This film is beyond brilliant and Sam Raimi has once again doen a superb job with Spider-man, this time along side the diabolical Doc Oc.
When i first saw this film you could tell from the opening credits it was something unseen and completely different from ever before... But the first 20 minutes were weak and slow and had me worried that it wasn't going to be what i thought it would be... but boy was i wrong, when I first saw Octavius (Alfred Molina) I thought he was brilliant and everything Doctor Octupus was, except German... but he played the part wonderfully and got the message across that he wasn't a bad man, and this was important...
Everyone played the parts like they did in Spidey-1, but better... Jame Franco's performance was brilliant considering it wans't too impressive in 1 but really shined as the vegence seeking head of special projects dude..
But, a lot did change, like MJ (Kirsten Dunst), her character was a lot different from the first, very mature but unlike the first you saw how much they loved each other, peter and Mj that it...
I think the film was too involved with the love story and not enough Doc Oc, yet, when Alfred was on screen he would steal the show! I really did think he was fantastic and I thought his finishing scene was fresh and fantastic! I thought they might go with the usual 'but i want to kill him, even after iv'e realized I'm wrong' angle, like they did with the Green Goblin but luckily they didn't and Doc Oc is smart enough to realize what he did wrong and then he goes down a hero with the touching words, 'I will not die a monster'. And thats what i think made Doc Oc such a powerful, yet touching villain, You knew he wasn't bad, just a man that got taken over... It was brilliantly done.
The CGI wasn't half bad either, the train scene was great and i also loved Sam Raimi's signature Clock Tower scene, but to me my favourite scene was in the bank when you see Doc Oc, actually it wasn't the best scene, but the best with Doc Oc as he actually looks like the Octupus for the first time with the hat, coat and glasses, it was brilliant!
Overall this is an unmissable film and now, i can't wait till 2007 for Spidey-3!
10/10 Worth the slice of pie.