Product: Spider-Man 2 (2004)
Rating: 3.0
sequels never seem to surprise me
The sequel to the first spider-man was an obvious one. Dramatic, action-packed, gets the girl in the end etc...your average sequel to an amazing movie. When spider-man chooses a normal life over a super-hero, the affects of this action brrings about conflict between him and his ex-villians, his loved ones and and also with his previous life. The actors were too good to be a part in this movie but played the roles of the characters as if it was high school theatre. The plot was interesting and kept my attention, yet it was the details around the main concept of the movie that were boring. This movie also lacked suspense because it revealed to the audience in the beginning of the movie about what was going to happen in the end. The film seemed rushed and it had enough material to be a 4 hour movie. When spider-man gave up his powers, due to the overwhelming stress and hatred that was drawn to him by his friends and the media, you knew he was just bound to pick that spider-suit up from the garbage can and save the day once again. In the end it was just another sequel to be put away on the shelf and to be forogotten as just another summer flick. I am hoping that they will realize that the originals will always be better than the following and will call it quits to spider-man 3.