Classic Storytelling and comic books. It CAN BE DONE. (one spoiler)

Rating: 9/10 (26 July 2004)

I liked the first Spider Man, I thought it was handled very well, but when I went to see Spider Man 2 - I was totally blown away. First of all, the story --- a magnificently structured screenplay that hit all the right notes. Who says that great action films are made in the action sequences? The reason why the action sequences in this film were so fantastic, was because the characters were so fully drawn out, given time to develop, and it gave us time for us to developed a sense of them, caring about them, and then, the action sequences hit. Such amazing moments. The acting is top notch, especially Tobey Mcguire, who endowed the character with such depth of feeling.
Ever the skeptic, I kept hinting at moments that would go wrong. At times, when the screenwriter would take the cliche way out. But then, something happen, the moment right after the action sequence in the train, a moment when the passengers hold on to spidey, and pull him inside, and a man says "he's just a kid." ---
I don't mind saying, that I breathed deeply and tears rolled down my eyes. Why? because for one second, Sam Raimy, let me see the heart of the movie. Underneath this glossy, special effects action filled movie, there's something that is all too lacking in the comic book film adaptations that I have recently seen, and that's a heart as big and as deep as a child's imagination.