Think positive True Believer!

A small detail thing I liked about Doc Ock in SM2, was that before he was "taken over" by the tentacles (which I still don't believe to be fully true), he slammed the s*** out of Spidey in the lab when Spidey tried to shutdown his machine. Classic Ock!

 

Well I appreciate you finally starting a thread like this.

Nothing attracts me more to these movies than Tobey Maguire and his performance as Peter Parker/Spider-man. He truly nails the angst and pathos of the character and brought it to life. Maguire IMHO is the heart and soul of his movies. He grounds them and compels us to go on his journey as the character.

 

Octopus.

 

Doc Ock was wicked awesome!!
Speaking as a hopeless romantic, it was the drama and romance that I enjoyed the most. The drama and romance was the reason I fell in love with Spider-man in the first place, and this movie lived up to all the expectations I had. I especially loved the web-scene, and the whole running away from the wedding and everything. ( Saying this around all the guys here is risky!)
I loved Tobey Maguire's performance. I doubt there is another actor out there who could so throughly nail the role. It'll be a sad day when he moves on.

 

By far the best thing in this movie is Doctor Octopus.I loved Alfred Molina as Ock,when he was playing it evil.He was so great with those sinister smiles,his little hand gestures "Let's talk" etc.And he was without a doubt the most visually stunning villain I've ever seen on screen.

Aunt May and Jonah Jameson were great too.My fav Aunt May scene was when she gave Peter the $20 on his birthday,then broke down into tears over Ben.Very touching moment.

 

The scene with Peter confessing May his blame over Ben's death was the first time I thought, 'Well well well, Raimi IS interested on the characters and not just the razzle dazzle".

 

Really liked the Aunt May hero speech. And the truth coming out to her about Uncle Ben's death.

 

Hey--Here's an answer that isnt on the poll....none.

 

The most brilliant part of the movie was the Rain drops scene. I enjoyed it so much. The whole part where he was powerless was priceless cinema.

 

I am trying to determine if Wes up there is continually ****ing with us, or if his custom title is actually the truth ...

That 30 seconds with Ock multi-tasking in his lair, building reactor #2 was worth -all- the wriggly boredom I endured in the theatre as MJ refused to take Peter's phone-calls, etc. Thank God for DVDs and thier skip-feature; now I only have to watch the scenes I like.

Ock is the sole reason I own this film at all; without him it would be unwatchable. I liked many of the other characters, but not well enough for them to get me into the theatre, or to buy the DVD. the MJ thing took up way too much screen-time; I would rather have seen more at the Daily Bugle or something, than all that.

 

It's the truth, Symbotica. No need to question it. It's unfortunately who I am, and who I'll die as. But nevermind that.

That's a great choice. I loved Ock in this movie too because Alfred played him just like he should have. He had cool mechanical arms, he was a genius advancing his own tech and damn the rest of the world if it gets in the way, ha ha ha ha. It was bliss to see him done well. Yeah.

 

I can't vote, because the answer is "all of the above."

Take away ANY of those elements and you have a diminished movie. That's a fact.

 

take away NONE of those factors and you have a diminished movie.

 

Peter Parker/Spider-Man:

Peter parker- Peter is too old. In the comic books, hes a student in highschool, meaning that he is 18 at max. Tobey Maguire is 31 years old, meaning he got his spider-powers when he was 29. Therefore, he is to old to be playing the role. One of the things that made spider-man so popular, and something that played a part in Stan Lee's creation of him, is his age. Spider-Man of the comics was the age of a side-kick, which would be odd and unique for the time.

Spider-Man- In the comics, Spider-Man is notorious for making fun of his enemies, i heard 4 maybe 5 jokes in the 2 movies, 3 of which were in the fight with Bonesaw...who should have been crusher hogan but thats ok too.

Dr. Octopus--Was insane in the comic books...was not insane in the movie. True, he was influenced by voices in his head, but he wasnt criminallyinsane, which was proven at the end of the movie, when he comes to his senses and 'saves the world.' True, they got his look down pat, but a villain is mainly personality...if it wasnt, we'd still be watching bad actors portray great villains, which in part we did. Alfred molina is a stage actor. I saw him in Fiddler in NY, and he was fantastic, but i dont think he has the makings for a super-villain.

The development of other characters-- What characters were devloped? Peter and MJ's relationship got deeper, we learned harry was insane--which wasnt hard to tell. Sure, we learned the big bad doctor octopus is evil, but i think we coulda figured that out. I guess i just dont understand what characters were developed.

Drama- if i wanted to see a drama, i would have watched the sisterhood of the traveling pants.

Action- The fight scene was good. Please not that was in the singular. The train scene was good. I liked the mechanics of ock's arms and how they helped out a lot. But it was just boring. other than that.

 

best part: Russian cake girl.

 

Harry WAS developed. Aunt May WAS developed. I'm not going to even waste time explaining it, because it's a fact; it's there. Try looking.

You could have said "soap opera" and I couldn't argue with your belief. But you chose the word DRAMA, so for that:

 

Apparently some people don't know the meaning of the word positive

Take your criticisms to the other threads.This thread was created for the purpose of discussing the things people LIKED in SM-2.

Btw I think most of your criticisms are total BS.

 

Peter Parker was the best part.

I felt sorry for him....

 

For what? the fact that i didnt like the movie doesnt make me a true believer!!! plus...story wasnt on the list. so i voted other.

and there isnt any reason to be mean because i posted a thread that disagrees with your opinions, in a thread that you started...HOWEVER...i will say that spider-man 2 had humor. I laughed a lot in that movie, and not out of spite--i swear! I liked when he dropped the tire out of the window--that was classic parker. As was the closet, and 'That guy stole his pizza!'...the pizza scene was good.

Also, although the raindrops scene wasn't my favorite, i did like when he tripped. So, also, i'd add that my vote goes with humility in terms of parker.

OH. and i do know the meaning of the word positive lol

 

It was like that whole scene leaped out of the shadows and ninja-kicked us with comedy gold.

The freeze-frame ending was a littles stupid though.