Lots of humor, heart, romance, and action all told in a bright, colorful fashion. It's followed by a terrible third film and then a reboot series that, while good, misses a lot of what makes this film work so well. It still holds up and is a high water-mark for Marvel movies, in my opinion. It was one of the rare summer blockbusters I went to see more than once. I walked out of the theater beaming from ear to ear and feeling like a kid again. When this came out, it was the best superhero movie since Superman '78. Octopus to life and treats the character seriously, which is miles above the hammy performance given by Willem Dafoe's Green Goblin in the first film. Rosemary Harris gets far more to do as Aunt May this time around and she's amazing. Dunst rises above the damsel-in-distress role she's saddled with quite nicely and by the end finally feels like the iconic Mary Jane ("Go get 'em, Tiger."). Kirsten Dunst and James Franco build upon their performances from the last movie. His inherent nerdiness, awkwardness, and struggle to do what's right even at the cost of his own happiness. Tobey Maguire perfectly captures the essence of Peter Parker, even more so than the first movie. Danny Elfman's music is good but, as with the first film, not in the same league as his iconic Batman work. The scene where Spidey saves an elevated train is arguably the movie's highlight. The fight scenes between Spider-Man and Dr.
There's still a little bit of the rubbery animated look of the CGI humans but not as distracting as before. Comic fans should appreciate the homages to the works of Lee, Ditko, and Romita, The CGI improves from the first film. This one he seems completely at home with the big budget blockbuster and creates many memorable scenes and images, as he often does in his lower budget work.
Sam Raimi's direction is much improved from the first film. Octopus by the press, that may force Peter out of retirement.
But a new threat rises in the form of mad physicist Otto Octavius, dubbed Dr. All of this leads to Peter deciding to give up being a superhero. He's had to give up his chance at love with Mary Jane, he can't hold a job because he's always late, his grades are suffering at college, his Aunt May is struggling with the loss of beloved Uncle Ben, and his best friend Harry blames Spider-Man for the death of his father. Being Spider-Man is wrecking poor Peter Parker's life.
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