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Spider-Man 2 (Widescreen Special Edition) | Year: 2004 Directed: - Sam Raimi Actors/Actresses: - Tobey Maguire - Kirsten Dunst - Alfred Molina Super hero, lover, Pizza Guy! Tobey Maguire stars as Peter Parker, aka Spider-Man, in this clever, thrilling, and sometimes poignant blockbuster, sure to please all ages. Peter is something of a lost soul, living in a dump, forever in debt, habitually late to class, and losing jobs quicker than you can say, "Pizza Time!" - all the while moonlighting as New York City's greatest crime fighting hero. He's also hopelessly in love with actress Mary Jane (Kirsten Dunst), but unable to tell her due to his Spider-Man responsibilities and the fact that he's the shyest and most naive young man ever. Enter Dr. Octavious (Alfred Molina), a scientist who has discovered a new and very dangerous form of energy - which goes horribly wrong and changes him into an evil monster, complete with four super-strong metal arms. He conspires with the late Green Goblin's son (James Franco) to kidnap Mary Jane and destroy Spider-Man! Tobey Maguire gives Spider-Man a very real, EveryGuy face; an average-Joe who doesn't have all the answers (except when he's wearing that red and blue suit), but does have lots of problems and insecurities. Maguire, with his puppy dog face and endearing lisp, is the boy you'd like to take you to the prom (or adopt, depending on your age). Tobey's performance is just adorable and there are many heart-tugging moments as he wrestles with his decision to give up being Spider-Man and just be a regular fella. Kirsten Dunst is suitably wholesome and perky as his love-interest, and Alfred Molina is just right as the creepy and campy arch villain. The special effects are first-class and the whole movie is a feast for the eyes. I really enjoyed Spider-Man 2; its got enough oh-wow! action and enough ahhhh! sweetness to delight fans of both action and romance. The eye-popping scenes of Spidey sailing through Manhattan's skyscrapers (always accompanied by spectacular car crashes!) are great fun; I heartily recommend Spider-Man 2 for family-friendly thrills. Stunning Sequel There are many films whose storylines have encouraged sequels - many fail to be as good as the original, an audience's expectations raised due to the freshness of characters and plotlines. There are only two that come to my mind that surpass their predecessors: "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" and "The Godfather: Part II". I can now add an easy third to my list, and "Spider-Man 2" is, without a doubt, that third movie. The story continues with Peter Parker (so superlatively played by the boyish, nerdy Maguire) struggling through college, his grades rapidly declining because of the countless hours spent swinging about the city saving lives. His one true love Mary Jane (Dunst) is now a Broadway actress and model, her face plastered on billboards and posters everywhere. Aunt May has fallen on hard times, the bank threatening to foreclose on her home and Harry Osborn (Franco), now the proprietor of Oscorp, is still bent on revenge against Spider-Man for the death of his father Norman (the Green Goblin of 2002's "Spider-Man", played by Willem Dafoe). Time to throw a superb supervillain into the mix. Enter Dr. Otto Octavius (Molina), another scientist earning Peter's utmost esteem with a breakthrough experiment that will change the face of nuclear physics for years to come. During a presentation of his latest invention that would make Oscorp a multi-million dollar enterprise again, the exposition goes horribly awry and "Doc Ock" is left with four mechanical tentacles bolted into his spinal column, each solid steel "arm" independently functional...and menacing. Torn between the sacrificial life of a superhero and the normal life he truly wants, Pete decides to throw in the towel, surrendering his Spider suit to the trash and coming clean to Mary Jane about his feelings for her. Or does he? With Doc Ock up to no good and Harry's growing animosity for the masked crusader, Peter has his work cut out for him and there is no simple evasion of his civic duty. So many aspects of this film aid in the surmounting of the original, primarily the overwhelming amount of CGI that was handsomely paid for ($54 million alone was spent on digital effects) on a $200 million budget. What will really take your breath away are the two fight sequences between Doc Ock and Spidey, a melee atop a clock tower and a confrontation aboard a speeding "el" train gasp-inducing. You'll become so engrossed by the intense physical combat onscreen that you'll forget that the two men you see fighting are not really men at all - they're computer-generated images (for the most part). We even get an illustrated recap of the first film during the opening credits with original artwork by Alex Ross ("Kingdom Come"). Fanboys will be especially proud of director Sam Raimi's homage to the comic, the shot of Peter depositing the Spidey suit into an alley dumpster taken directly from a panel in Issue #50 entitled "Spider-Man No More". Raimi was so eager to get star a 13-year-old review I love this movie i will buy it and i hope you buy it too Tobey Maguire Returns in this awsome action movie. All the same stars return with a new star who is Alfred Molina a great person to do the part in this movie a great action movie that all generations most likely will love i saw it in theaters 2 times and a third time tommarrow so i again this is a great movie just like the first one even better. I think this is an awsome experiance for you i recomened it to anyone! Buy Spider Man 2 at Amazon.com Buy posters at Allposters.com Jamster - the latest ringtones for your phone!  Search with Walhello on the Internet on Spider Man 2 Search with the Priority Search Engine on Spider Man 2 This page in other languages: Suomeksi | Nederlands | Deutsch
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