Spider-Man 2 | | Cast : | Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, Alfred Molina | | Director : | Sam Raimi | | Studio : | Columbia Tri-Star | | Format : | Widescreen, Special Edition, Color, Dolby | | Released Date : | June 30, 2004 | | DVD Released Date : | November 30, 2004 | | Language : | Spanish (Dubbed), French (Subtitled), English (Subtitled), English (Original Language), French (Original Language), Spanish (Subtitled) | | Audience Rating : | PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | August 08, 2005 | | Summary | Superhero Smash! | Content
 | This is the finest superhero film done to date. As a fourty year plus reader of Spider-man and a film buff I was totally enthralled by the experience of viewing this film. It is a true thriller in all aspects. The character of Spider-man becomes a much more realistic human being, a little less angst and a little more real world coarseness really works. The moment where Peter Parker decides to walk away from his other persona and return to the world of meekness and academia is quite effective. His self doubt seems to wash away as he moves further away from being a hero. But it is only a temporary respite, and when the moment calls he answers fearlessly, finally accepting the twin burdens he must carry as a hero and a human being. The film has so many incredible moments that it would be useless to list them all. Suffice to say the action is astounding and the realization of Doc Ock and his terrifying tentacles of death will leave you in awe. This is a film that will hold up on multiple viewings and will stand on it's own as a fine example of American cinema. |
| Rating | | | Date | August 07, 2005 | | Summary | O What a tangled web we weave... | Content
| I have a confession to make: I hated the first Spider-Man.
I despised it, loathed it all the more for having anticipated it so much. For a big-budget superhero flick I thought it looked astonishly cheap; it was poisonously saccharine-sweet, and the spectacle of the two masked super-adversaries---Green Goblin and Spider-Man---taunting each other without being able to see their mouths---was ridiculous.
So I came into Spider-Man 2 with a mix of dread and boredom.
Faced!
I can report that Spider-Man 2 is not only a deleriously enjoyable film in its own right, but it is that rarest of sequels: the sequel that makes its predecessor better by virtue of its sheer existence.
The best thing about this Spidery successor is it feels shot like a horror flick: this is, after all, Sam Raimi, the abrasive, hyperkinetic, revolutionary young director who had conjured up the unabashedly gory and improbably funny "Evil Dead" movies. Spider-Man 2 succeeds in large part because of the camera-work, which delivers because it mimics the movements of the hero and villain , whether we're webbing through the Manhattan canyons with Spidey or lumbering up the side of a skyscraper with the brilliantly evil---albeit enslaved---Doctor "Octopus" (played to fleshy perfection by the underrated Al Molina).
Tobey McGuire has toned it down in this installment: he's more relaxed, more comfortable with the role even as his stymied superhero is becoming less comfortable with his powers. James Franco (Osborn Jr.) flexes some acting chops with his parsed, but critical role; Kirsten Dunst is amiably bland, as always; and of the wildly overracting JK Simmons (J. Jonah Jameson) the less said, the better.
But the real jewel in Spidey's crown is its villain: Spider-Man has found a worthy foe, and the flick its lodestone, in the tormented and complicated Dr. Octavius, played to perfection by Molina. Molina gives this second outting its gravity, tragedy, and (no pun intended) heft---props as well to the FX crew on the tentacles, each of which bristle with menace.
And that's another place where Spider-Man 2 shines: its judicious, effective use of CGI. For a blockbuster, SM2 made use of many traditional effects, eschewing CGI unless the scene was literally impossible to creature with stunts, sets, and props. That realism gives the film a gritty heft, a raw physicality, missing from other CGI-larded blockbusters, and it redounds to Raimi's credit.
One slight complaint and a general note to Hollywood: stop killing off a supervillains every single flick---these guys are good for at least another picture, especially Doc Ock! Besides, a lower supervillain bodycount means less money spent on brainstorming new sequel stuff, and surely that can't be bad for business.
JSG |
| Rating | | | Date | August 04, 2005 | | Summary | spider-man 2 is the best!! | Content
| ok first if your confused over peter losing his powers it was because he was worrying about himself too much he was wondering about what to do about a job,mary-jane,aunt may that kind of stuff ok? anyway spider-man 2 is the best superhero movie ever!! |
| Rating | | | Date | August 03, 2005 | | Summary | Waaaaay better then the first | Content
| Spider-Man 2 is really great and intellgent the movie is about peter parker being depress of his hero duties and that he can't be with mary jane. Then the evil doctor octopus makes his appearence making this film great I can't tell anymore but the dvd is full of lots of stuff so buy it now. |
| Rating | | | Date | August 03, 2005 | | Summary | Amazing set | Content
| This is an excelent sequel as a movie and an excelent sequel as a gift set to Spider-Man. The casing is more compact to the one in the first movie, but items enclosed are top notch like the first one. I really love the drawings by different artists inspired by several scenes from the motion picture. Only mistake: The reprinting of the comic in which Spidey gives up his double life is smaller than the original one.
The movie is superb. One of the best second installment in movie history, as good as "The Godfather part II", "Terminator 2" and "Toy Story 2". |
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