In a very last minute decision, Phil and me went to see “Spider-Man 2” last night… Erika and Adam were in the pool while we were watching The Simpsons, and Phil says “I’ve got a very bad idea that will piss those two off,” the local cinema was showing it at 8:30 pm but we decided not to go, so we watched Stan Lee’s Mutants, Monsters, and Marvels instead. Erika and Adam came in and Erika said if we wanted to go see Spider-Man then we could go see Spider-Man, of course the local cinema showing had long since past so we had to go further afield, all the way to the Cobb Galleria by the Perimeter…
We had to rush to make the 9:15 showing, but an insane amount of red lights on the way hampered our progress, so we made the 10:00 showing, with the queue out the door…
So the story picks up 2 years after the last movie, Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire) is still down on his luck, still in love with Mary Jane Watson (Kirsten Dunst), still taking pictures of Spider-Man for the Daily Bugle and still living the double life as Spider-Man. But something seems to be wrong, his web slinging abilities, while a lot more graceful than the first movie, is cutting out at the most inappropriate moments. Plus a new villain is in town, Doctor Octopus (Alfred Molina), who is hell bent on finishing the experiment that created him, add in Harry Osborn (James Franco) who wants Spider-Man to pay for the death of his father in the first movie and life for Spider-Man isn’t so easy…
That’s as much of the story as I’m telling… But if you liked the first one, you will love this. The effects are simply jawdropping, especially in the fights between Doc Ock and Spider-Man… The way they bring Doctor Octopus’ mechanical arms to life is very well done, to the point that they almost show emotion.
There’s plenty of laughs throughout the movie, mostly from J. Jonah Jameson (J.K. Simmons), and we’re introduced to a few more characters from the Spider-Man universe, Dr. Conners (who eventually becomes The Lizard) and John Jameson (who becomes Man-Wolf) as well as a hint towards HobGoblin (or Green Goblin 2), so it’s really a movie for fans of the comic book series.
Spider-Man 3 is already a given, infact it’s already scheduled for a Summer 2007 release, so this movie leaves a lot of loose ends that’s surely going to be tied up in 3 years time. Otherwise this is highly recommended, especially if you enjoyed the first movie…
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2 responses to “Spider-Man 2”
4 words:
GO SEE THIS MOVIE!!!
I would say it’s the best movie I’ve seen in the cinema in months, but it’s the ONLY movie I’ve seen in the cinema in months :P
Yeah, what he said… But dude, you almost spoiled it with your constant references to Kirsten Dunst’s fangs.
Thou shall not besmirch Kirsten Dunst, who, I must add, does another gratuitous-wet-clothes-with-perky-nipples-showing-shot
Ain’t nothing wrong with that… NOTHING!!!!