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Spiderman 2, the sequel to the summer hit: Spiderman 1. Is it up to par with the first one? Or is it down the drain pipe? We’ll see then, won’t we?

After Spiderman 1, many people were very excited about the second one. So was I. I remember seeing it in theaters. The movie has much of the same things as in 1, but it is slightly different. There is plot and story, but it’s not as character driven as the first one.

Spiderman 2 picks up pretty much where the first one left off, it’s a few years later but not much as changed - he’s still the wall-crawling, web-flinging, tight-wearing, New-York-flying superhero that we all know and love. And he still loves Mary Jane, who he is now friends with. But he wants to be MORE than friends, but knows that he can’t because, hey - Spiderman has quite a few enemies. In addition, on of his idols, (or more, Peter’s) the scientist Otto Octavious has just found a new energy source and is about to test it. But something goes wrong, and the arms that were attached to his back to help him with the new energy source (basically a mini sun) become so smart that they take over him, and now this man will stop at nothing to get the test back up and running again. He becomes Spiderman’s newest enemy. Meanwhile, Spiderman feels conflicted. His powers go away sometimes (”ouch” is right) and he is finding it difficult to deal with his double life. So that’s the scene in Spiderman 2, a pretty complex story, but a good one.

This sequel has much of the same things as the orinal Spiderman, but it misses some other thing. For one, it’s not as much character driven, it’s a little bit more loose on the plot line. There are much more action scenes that are, as in the first one, very well played out, but they don’t have as much to do with the story as in the first one. I mean, it’s still a great and enjoyable movie, but hey - it’s a sequel.

The acting is equal to that of Spiderman 1, and the new actor, Alfred Molina who plays Otto Octavious does a very good job in his role. But a note on Octavious: He has nothing to do with the overall story of Spiderman. I mean, it’s really the same thing as with the Green Goblin, a genius scientist’s science overpowers him and takes control of him. It’s the same theme, and I think that it’s an interesting one, but it repeats two movies in a row.

So although Spiderman 2 is a fantastic movie, an amazing sequel, and very well done, it misses some of the subtle things that Spiderman 1 had. Still, it’s a great movie, so I’ll only take half a point off for it:

8.5/10