Product: Spider-Man 2 (2004)
Rating: 4.0
A very good sequel, not as clever as the first...
Doc Oc was always my favorite Spidey villain, so I was interested in seeing how they portrayed him. I was surprised in that they made Doctor Octopus a more "sympathetic" villain than the Green Goblin--Alfred Molina did an excellent job portraying him.A lot more introspection in this movie, more internal conflict and yes, it's a slightly more depressing movie because of all the runs of bad luck Peter Parker has while trying to juggle being Spiderman and his "normal" life, while keeping his superhero identity hidden from his friends and relatives. But I feel this is a realistic portrayal of the struggle somebody with a double life would be going through.It's definitely worth having if, like me, you're a big Spidey fan--a good companion to the first one and it looks like they're setting up for a good story arc to be resolved in the third movie.I gave it four stars because there wasn't quite as much of the clever humor as there was in Spidey 1--while they try (a scene where Parker washes his Spidey costume with his whites and dyes his underwear blue and red), the writers and director were clearly going for a more dark look at the life of a superhero.