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I admit up front that my knowledge of the Spiderman universe surpasses stickler and borders on fangirl which is why I was wary of Hollywood’s attempt to bring a character as complicated as the web slinger to the screen two years ago. I went, though, like legions of others and was pleasantly surprised that the corporate minds of the movie business hadn’t managed to screw up the mythology or to dumb down into non-existence the existential nature of Spidey’s inner conflicts. That’s why I walked into Spiderman 2<\/span> prepared for a juicy bit of smart entertainment. I was sadly disappointed.
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\nDespite Entertainment Weekly’s grade of A for Spiderman 2<\/span>, the film I saw included dialogue so badly written it would have gotten any beginning screenwriter a D- and an admonishment that human beings rarely say exactly what they\u2019re thinking delivered by actors who looked so bored that in the numerous close-ups of Tobey Maguire Peter Parker looked more like a guy trying to figure out where he\u2019d left his car keys than a young man struggling with the existential conflict between his desires and what he perceives to be his responsibilities. <\/p>\n

Kirsten Dunst (Mary-Jane Watson) played her part as if it were an annoyance to be showing up for work each day. James Franco (Harry Osborne) is possibly the worst rich-friend-of-a-struggling-middle-class-kid in the history of movies; after all, if Harry cares so much about Peter’s Aunt May, why is she having so many financial problems? And despite an inspired rendering of Doc Ock’s mechanical arms and a very sly Shiva, bringer of death visual, Alfred Molina’s performance as a villain stood out only because the rest of the film’s performances were so dreary.<\/p>\n

For these factors, for simply ignoring canon (can we say Gwen Stacy<\/a>?), and for the fact that movies are too damn expensive to be this disappointing, I’m giving this 1 popcorn out of a possible 5.<\/p>\n

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