I wanted to like it... i really did - Spider-Man 2 Reviews

I went into the theatre on opening night, sat down, and waited to be blown-away by this highly anticipated Blockbuster. Unfortunately, the story dragged, the action sequences were either overdone or redundant, and the editing was often laugh-out-loud ridiculous in places that shouldn't have been funny at all. I truly enjoyed Spiderman I, the love story was a bit much at times, but the story was interesting and the action was very entertaining. However, of the 5 true action sequences in this movie, 2 were exactly the same as Doc Oc's machine begins to suck all metal toward its core. The train fight scene reminded me to much of other train fight scenes...YAWN...and the scene on the operating table left me wanting more. The only action scene I enjoyed took place at the bank...it was well done. With that said, the story drug along at an awful pace as well. I glanced down at my watch when I could have sworn the movie had hit the 3 hour mark, and we were only an hour in. The scenes cut way to much and the story goes absolutlely nowhere. The editing was almost hokey at times as it tried a little to hard to draw drama or humor from parts that contained neither. Like I said, I wanted to like this movie, I really did, but it just turned out to be a big disappointment. I think what made the movie a disappointment in my eyes can be traced to 5 things: 1) the movie needed more humor to enthrall you in the storyline 2) less talking, more action 3) less redundant, more original fight scenes 4) tried less to be a comic book brought to life and more of a movie (you'll see what I mean when you watch it) 5) the action lacked "trueness;" by trueness I mean, when the guy in the operating room was killed by the chainsaw, there was no blood or true fright in the man's eyes...everyone seemed to be running around the operating room because the script said that was what they were to do. Ultimatley, I didn't feel like a part of the movie...only a stranger looking in. If you can get anything from this review, hopefully I've convinced you to wait until it comes out on video, have a few friends pool their money together to rent it, and don't waste 7 bucks per person. It just isn't worth it.