Spider-Man 2

More than just a comic book hero, Spider Man is a person with human problems, responsibilities, and the same human struggles each of us go through. This is exactly the reason why a lot of people like him so much.

Sequels usually have this thing where they end up being total garbage compared to the first, but surprisingly, Spider Man 2 was on point. Same quality, same amazing plot, and same award-winning performance by Tobey Maguire.

Rather than trying to top the first film, Spider Man 2 builds upon each of the elements of it. Better fight scenes, better effects, better script, better acting, etc.

Spider Man 2 has it all - a great story line, action that'll leave you at the edge of your seats, more romance, humor, fine acting, and excellent pacing.

Not only did they have great storytelling and scriptwriting, but they also had amazing actors as well! They definitely brought so much emotions out of every scene.

Never have I seen so much realism in a film, let alone a superhero film. Amazing director!

Read the comic book and you'll appreciate more how they stayed true to the book!

Read the comic book and you'll appreciate more how they stayed true to the book!

One of the nearly-flawless superhero movies we have and is a definite must-watch for all generations.

Alfred Molina delivered a top performance in this film! Even with the short screen time, he made such a great impact on the overall quality of the movie.

Full of action, plenty of adventure, and even with the technology back then, this still has award winning special effects for its time.

Following on closely from the first outing (2002) for Tobey Maguire in his red and blue suit, we find him using his now finely honed spidey powers for the good of New Yorkers whilst struggling at school and to hold down a job as a pizza delivery boy. His best pal "Harry" (James Franco) is still grieving for his murdered dad and, of course, his hormones are all over the place when it comes to "MJ" (Kirsten Dunst). He has a paper to write that might look better if he meets "Dr. Octavius" (Alfred Molina) and so when he discovers that he is doing some work for "Harry", a meeting is arranged which leads to a scientific experiment that - well let's just say that the well meaning scientist now turns into something of a metallic maniac! A side effect of this experiment seems to be giving "Spidey" a bit of limp-web syndrome, and he concludes that maybe his new powers have brought him nothing but grief. Should he hang up his lycra? That would please his newspaper boss "Jameson" (JK Simmons) but it would also rob him of much needed cash as his rent is due and poor old Aunt May (Rosemary Harris) is having difficulties with her mortgage. See - he has not his problems to seek! Meantime, the marauding tin machine does a deal with the avenging "Harry" to deliver our hero in return for an element that will provide for an eternal source of energy (or, more likely, destroy the planet) and this puts everyone at risk as the newly christened "Doc. Ock" starts to piece together a puzzle that will expose the true identity of "Spider-Man" and compromise those he loves... It's a bit of a slow start, this one, but once the explosions have started to come, it moves along apace with plenty of action, a minimum of cluttering romance, and some fun one-liners from the more prominent Simmonds as it transpires that his son (Daniel Gillies) is engaged to be married to - well that'd be telling. Maguire is confident holding this together and Sam Raimi uses his visual effects, especially at the end, to complement rather than overwhelm a story that's a sort of superhero equivalent of a coming of age tale. It's a big screen standard with Danny Elfman's recognisable score helping to deliver a solid and entertaining adventure film that might actually be better than the first one.