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Spider-Man 2 is in my opinion one of the greatest sequels of all time. To me, Spider-Man 2 is The Dark Knight out of the Spider-Man franchise. Spider-Man 2 is the most action packed and most interesting story of the trilogy. We didn't see so much of how dark Spider-Man can be but how being Spider-Man can affect Peter's personal life. This one didn't become as much of a blockbuster as the first one and didn't earn as much money but it still was one obviously. This film had the best of everything than the other two films. It is quite strange because three of the superhero franchises there has been the second/sequel one turning out the best i.e. Spider-Man 2 is the best Spider-Man trilogy, The Dark Knight is the best of the Batman films and X2 is the best of the X-Men trilogy.
Once again Tobey Maguire delivers the literally perfect performance as Peter Parker/Spider-Man. Maguire is the perfect actor because Peter is a nerd, a bit of a heartthrob and a quite hard-hitting sort of actor as well which is what Maguire has and is really good at doing. Peter begins to deeply suffer because of his breaking down relationships with both love interest Mary Jane Watson and best friend Harry Osborn. Kirsten Dunst isn't really a very good Mary Jane Watson. I couldn't really feel her suffering mind tricks regarding Peter very much. Dunst is quite a popular actress nowadays but in my opinion, she doesn't really deserve to be completely. If she wasn't in Jumanji nor the Spider-Man trilogy she wouldn't have earned as much credit. James Franco is good as Harry. Harry doesn't become very good friends with Peter like he used to because Spider-Man "killed" his father Norman Osborn who was the Green Goblin and also Harry despises Peter being a friend and photographer to Spider-Man for the Daily Bugle. Rosemary Harris' acting as May Parker really gets on my nerves for some unknown reason. Alfred Molina was good as Otto Octavious/Doc Ock but he didn't quite give the full fearful effect to the viewers inside the villainous character of when he becomes Doc Ock.
Spider-Man is the best MARVEL comic book character ever. Spider-Man 2 is the best MARVEL film and I don't think anything else will beat it to that spot. It is my second favourite film of 2004 after Closer, it is my third favourite comic book adapted film ever after The Dark Knight and Sin City. Spider-Man 2 is definitely one of my favourite science fiction films. This one is better than the first one which was awesome but not better than sequel and far better than the extremely disappointing Spider-Man 3.
9/10
