So Spider-Man 2 was released in The Netherlands last week, and I saw it on Saturday. I liked it a great deal and it is a better film than part 1, butI do have some issues with it. Most importantly I thought the pacing was off a bit. Director Sam Raimi takes a lot off to show us a clumbsy Peter Parker and the problems he's having to deal with. Of course, this is for a large part what the Spider-Man franchise is about, but Raimi takes so much time doing this that by the time the intermission came along not much had happened really. Yes we had been introduced by the villian, but he wasn't really used as a constant threath. By that time in the film it could have used a little urgency. That said, the second part of the film was pretty spectacular. Of course the "With great power comes great responsibility"-mantra was re-iterated, in a rather clumsy dream sequence with uncle Ben, but that was to be expected. However, Aunt May's speech was just a bit too much. Minor quibbles aside though it was a ver good an entertaining film. Doc Ock was a great villain, the cast pulled off some good performances, and combined with the spectacular the action sequences this really put this film a notch above the first film.
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I actually thought Tobey did a pretty good job. Dock Ock was the man of the film though.
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