Product: Spider-Man 2 (2004)
Rating: 4.0
Spiderman II is a Slightly Higher than Average Action Movie
Since I had seen the first Spiderman movie [and I thought it was okay] my interest was piqued by the glowing summer reviews of Spiderman II. Those July reviews served as my motivation to go see what I had hoped was a sensational action blockbuster. You know what happens when you expect to see sensational ? That's right -- disappointment. It's not that Spiderman II is a bad movie, it's not, it is very watchable, but Jaws and Jurassic Park were sensational summer action movies that moved you emotionally - Spiderman II does not. The best parts of the movie were those with Doc Ock (Alfred Molina), and there were just not enough of them to suit me. Too much time was spent with Peter Parker pining pitifully about not being able to reveal his true identity to his girlfriend, and trying to hide his identity from his best friend. Tobey Maguire is good, but he does not match the star power of Jack Nicholson in Batman. Spiderman II is a good, passable action movie like Spiderman I, but it is not sensational.