Went to see Spider-Man 2 today, and I really don't understand where all the rave reviews come from.
The movie is slow and filled with boring melodrama that doesn't work at all. The "Peter is clumsy" routine get really old really fast but is still repeated ad-nauseam. The side-story about his powers failing is way to easily solved. The supposed inner conflict doesn't come across well at all, etc. etc. etc. OK, Spiderman is supposed to be a troubled character, but to spend by far the largest part of the film dwelling on it is unnecessary and just plain yawn-inducing.
At the same time the action scenes were excellent and imaginative, even though the physics were way off base for no explainable reason. A fusion "ball" that sucks in everything, except humans? And that right after it is pronounced to be "self sustaining" can be switched off by pulling the plug? While the second version of the same thing can't be?
And a guy that survives huge explosions and being thrown through walls etc. drowns in the slightest bit of water?
And what's the deal with the special effects? They were "OK" in the Spiderman I, although you could see that it was CG in some scenes. Here is was glaringly obvious from the very first scene Spidy appears in. The colors were off, the grain was off, and the whole thing would have looked more realistic if it was made in claymation ala Sinbad the sailor. For just a supposed blockbuster movie sequel, that I'm sure has had a staggering budget to use, this is just unnecessarily poor. Not that this in itself would have been a problem, but on top of everything else?
Still the film had its moments in both the action and the drama, but just sags bigtime in between them in a way that makes you want to shout "Get on with it!".
The main problem just seems to be that they wanted to put way to much stuff into this movie. As if they wanted to make 3 movies, only got budget for one but still ended up with 3 scripts and 3 directors all madly trying to get their story told.
After seeing The Eternal Sunshine...yesterday I knew I shouldn't have gone and seen this tonight...
In case you are wondering if my view is all distorted because of that: well, the girlfriend agreed and so did most of the audience, judging by what I heard in the lobby.
I really don't get it.
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