Product: Spider-Man 2 (2004)
Rating: 4.0
Spiderman 2 takes the easy way out
Spiderman 2 has been labeled by many as the greatest superhero movie ever at best, and at least a very good movie probably better than the first. So, I had high hopes going into this movie knowing I thoroughly enjoyed the first.The strength of the series lies in the relationships between Peter Parker, Mary Jane and Harry Osborne (Tobey McGuire, Kirsten Dunst and James Franco). These three people are ordinary people with ordinary problems like everyone else. I enjoyed both movies because of the interaction and conflict between these characters.The primary plot of the story, aside from Doc Ock, is Peter's love for Mary Jane. Peter doesn't want to get close to her in fear of him being Spiderman coming back to hurt her. This is the big problem I have with the movie. The movie does such a great job of centering the entire conflict in the movie around Peter loving Mary Jane but constantly disappointing her. A great way to resolve this would be for Peter to win Mary Jane's heart without Spiderman having anything to do with it. Unfortunately, director Sam Raimi takes the easy way out and throws away the conflict between Peter and Mary Jane at the end.This obviously isn't a story you can carry on forever. Mary and Peter had to get together sooner or later. I just wish that it hadn't happened so easily.Overall, this is a good, solid movie, and the ending sets it up for a great Spiderman 3.