I feel that the classic line of “With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility” is showcased better here than in any other incarnation of Spider-Man, as we do see his struggle between his life, and the safety of his city.
As a result Peters life finally starts shaping up again, but now it’s the city that’s suffering for it. With his life getting more and more complicated, Peter Parker throws away his costume and refuses to be Spider-Man any more. I really like that his failing powers are psychosomatic, as it makes this a story about the person behind the mask. With all the internal stress and conflict building up inside, Spider-Man suddenly starts losing his powers periodically.
It’s just a tragic thing that’s happening to our hero, and it’s a very human situation I’ve never really seen before in a superhero film. It’s not for a lack of trying, he just can’t be everywhere at once. He can’t hold onto a job, he’s failing classes, and all of his family, friends, co-workers and even his land lord see him as just a plain lazy bum. Needless to say, both the villain and the action lived up to my expectations, but it was the emotional focus on the characters, and the themes of the film that went above and beyond anything I had expected.Īctually it’s worse than that, Peter Parker gets shunned for it. It was a live action add that featured Spider-Man fighting Doctor Octopus on the wing of an airplane, which was really cool, and got me excited for the possibility of seeing them battle in a real theatrical movie. Plus, way before the first theatrical Spider-Man movie, I remember seeing this amazing advertisement for Universal Studios, which was featured on the old VHS tape of “ Babe: Pig in the City”. I was first drawn to this movie when I saw that Doctor Octopus was going to be the villain, because I remembered him as my favorite from the cartoon show I grew up with.
Currently on my Blog site, I’ve been reviewing all the theatrical Spider-Man movies this month in celebration for the premier of “ Spider-Man: Homecoming”, but I decided to save “ Spider-Man 2” for last, because this is one of my all time favorite super hero movies, and no other Spider-Man movie sense has measured up to this. From that point on, Spider-Man became one of my all time favorite superheroes.
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