Spider-Man 2 (2004)
A worthy, if inferior, follow-up to the awesome original. Main problem here is overlength and an occasional mistrust of the audience's ability to connect emotional dots -- the low point is surely the Uncle Ben flashback. But then, there's the skyscraper battle and the runaway el-train and the quiet grace of the last five minutes. So I think the film comes out ahead. Sam Raimi is given more directorial leeway here, and it pays off -- his cracked sense of humor bleeds through more often, and his direction is more kinetic (including a neat homage to The Evil Dead). Occasionally feels closer to a horror film than a superhero drama, with several great jump-shocks. Overall? It's cool stuff.
Grade: B+
A worthy, if inferior, follow-up to the awesome original. Main problem here is overlength and an occasional mistrust of the audience's ability to connect emotional dots -- the low point is surely the Uncle Ben flashback. But then, there's the skyscraper battle and the runaway el-train and the quiet grace of the last five minutes. So I think the film comes out ahead. Sam Raimi is given more directorial leeway here, and it pays off -- his cracked sense of humor bleeds through more often, and his direction is more kinetic (including a neat homage to The Evil Dead). Occasionally feels closer to a horror film than a superhero drama, with several great jump-shocks. Overall? It's cool stuff.
Grade: B+
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