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Great Action Movie, but Spider-Man Deserved Better
I know, I know. I'm going to get nailed for this. Everyone loves this movie. I liked it when I first saw it, and I still really enjoy it, hence the 3 stars. It isn't a BAD movie, it just isn't terribly good. The action is fine, most of the plot, sure, its ok, but I didn't like a few very big things about this movie. <
>1. What a stupid reason to lose your powers! He wasn't sure he wanted to "be" spider-man anymore or something, so he lost his powers. Who knew that you could just turn them off whenever you got emo? <
>2. Wasn't Spidey just... not that funny? I mean, spider-man is infamous in the comics for being a sarcastic jerk to those he beats up on. But he hardly cracked a joke in this movie. He just kind of... was sad and depressed and conflicted. In the comics, Peter's life is terrible sometimes, but he ALWAYS keeps it together. He uses these jokes to help himself stay sane. <
>3. Doctor Octopus's arms could've had a better story behind them. I know they probably didn't want to rehash the same plot from the first movie (replacing "goblin glider" with "octo arms"), but something else needed to be done. Dr. Octopus was one of Peter's biggest enemies, and they kill him of in a "I'm redeemed!" moment. Can't a bad guy just die a bad guy for once? And can't we have that classic comic ending where its like "oh wait, but is he really dead?" <
>4. The romance story was weird. For one thing, MJ left her fiance, who happened to be Peter's boss's son, at the altar for Peter, and we're supposed to assume Peter still has a job at the daily bugle after this? <
>5. OK, here's the scene that really pissed me off... The whole part on the train, where everyone saw his face but they were all like "Don't worry, we won't tell!" How stupid can you get? What a dumb scene! Almost as bad as the "Don't mess with New York!" scene in the first. Maybe worse, come to think of it. <
>6. Peter isn't invincible. He can't just do what he did with that train. Yeah, he's super strong, but he can be broken... What Peter did in that movie would be something that maybe Venom would be capable of, but not Spidey. <
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>So the action was great, the story was good, but so many little things annoyed me a lot. This is actually my least favorite of the three because I was just too distracted by its weak points to really enjoy it. While most say numbe 3 will be the worst, I enjoyed it much more. I like the way they took liberties with the Sandman, adding a more human element to him... but they did totally ruin Eddie Brock. And Gwen Stacy. Well, you can't win them all. Anyway, see this movie, defnitely, but watch it with a leary eye.

Great sequel!!
No doubt Sam Raimi is a HUGE Spider-man fan....This movie is obviously done by someone who is taking great care on delivering and doing justice to one of the greatest comic book characters. It's great to have movie directors who grew up reading and being fascinated by these great characters, and that are taking great care of giving fans what they deserve: a great action-packed movie based on Spidey's adventures.