Spider-Man 2
To be Spider-Man or not to be Spider-Man. That's the question of this movie. Don't believe me? Well let's check out the story.
As the movie opens, we are introduced to Peter Parker's (Tobey Maguire) job as a pizza delivery boy. On his next delivery, he stops to save some kids. When he delivers the pizzas, he's late. This not only causes him to not get paid, but his business loses that customer and Parker is fired. He then goes to his job at the Daily Bugle where J. Jonah Jameson (J.K. Simmons) almost fires Parker for not having any more pictures of Spider-Man, until Parker hands over a picture. He leaves and goes to school, where he's late. Afterwards, he goes to his birthday party where his Aunt May Parker (Rosemary Harris), Mary Jane Watson (Kirsten Dunst), and Harry Osborn (James Franco) are waiting for him. Harry is still seeking revenge on Spider-Man for killing his father, but Peter refuses to tell him where the web crawler is. After the party, Peter promises MJ that he'd attend her play. The next day, Harry takes Peter to see Dr. Otto Octavius (Alfred Molina). After this short visit, he gets ready for MJ's play. However, on his way there, he decides to stop some more criminals. This causes him to be late for her play and make her really mad at him. The following day, he attends the demonstration of Dr. Octavius' newest breakthrough in fusion. This goes horribly wrong, causing his wife to be killed and Spider-Man to knock Dr. Octavius out. In the hospital, Octavius goes mad due to the loss of his wife and his experiment gone wrong. He begins going on a criminal spree as the new Doc Ock.
Alright, the story isn't Hamlet. However, the story is brilliantly told. Every actor is pouring all of their talent into their roles. Maguire really shows how tough it is for Parker to decide if he should stay being Spider-Man or not. His actions begin to do more harm than good for him. Since Spider-Man is just a young adult, we can buy into him wanting to give up on Spider-Man just so he can live a normal life. However, he also sees that him giving up isn't what was best for the city. He realizes that this town will always need heroes, but is Spider-Man the hero they needed? As I stated before, everyone is amazing in this movie. From Maguire to Simmons. Well, Simmons has always been great in this series and it's become hard to imagine anyone else play Jameson. He's got the perfect voice and delivery for the character.
However, not everything is perfect for this flik. There's a side-plot involving MJ marrying Jameson's son. He's not an interesting character and the movie throws him away about as fast as he's introduced. His only use is to give more problems for Parker, but it's not really a big problem. The movie could of worked perfectly without him. As for Maguire, while he's amazing in this movie, his delivery is sometimes really off.
So would I recommend seeing this movie? Of course. If you're a fan of Spider-Man or just comic book heroes in general, you'll love this movie. It's a lot of fun for the entire family, full of action, romance, and tons upon tons of character development.
As the movie opens, we are introduced to Peter Parker's (Tobey Maguire) job as a pizza delivery boy. On his next delivery, he stops to save some kids. When he delivers the pizzas, he's late. This not only causes him to not get paid, but his business loses that customer and Parker is fired. He then goes to his job at the Daily Bugle where J. Jonah Jameson (J.K. Simmons) almost fires Parker for not having any more pictures of Spider-Man, until Parker hands over a picture. He leaves and goes to school, where he's late. Afterwards, he goes to his birthday party where his Aunt May Parker (Rosemary Harris), Mary Jane Watson (Kirsten Dunst), and Harry Osborn (James Franco) are waiting for him. Harry is still seeking revenge on Spider-Man for killing his father, but Peter refuses to tell him where the web crawler is. After the party, Peter promises MJ that he'd attend her play. The next day, Harry takes Peter to see Dr. Otto Octavius (Alfred Molina). After this short visit, he gets ready for MJ's play. However, on his way there, he decides to stop some more criminals. This causes him to be late for her play and make her really mad at him. The following day, he attends the demonstration of Dr. Octavius' newest breakthrough in fusion. This goes horribly wrong, causing his wife to be killed and Spider-Man to knock Dr. Octavius out. In the hospital, Octavius goes mad due to the loss of his wife and his experiment gone wrong. He begins going on a criminal spree as the new Doc Ock.
Alright, the story isn't Hamlet. However, the story is brilliantly told. Every actor is pouring all of their talent into their roles. Maguire really shows how tough it is for Parker to decide if he should stay being Spider-Man or not. His actions begin to do more harm than good for him. Since Spider-Man is just a young adult, we can buy into him wanting to give up on Spider-Man just so he can live a normal life. However, he also sees that him giving up isn't what was best for the city. He realizes that this town will always need heroes, but is Spider-Man the hero they needed? As I stated before, everyone is amazing in this movie. From Maguire to Simmons. Well, Simmons has always been great in this series and it's become hard to imagine anyone else play Jameson. He's got the perfect voice and delivery for the character.
However, not everything is perfect for this flik. There's a side-plot involving MJ marrying Jameson's son. He's not an interesting character and the movie throws him away about as fast as he's introduced. His only use is to give more problems for Parker, but it's not really a big problem. The movie could of worked perfectly without him. As for Maguire, while he's amazing in this movie, his delivery is sometimes really off.
So would I recommend seeing this movie? Of course. If you're a fan of Spider-Man or just comic book heroes in general, you'll love this movie. It's a lot of fun for the entire family, full of action, romance, and tons upon tons of character development.