Spider-Man 2: The Best Spider-Man Movie?



When it comes to Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man trilogy, there is never any shortage of debate over the status the films have earned …

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  1. “…what Peter’s wants out of his life: a meaningful job, a beautiful wife…” Wow. Maybe say “…a loving relationship…” instead of reducing what he supposedly wants from a partner to her looks. Jeez…

    And yes, I loved this movie too. It’s a great film. But there are certain things that drive me just a little crazy.

    For instance, this and many other Spider-Man films really suffer from a constant parade of extremely unlikely coincidences. In Spider-Man 2, Peter’s best friend just happens to sponsor the research of the man who will become Peter’s new enemy. That research happens to be relevant to Peter’s own interests, so he becomes friends with Otto. His new friend also happens to use a set of revolutionarily powerful and versatile artificial arms that….etc…. Peter’s former girlfriend happens to fall for the son of his boss. Peter and Aunt May happen to be potential customers of the same bank Otto chooses to steal from, and on the same day at the same time he attacks. And Octopus happens to choose May as a hostage. And here I thought New York had millions of people. Apparently not. Spider-man 1, Amazing Spider-Man 1 and 2, and Spider-Man Homecoming all suffer from multiple instances of these absurd contrivances – all of which are symptoms of abysmally lazy writing. In fact, there are so many preposterous coincidences, you could make a decent drinking game with them. And Spider-Man 3? SO many it made the whole movie laughable.

    A more specific example of a problem is precisely that car-through-the-front-window scene you highlighted. Is it awesome? Hell yes. Does it make any sense? Well, wasn’t DockOck supposed to be kidnapping MJ in return for getting a supply of whatever from Harry Osborn? Is chucking a four-thousand pound sedan at a one-hundred thirty pound human really the best approach? If Peter hadn’t managed to move MJ out of the way, there is zero chance she wouldn’t have been reduced to a very nasty, very dead red smear. I seriously doubt Harry would have been okay with that. Otto’s attack, spectacular as it was, made zero sense.

    I love the film, but it’s still worth pointing out its flaws.

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  2. I'm not saying it's a bad movie, but I never understood why Sam Raimi's 2nd Spidey gets so much hype. In my opinion Raimi's first Spidey is still the best, the second was just more of the same with a stupid ending.

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  3. spider-man 2 is definitely the best spider-man movie ever made and spider-man 2 the game is the best spider-man game ever made no one can ever replace tobey maguire as peter parker/spider-man and that's not nostalgia talking it's just facts

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