Product: Spider-Man 2 (2004)
Rating: 1.0
Who said great special effects?
I am a spider-man AND a Sam Raimi fan... and yet:I don't think I've ever been so dissapointed in my life.After seeing the first spider-man I was speechless, great CG and acting even if the script must have been drafted in 5 minutes on a napkin so of course you think the second installement can't be worse since the caracters have been established already but NO! How lazy is it to re-use the same basic caracter of a vilain I mean come on just listen to the commentairies for the 2 films the description of the vilain and peter parker's feelings for him!Surrogate daddys all around!But after all, even a spider-man fan such as myself doesn't go to see these films for the intricate plot so let's talk about the visuals: all right there are some great sequences like the vertical and free fall fighting but all the rest is unbearable to watch:tobey maguire is just useless, and what is up with the CG shots? Just listen to the commentairies:"we wanted the best CG shot in the first film to compare to the worst shot in the second" and they actually think they succeded! My god! The first shot of spidey in the film is so horrible it stuck in my head for the rest of the movie, but it wouldn't have been that bad if about 1 in 3 shots were at the same level of quality.Suspention of disbelief? Yeah for about 5 minutes during ONE of the action sequences!The worst of it is I'm such a spidey fan I'm still waiting for spider-man 3.