Blogcritics: Comments on Spider-Man 2 (In Theaters)

Comment by visualsimplicity

Fri, 6 Aug 2004 01:53:41 EDT

I actually thought the CGI in Spiderman 2 was aweful. It seemed like they used the same technology as part 1 but tried to do more with it. Like the scene where Doc Oc carries off MJ, it was so obvious to the point of making me cringe. Phillip, here's another thing about Doc Oc that I noticed and want to add to your complaints. I don't know exactly, but gathering from just the film itself, I was under the impression that besides Doc Oc's 4 mechanical arms, the rest of his body was HUMAN. So following by that, wouldn't his body being thrown into a car or being punched repeatedly by Spiderman's superhuman strength cause some major pain in his human body? Besides that, I was unnerved by the ending. The fact that Harry (his supposed best friend) knows about him, but yet he never bothers to go back and explain anything to Harry, what's up with that? I know this may be done in part 3, but part 2's ending looked like Peter just moved on with his life with MJ without ever talking to Harry. That's enough of that for now I guess. Oh by the way, I actually liked Daredevil. I think most people that don't like it can't seem to get past the fact that Ben Affleck was in it, but who knows.

Comment by Aaron, Duke De Mondo

Thu, 5 Aug 2004 13:37:22 EDT

TDavid, i understand your reasoning, but i honestly thought the cinematography, the visual invention on display elevated it to some kind of wonderful plateau. I think Hulk not being the most realistic fella in the world added to the comic-book aesthetic and what not. You might find this interesting; The Duke On Ang Lee's Hulk Film

Comment by TDavid

Thu, 5 Aug 2004 13:04:37 EDT

For me, the Hulk was totally disappointing, Duke, so I guess we'll have to agree to disagree on a couple points. I mean could there have possibly been a more fake CGI-looking Hulk? I gave it a C+ grade which I thought was being kind. I'm guessing that those who disliked the TV series Hulk liked the movie and vice versa. Put me in the latter crowd because I happened to like the TV series with Lou Ferrigno as the Hulk and Bill Bixby as Dr. Banner. It was more human and real (well, except for the Ferrigno body suit) than the movie. The movie had a horrible ending (was there even an ending?). I realize the story goes on, but they didn't find a good seam for closure in the Hulk movie. As I said in another thread, Hulk and Iron Man were my favorite comics as a kid so I wanted to like Hulk more than any of the comic adaptions to date. Unfortunately -- for me -- it just didn't work. I am hoping Iron Man fares better than Hulk.

Comment by Aaron, Duke De Mondo

Thu, 5 Aug 2004 12:54:09 EDT

i thought Spider-Man 2 was amazing, i gotta say. Raimi let loose and delivered something utterly astounding. And The Hulk was a masterpiece too, man.

Comment by TDavid

Thu, 5 Aug 2004 12:09:48 EDT

I thought Spiderman-2 was entertaining but I liked the first one better. I sort of blame this to sequelitis that plagues all sequels. Not the over-the-top action scenes though that bothered me, the second one was a bit too sappy. Still, as far as action flicks go I'd put it up there among the best of the recent comic-to-theater translations. Compare it to say Daredevil or Hulk and it's a masterpiece.