Peter parkers having a rough time. Things are so bad he declares that hes quitting & never putting on the suit again. However his sense of duty forces him to become a hero again when dr octavius is deformed in an accident & becomes dr octopus. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 04/25/2006 Starring: Tobey Maguire James Franco Run time: 127 minutes Rating: Pg13
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Customer Rating: Summary: BETTER THAN MOST OF ITS KIND Comment: I liked the CGI work, and non-stop action, but was quite happy to see the characters in SPIDEY-2 become less cardboard-like than many of the super clowns ( and 'clones' ) coming to big ( and little ) screens everywhere these days. This movie had some heart, and a lot of that was due to another excellent performance by Alfred Molina. His 'Doc Ock' is a much more well-rounded, and conflicted villain than I've seen in a while, and while my personal preference in super-heroes tends to swing closer to HELLBOY, and 'V,' Tobey Maguire makes an exceptional Spider-man.
Most of the extra's in this version of the film, are not that great ( for the money ), and the 8 minutes of extra footage doesn't make the story any better.
Still, it's a very well-done movie. Customer Rating: Summary: I gave the first one a 10 out of 10, this one is even better Comment: It would be way too predictable for me to use an exaggeration here like, "since this is better than the first, and I gave the first one a 10 out of 10, then I'm giving part 2 a 15 out of 10!!" I won't quite say that. There's only one movie that deserves such an outrageous claim of actually scoring OUTSIDE the scale of numbers allotted for the rating, and that's Back to the Future part 1. Sorry, I got a off on a tangent, Spike Lee style. Back to Spider-Man 2.
This truly outdoes the first movie in terms of scale. And I guess that's how it works, you tell the origin story, after that you're free to explore different themes in that universe you've created. I don't like to use this word to describe a lot of things, but truly only one word describes this movie: epic.
There's a single driving force in this movie that instantly gets you worrying, and hoping for a good outcome: Peter Parker's tragic downfall, or to be more specific, him hitting ROCK BOTTOM with Mary Jane. He literally lost it all here at one point in this movie. I mean it doesn't get anymore serious than being told "Oh, I'm getting married.." As if that weren't enough, he couldn't even be in her life as a friend because of his constant disappointments he caused her because of his responsibilities as Spider-Man. Add to that his stressful friendship with Harry, his identity crisis, and you've got a pretty complex story, superhero action movie or not.
**You feel the full spectrum of emotions in this movie. Or at the very least, you feel the maximum emotion at one part of the spectrum, sympathy. I've said it already and I'll say it again, Peter Parker's crumbling relationship with Mary Jane was executed perfectly. There's two scenes that captures this feeling of desperation perfectly:
2) After falling to the ground after his webs failed him again, he picks up that newspaper and sees how he's hated by the city and gets no appreciation, with the scene then cutting to him sitting on his bed, tossing that paper away in disgust. It's at this point that we're on the edge of our seats, just wondering what he's gonna do next. His life was a complete tragedy.
**Amazing, lengthy action sequences.
**A sympathetic villain, much better than Green Goblin.
**It takes a certain expert hand to be able to have lines spoken by one character (Aunt May), then have those very same lines repeated by another character (Peter) to another character (Doc Ock), which is what finally gets that other character to see the error of his ways, all without seeming forced or convenient. There's certain elements of the plot that do seem convenient, but it's never contrived or forced. It's like a complex tapestry that all fits together and makes sense somehow.
Coupling a dead fish of a romance with a complete anti-climax of a superhero movie, Spider-man 2 fails in almost every conceivable way; put it this way, it's never a good sign when your villain is five times more likable and sympathetic as your superhero. Customer Rating: Summary: My Favorite Spiderman Movie Comment: This Was A Brilliant Movie, With Great Acting And Speacial Effect's. Spiderman Had To Face Doctor Octopus. A Man With 8 Limb's And Total Destruction. This My Favorite Spiderman Movie. And This Was Worth Watching, Not A Waste Of Time.
