Spiderman 2 : Worth the ticket or not?

[Renae]

I will answer this. As I spent the cash and saw the flick.

Maybe.

Seriously, without spoilers I can say it's a very deep character movie that starts slow, reaches a climax and ends... with a scene I find particularly dumb.

But in between is a pretty good flick if you're looking to burn three hours at the local theater. Electro, in light of the actor portraying him is amusingly ironic but a decent villain and the entire film hinges, like any good Spidey story, Parker learning to accept who he is and how that endangers those around him.

 

[AliHajiSheik]

I already saw Spider-Man 2 10 years ago, I think I'll pass.

 

[NGNM85]

I'd say it's worth the ticket, but the reboot still falls short of Raimi's first two films. It had a couple of significant problems. First, Jamie Foxx's Max Dillon is almost a carbon copy of Jim Carrey's Edward Nygma from Batman Forever. (One of my guilty pleasures.) For another, Harry's transformation into the Green Goblin (I'm also not crazy about the design.) happens so quickly it seems like an afterthought. This brings me to the next point that there were way too many villains, much like Spider-Man 3. Also, I could care less about Peter Parker's parents, I never really cared, and this really feels to me like a clumsy attempt to depart from the Raimi films. Finally, the film doesn't so much conclude as...end, rather abruptly.

On the upside; it was fun. As long as you don't expect too much, you should have a good time.

 

[Ben K.]

Spidey himself is written incredibly well. Not just saving the city from giant mechanised rhino's, he stops to build peoples confidence and saves cats from trees. He's very much the grassroots peoples hero, which was why he was my fave hero as a young'un. Felt like a riposte to how Supes was portrayed in MoS. He quips too, which he didn't do in Raimi's trilogy.

That said, the tone was abit all over the place from goofy to serious on a dime. Uncle Ben has become even more marginalised in the lore (Pete's always pining over his parents rather than trying to live up to the guy who gave him his guiding philosophy). The portrayal of the most infamous scene in comics history was very effective without being gory, but I wished they kept the dialogue from the comic.

 

[Fearandloathing]

I will answer this. As I spent the cash and saw the flick.

Maybe.

Seriously, without spoilers I can say it's a very deep character movie that starts slow, reaches a climax and ends... with a scene I find particularly dumb.

But in between is a pretty good flick if you're looking to burn three hours at the local theater. Electro, in light of the actor portraying him is amusingly ironic but a decent villain and the entire film hinges, like any good Spidey story, Parker learning to accept who he is and how that endangers those around him.

Ever since "The Incredibles" i have not been able to sit through a Spiderman film and not laugh. I lost any form of connection with the character after too much exposure to Toby McGuire who was closing in on 30 playing a teen.

I will, In seriously doubt, ever pay anything to watch anything with Jammie Fox in it, so I guess this will not be on my bucket list anytime soon.

However, another Ironman will get my interest.

 

[Mason66]

Does anybody here have a problem with a foreigner playing Spider-Man having to do an American accent?