Spiderman 2, Obviously Superior.

I've spent a little time before falling asleep in the last few nights watching Spiderman 2. This is a great movie, far superior to Spiderman 1, which is generally considered the better movie. The main reason I'm not a fan of Spiderman 1 as much, is that I think the villian is lame and ridiculous. The beginning where Peter discovers his powers, and fights Bone Saw is great. But then Willam Defoe goes crazy and uses his flying suit to disrupt Macy Gray's performance during that parade. After spending probably years developing that flying suit, no one at his company realized it was him??? And why did his employees make him a buncha grenades without being suspicious!? And where did the goblin helmet come from conveniantly after he went crazy?? And just "going crazy" isn't a good enough motive for me. Not to mention, how did he make that girl voice in the burning building?


Now in the second one, I think Dr. Octopus is a 100 times more interesting villian. He's a scientist with goals, who needs money and tritium or whatever and Harry offers to buy it for him if he brings him Spiderman since Harry still has a grudge. I think that motive is great, and makes perfect sense. I could watch Dr. Octopus's arms do stuff for hours, I was fascinated. Like when he ripped apart the car and hurled pieces at Spidey. Green Goblin did nothing for me, just flew around and acted gay. Also, you got to see a deeper battle with Peter's own problems in his life, he got to reveal his identity to Mary Jane and ultimately get his girl, a happy ending (to quote V) as only celluloid can deliver! I feel pretty confident that Spiderman 2 is my favorite superhero type (not counting V for Vendetta) movie to date.

I'm hoping Spiderman 3 is even better!