Product: Spider-Man 2 (2004)
Rating: 4.0
One huge reason to be optimistic
I actually thought the first Spiderman movie was fairly boring, and for the same reason that most super hero movies are boring: a very bad script. I honestly don't know if the second one will be any better, but there is hope! After the phenomenal critical success of the book THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF KAVALIER AND CLAY, which tells the story of two young comic book writers from the early days of WW II, Michael Chabon was asked to write the story for Spiderman II. If you have read that novel, you know what extraordinary ideas he has for comic book stories. There is a very, very good chance that he can elevate SPIDERMAN II to a good space. I actually read an interview with Toby McGuire where he talked about how good he thought the script was.So, keep your hopes up folks! Thanks to Michael Chabon, the second film just might be a very good one.