With great power comes great responsibility.
Yeah, responsibility to make a more interesting and entertaining movie.
On a very rainy Fourth of July, I saw Spiderman 2 in the theater. I had never since the first installment of this comic book adaptation, but my choices were very limited: Shrek 2 or The Stepford Wives. I would like to think that I chose the best of three evils.
Anyway, it's a basic comic book story with the exception that Spiderman is conflicted. Oh, he's so sad and mopey. Totally emo, only he's a superhero type guy and doesn't want to love any one because then they'll be in danger. (Say it with me: Awww.)
So he pushes away Mary Jane for her sake. And gives up being Spiderman to be normal Peter Parker. But then Doc Oc -- some freaked out Alfred Molina who has been taken over by four robotic arms -- causes him some problems. And Doc Oc wants to create some big energy source -- because his love has been taken away from him!
The best part of the movie has to be J.K. Simmons as J. Jonah Jameson, the crazy editor-in-chief of the Daily Bugel. He manages to come across as the stereotypical 1940s editor -- chomping his cigar and everything. His scenes were the funniest bits out of a very mopey movie.
Yes, Roger Ebert gave it four stars, but I honestly think he steered me wrong. Or perhaps I will never appreciate the superhero genre of movies.
On a very rainy Fourth of July, I saw Spiderman 2 in the theater. I had never since the first installment of this comic book adaptation, but my choices were very limited: Shrek 2 or The Stepford Wives. I would like to think that I chose the best of three evils.
Anyway, it's a basic comic book story with the exception that Spiderman is conflicted. Oh, he's so sad and mopey. Totally emo, only he's a superhero type guy and doesn't want to love any one because then they'll be in danger. (Say it with me: Awww.)
So he pushes away Mary Jane for her sake. And gives up being Spiderman to be normal Peter Parker. But then Doc Oc -- some freaked out Alfred Molina who has been taken over by four robotic arms -- causes him some problems. And Doc Oc wants to create some big energy source -- because his love has been taken away from him!
The best part of the movie has to be J.K. Simmons as J. Jonah Jameson, the crazy editor-in-chief of the Daily Bugel. He manages to come across as the stereotypical 1940s editor -- chomping his cigar and everything. His scenes were the funniest bits out of a very mopey movie.
Yes, Roger Ebert gave it four stars, but I honestly think he steered me wrong. Or perhaps I will never appreciate the superhero genre of movies.
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