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I saw spieder man 2 the other day... i hadnt seen the first one for aaaaaaaaages, but from what i remember of it, i liked better than the first. i wont say too much for fear of spoiling it for anyone, but it was good.... btg

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In total agreement with you there, I loved Otto and the whole personal dilema thing was a refreshing change of wind from the whole campy direction many other suprehero films atm

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I've been dead for a while now, so far I don't like it...

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Have to hate posts like mine that are essentialy saying Me too. Damn! I just did it didn't I? DOH! Enjoyed it immensely, particularly the poignant stare out the window from a certain lady at the end. Spoke volumes /2c :y

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I realize this posting is quite old...maybe even dead, but since I'm fairly new here I decided to jump in where I could here and there. I enjoyed Spidey 2 and didn't enjoy Spidey 2. HOw's that possible? Well, I'll tell you... Likes : Doc Ock is a much more interesting villain than Green Goblin, and he was played superbly. The fight sequences were very well done. The story, as a whole, was more interesting and moved at a better pace. Dislikes : I really got tired of the I love you but can't be with you flip flopping all over the place between Peter and Mary Jane. The passing the unconscious Spidey overhead in the train like some cheesy music video, which leads to.... Every single person on that train would be snapping photos with their phones and using those phones to call the press. Gimme a break! Especially in New York. A story like that is big bucks! And New Yorkers, well, they'll take the buck of keeping some schlubs identity secret....which leads to.... Secret identity!? Secret HELL! Keep your damned mask on!!!! He took the stupid thing off more times than I change my daughter's diaper each day! (which is quite frequent, in case you wondered). On a whole I was a little disappointed in Spidey 2. Hopefully 3 will redeem him, especially now that everyone in NY now knows who he is!

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Hi Nmdplm, it's [b]never[/b] too old a thread if it generates interest ,) [QUOTE]Dislikes : I really got tired of the I love you but can't be with you flip flopping all over the place between Peter and Mary Jane.[/QUOTE] I think they were trying to portray how hard it was for the two to come together, but in the short time frame of a movie (or even two) I think it was something that couldn't be achieved compared to the time frame in the original comics. They tried and I agree the end result wasn't the best, but then again I can't think of a way to show that very point any differently without the entire movie being based on that plot line alone, so I don't have an alternative [QUOTE]The passing the unconscious Spidey overhead in the train like some cheesy music video, which leads to.... Every single person on that train would be snapping photos with their phones and using those phones to call the press. Gimme a break! Especially in New York.[/QUOTE] It felt like they were going for a Rocky-esque approach to get the audience to feel for him in the first movie when the peasants hurled rocks (bricks) at the peasant hero's adversary, the dark oppressive (corporate) lord, when their boy is down. [i]Damn! How did that fantasy analogy creep in there?[/i] This was just a cementing of the whole 'people's hero' thing. You know, [i]the papers might hate you, the police might publicly call you a menace, but we luv ya...[/i] Realistic? pfff no way, I doubt that human nature would err on the side of compassion in that way in [b]any[/b] major western city, and maybe that in itself is the writer saying something to us? Or maybe it's just a cheesy way to say their hope for the western world despite the jaded feelings we have about it ,) But damn, we can't think it will be realistic, let's face it, this is modern fantasy (insert super powers instead of magic) and I think one of the tenets of peasant hero fantasy is that there will be situations where the people get behind their -local boy makes good- archetype. [i]How did that peasant hero fantasy analogy get in there [b]again[/b]? Sheesh I hate subliminal messages! go away, get, get![/i] How would you get the message across in the limited time frame? You might be on to something - do I smell a writing exercise?