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The Poster

Even though the film has some serious caliber acting talent (I'll get to that in a second), the real star of the show is director Sam Raimi. We all know and love the man's low budget movies, most especially Evil Dead. But with the first Spider-Man, he was forced or chose to tone down his signature style for a more straightforward blockbuster-action oriented approach. With Spider-Man 2, Raimi brings back his unabashedly frenetic style. In one tremendously exciting sequence, Doc Ock's arms madly attack doctors in manner lifted directly out of Evil Dead 2. With no music in the background, we see huge optical zooms, blood and shaky-cam as the horror-hag screams of terror fly through the soundscape. Hell, there's even a prominently displayed chainsaw that gets put to some great use. This sequence is so exciting that I giggled with fan-boy laughter. Alone, this is well worth the price of admission.

This time out, Spider-Man is having some serious thoughts about being the spandex clad web-shooter, namely because it's keeping him from his real love, Mary Jane. Of course, there's another bad guy on the loose, in the form of a mechanized octopus guy that Harry Osborne (James Franco) is funding now that he's in control of his late father's company. Yes, the setup is similar to the first movie (accident causes scientist to become deformed, MJ is put in danger, and Spider-Man must rescue her), but then again, what superhero movie DOESN'T conform to such plot elements?

How the sequel differentiates itself from the first movie is through and increased reliance on strong action sequences, while still being able to maintain a very solid story and nice dialogue. Yes, the movie was worked on by a Pulitzer winning author and although the script for this film isn't going to win a prize of similar level, it is well written and enjoyable.

A confrontation.

As always, Tobey Maguire is perfectly cast, this time as the extremely disillusioned version of Peter Parker. He has a series of bad things go worse for him in this film, and Maguire encapsulates that pathetic nature that helps to sell the story. Also good is Kirsten Dunst, in a role admittedly light on the show off moments, but solid and pretty. Who I really loved, though, was Alfred Molina, independent film actor extraordinaire. As Doc Ock, Molina makes an empathetic figure, a victim as much as much as anyone. Oh, and James Franco is pretty good too as the tortured Harry Osbourne, son of the first Green Goblin. There are some nerd-worthy hints on what's to come as he recedes darker into his hatred of Spider-Man, the one that killed his father.

Spider-Man 2 is one of the better sequels you'll find, and even more importantly, one of the best superhero movies ever made. A visual feast, with some great acting and exciting, breathtaking directing.

Movie Grade: A

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