Too many baddies....

Rating: 8/10 (7 May 2007)

Watched the first film with a wary eye and didn't like the Power Rangers bad guy. The rest of the film was perfect. Then along came Spidey 2. Perfection. No complaints. Was really hoping that this level of movie making could be maintained. Sadly, this movie tried to do too much and the character of Venom was introduced WAY too early, and horribly underused. Spidey has an awful lot of baddies to get through before this guy. Was really impressed by James Franco, who brought a brand new Harry Osbourne to screen. His role in Peter and Mary Jane's lives was perfectly orchestrated. Exactly as I remember it from the original story. Sandman was brilliant. One of Spidey's original adversaries. The back story involving Uncle Ben was surprisingly interesting and didn't detract from the film. Action was good and involved. Mary Jane's screaming sounds almost taped at some stages though... Last point of contention, ultimately with the director, why did he not just give Kirsten a pair of green contact lenses and let Mary Jane have those beautiful emerald eyes in all three films that us fans are so used to. In all, Tobey gave a corker of a show though and I'll be real disappointed if there's not a fourth film.