Product: Spider-Man 2 (2004)
Rating: 4.0
One of Few Movies That Is As Good As The First Movie
"Spider-Man 2" continues the story from "Spider-Man" naturally. This time, "Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man" (Toby Maguire) faces one of his deadliest enemies Doctor Octopus, played brilliantly by Alfred Molina.The special effects are mind blowing. Rather than just witnessing the fights like in the first movie, you actually get to see what it is like to be Spider-man traveling along the skylines of New York City. And the fight scenes are as if they are ripped out of the comic panles.the plot will seem to be the same as "Superman II" to non comic book fans. In "Superman II", Superman gives up his powers to be with the woman he loves, and villians comes to town and Superman must get his powers to save the day. in "Spider-Man 2", Peter parker looses his powers and starts to get a meaningful relationship with Mary Jane Watson (Kirsten Dunst)and Doc Oc comes to town, and Peter gets his powers back in order to save the day.Overall, it is a good movie to watch pop corn with. It has great action, drama, and even comedy in it as well. Sam Rami did a grerat job with this film, and be sure to find Sam Rami movie staple, and "greatest B movie actor ever", Bruce Campell.Some extras on the DVD are very good. It has a making of documentary (very good), all the history of Spider-man/ Peter Parker's love interests(boring), and the history of the main villian Doctor Octopus(interesting). A neat option on the first disk is pop up factoids that let you know little tid bits about the movie (enhances viewing experiances).Overall, I recommend this DVD.