Spiderman 2

surferskin · Post by **surferskin** » Tue Jul 06, 2004 10:29 am

After seeing the first spiderman and pretty much enjoying all the marvel comic's movies i was really looking forward to seeing spiderman 2...especially since it got such good reviews from critics...that being said, what a huge disappointment of a summer blockbuster it was. It's long, boring and just a typical lame sequel...the movie is totally predictable and C movie at best.

First off, it's basically an action movie with no action.
Secondly, they spent way too much time rehashing stuff from the first movie.
Lastly, i guess it's gripe i've had since the first movie..casting, kristen dunst is not hot enough to be mary jane and tobey mcguire is just too much a wuss to be spiderman...

anyways, just curious about what everyone else thought about it....

joebagadonuts · Post by **joebagadonuts** » Tue Jul 06, 2004 12:37 pm

i guess i couldn't disagree more. i thought it was great, much better than the first. i enoyed the action, character development, and didn't feel that it lame in the least.

what i enjoyed most was how the feeling of the movie was very close to how i remember the comic books; that peter parker is just a kid with real problems just like the rest of us. he has rent to pay, can't get a girlfriend, etc. it makes him much more human than some other superheroes, i.e. superman, batman, etc.

anyway, i thought it was great movie. it fully entertained my little pea brain.

gambit187 · Post by **gambit187** » Tue Jul 06, 2004 12:44 pm

joebagadonuts wrote:i guess i couldn't disagree more. i thought it was great, much better than the first. i enoyed the action, character development, and didn't feel that it lame in the least.

what i enjoyed most was how the feeling of the movie was very close to how i remember the comic books; that peter parker is just a kid with real problems just like the rest of us. he has rent to pay, can't get a girlfriend, etc. it makes him much more human than some other superheroes, i.e. superman, batman, etc.

anyway, i thought it was great movie. it fully entertained my little pea brain.

IT WAS THE SHIZNITTLE BAM BITTLE..........LOL IN OTHER WORDS I LOVED IT. ....

I AM 34 and been reading and collecting Marvel Comics since i was 12. I could not agree more with Joebadofdonuts. In Spidey's early years it was tough, going to school , taking care of Aunt May, trying to work and be independat, trying to be a regular guy with hormones. Too bad the next one wont be out till 2007

joebagadonuts · Post by **joebagadonuts** » Tue Jul 06, 2004 2:11 pm

gambit187 wrote:Too bad the next one wont be out till 2007

crap.

Texas Hog · Post by **Texas Hog** » Wed Jul 07, 2004 10:43 am

I agree with Surferskin....it was long, too much love story....she's not hot enough...how long are they going to milk the I'm not sure who I want to be scenario?

I didn't think it was as good as the first and neither did my 9 year-old step-son.

joebagadonuts · Post by **joebagadonuts** » Wed Jul 07, 2004 12:07 pm

Texas Hog wrote:I agree with Surferskin....it was long, too much love story....she's not hot enough...how long are they going to milk the I'm not sure who I want to be scenario?

I didn't think it was as good as the first and neither did my 9 year-old step-son.

i agree about kirsten dunst. she's not very attractive and too......droopy, if you catch my drift. but the spiderman comics were all about the 'i'm not sure who i want to be' scenario. so it made sense to me that the movie would reflect that.

floridaskinsfan · Post by **floridaskinsfan** » Wed Jul 07, 2004 12:18 pm

I enjoyed the movie. Good development of the characters and Dr. Octopus is a better villian than Green Goblin (in my opinion). I liked it better than the original.

surferskin · Post by **surferskin** » Wed Jul 07, 2004 1:00 pm

Ok...here's some spoilers, so cover your eyes if you haven't seen the movie...cover your eyes!!!!!

Here's a list of things that were completely fake about the movie or just plain gay (now i know that it's only a movie and comic book movie at that but they should try to make somewhat real):

1. Correct me if i'm wrong but i don't think that spiderman ever just lost his powers because he didn't believe strong enough..(and i guess you can go back to the first one about spiderman can't magically shoot webs out of his hands)...and that's pretty much a direct ripoff of superman 2.
2. That 3 year old helping lift up peter parker out of the burning building. :roll:

3. spiderman making that perfect web at the end for him and MJ out of nowhere.
4. spiderman was never strong enough to stop a moving train especially with his webs.
5. why were they so quick to reveal spiderman's idenity???
6. i do agree that doc oct was pretty cool villian but i thought that he was way under used in the movie.
7. i thought the special effects of spiderman swinging through the city were much more fake looking this time around.

My 2 cents

...actually that was probably more than two cents but oh well...probably more like a quarter. :wink:

REDEEMEDSKIN · Post by **REDEEMEDSKIN** » Wed Jul 07, 2004 2:20 pm

I loved the movie, but I'm afraid I will have to see it again since I was at a very "ghetto" movie theater, and this hispanic dude decided to carry on a conversation point during a climatic speech in the film. What a jerk!!!

NC43Hog · Post by **NC43Hog** » Wed Jul 07, 2004 2:39 pm

REDEEMEDSKIN wrote:I loved the movie, but I'm afraid I will have to see it again since I was at a very "ghetto" movie theater, and this hispanic dude decided to carry on a conversation point during a climatic speech in the film. What a jerk!!!

That's why DVDs are soooo great. I just plug into my home theater and off I go, with no idle chatter around me. I will wait once again for the DVD release.

Texas Hog · Post by **Texas Hog** » Wed Jul 07, 2004 3:07 pm

5. why were they so quick to reveal spiderman's idenity??? I know!

6. i do agree that doc oct was pretty cool villian but i thought that he was way under used in the movie.
Agreed.

Texas Hog · Post by **Texas Hog** » Wed Jul 07, 2004 3:07 pm

joebagadonuts wrote:
Texas Hog wrote:I agree with Surferskin....it was long, too much love story....she's not hot enough...how long are they going to milk the I'm not sure who I want to be scenario?

I didn't think it was as good as the first and neither did my 9 year-old step-son.

i agree about kirsten dunst. she's not very attractive and too......droopy, if you catch my drift. but the spiderman comics were all about the 'i'm not sure who i want to be' scenario. so it made sense to me that the movie would reflect that.

ah....I wasn't familiar with the comic so that helps explain that...thanks

Chris Luva Luva · Post by **Chris Luva Luva** » Thu Jul 08, 2004 2:14 am

I FREAKING LOVED IT!!! If you haven't seen it, then go see it, you won't feel like you wasted money. I felt like I was right there in the middle of the action. The CG was flawless, there is only one time thru the entire film where I was like "dag that looked fake" and that was at the very end when Spiderman jumped in the air. The CG character seem to have no weight.