jasond

Since I rarely post about anything but movies (not having a life will do that to you), I'll give my thoughts on Spider-man 2.

It's good, really good. Now go see it. Seriously though, I enjoyed it a lot. I thought the humor wasn't quite as good as the first movie, though a large part of that is because of the tone of this film is darker. Spidey's always been the hard luck kid, and this movie delivers up on that aspect in spades. Props go to the effects work on Doc Ock, who is much better looking then Green Goblin's suit in the first one. Every time Ock is on screen it's marvelous. I wish they had used him more. Speaking of using more, the JJJ fans will happy to know J.K. Simmons gets a larger role this time around. There's a great scene between Ted Raimi and Simmons as they come up with a name for Ock. Also Bruce Campbell gets another cameo that nearly had me on the floor laughing.

There were a few things that I didn't like 100%, most of it near the end so I won't go into details to avoid spoiling the movie. I was going to say that Peter's social awkwardness makes me want to shake him yell at him "TELL HER YOU LOVE HER, YOU MORON" but then I remember that he's about as good with women as I am, so I can't say it's not realistic.