Just as hackneyed as the first Spider-Man

Rating: 5/10 (10 July 2004)

This movie was not that great. The screenplay sounded as if it was written by two different people with very different views of how the movie should be. Some parts of the script are so hackneyed that I thought I would vomit, (i.e. when Aunt May gives her three minute monologue on how "there's a hero in all of us." That scene alone seemed to last for an hour.)The performances from Maguire and Franco were mediocre and not close to their potential as actors, (see Maguire in the Ice Storm, or Wonder Boys). Dunst does an OK job as Mary Jane, but the part doesn't seem to hard. The only saving graces were the superb special effects, and the great performance of Molina as Doc Ock. But just like the first movie, this one ends with a sequel in mind, so I guess I'll go see that one too, and hope that the Spider-Man franchise lives up to its potential.