Spider-man 2

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Well I have now seen Spider-man 2 twice, and I must say that it stil holds up even after the initial fan-boyism has worn off.

The movie is not perfect by any means, but I think it is now officially my favorite sequel. Danger!  Danger Will Robinson!  Danger Spoilers Ahead!  Consider yourself duly warned.

I had planned on writing a detailed, three part review of the film, but I am thinking that anything that I would have to say has already been said many times.  So I will just make a few comments.

  1. The CGI was indeed an order of magnitude above the first film, but still fell short of the holy grail, Gollum created by WETA Digital.
  2. Can I tell you how refreshing it was to sit and watch plot and character development in a super-hero genre movie?  I thought the scene with Peter and the Octavius’ discussing love and life was just brilliant.  In contrast to The Hulk which attempted the same formula, I think that this film struck the right balance of plot/character development and action for American audiences.
  3. And man, was Alfred Molina just amazing or what?  I can think of no one I would rather have in that role now.  And I thought the inclusion of the sentient tenticles was a very good updating of the Doc Ock mythos.

That is from me for now, what do you think?

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  1. personal avatar Gideon
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    March 1, 2007

    I have to agree with all of the above. I was also suprised by the amount of story/mythos that they were able to cover in this movie, and I thought that they did it very well. I was kind of concerned about how and to whom Peter’s identity would be revealed, but was pleased with how they handled it. If Avi continues this way the third movie has the potential to make the Spiderman franchise my favorite comic book adaptation. And this is saying a lot considering how much of an X-head I am.

  2. personal avatar Tabitha
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    March 1, 2007

    I want to know if they are setting Dr. Connor up for a significant part in the next movie or if his understated involvement was just to give a nod to that whole part of Spidey’s story?

  3. personal avatar Chris J. Davis
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    March 1, 2007

    Very good questions. I am also wondering if The Lizard will be making an appearance in the final movie.

    There is a good amount of specualtion that the “Sinister Six” might be in the last movie, but I am holding out for a Green Goblin II/Venom teamup.

    But who knows, I guess we will just have to wait and see.

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