Product: Spider-Man 2 (2004)
Rating: 4.0
Spider-Man No More
Spider-Man 2 is alot better than the overrated 2002 'Spider-Man'. I say that because the film itself has a generous story that's very realistic. Tobey Maguire as usual was good as Peter Parker/Spider-Man (despite his 5'7 frame)>>>>>no pun intended. Throughout the film Peter Parker is struggling w/ his own personal problems and appears to be a recluse to MJ, Aunt May & Harry Osbourne.He's so involved w/ being Spider-Man he ignores the little things in life. By the way, he's still in love in MJ........which leads to the Superman 2 plot (spoiler). For the villain of the film, we have Dr. Octopus (Alfred Molina). He's pretty good in the role, though his screen time is limited. Viewers get a dose of good action scenes involving Spider-Man vs Dr Ock (though not alot of scenes)........Kirsten Dunst was so-so as MJ (not my 1st casting choice in the role)......she basically whines off & on about Peter not being true to his feelings about her ( Maguire/Dunst have bad chemistry, not as bad as Reeves/Moss in Matrix). James Franco improved(acting-wise) in the film. Franco in Spider-Man 1 was too dull, but in Spider-Man 2 we can see the darkness that lies within him, but I'll admit, the scenes with Peter/Harry were highly amusing and badly scripted at the same time. Oh, and for all you Willem Dafoe fans, he's in Spider-man 2 as well (in a unexplained ending). Yeah................I think Raimi should've nixed the whole Norman Osborn taunting Harry scenario if he's not going to be the villain in Spider-man 3...............All & all I loved the film alot, a few things could be changed (like most films)>>>>>>>I hope my review helps