. . .Does whatever Sam Raimi can. . .
Jun. 30th, 2004 08:43 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
yendiYeah, we saw Spidey 2 this afternoon.
And yeah, every review you read is right, except for the part where they understate how good it is. Because it's not possible to overstate it.
Plus, best Bruce Campbell moment ever. And it wasn't during either of the two (that I caught) overt ED and AoD shout-outs.
Wonderful, serious acting from almost everyone, something that most superhero movies miss, even when they have good actors (see the Batman flicks). The only overacting was from J.K. Simmons, who is perfect as J. Jonah Jameson. But everyone else -- McGuire, Molina (best performance of his career), Harris, even Dunst -- turns in a great performance. Add in great f/x (way better than the first movie), and a solid screenplay that has stuff for the regular folks and the comic geeks, and Raimi just put all the pieces together perfectly. Wow.
No, not going over any details here. No spoilers. You should see this without knowing what to expect.
EDIT: Oh, and that was Donna Murphy as Doc Ock's wife -- she was just on the Tony's performing her bit from "Wonderful Town." No singing here, alas.
And yeah, every review you read is right, except for the part where they understate how good it is. Because it's not possible to overstate it.
Plus, best Bruce Campbell moment ever. And it wasn't during either of the two (that I caught) overt ED and AoD shout-outs.
Wonderful, serious acting from almost everyone, something that most superhero movies miss, even when they have good actors (see the Batman flicks). The only overacting was from J.K. Simmons, who is perfect as J. Jonah Jameson. But everyone else -- McGuire, Molina (best performance of his career), Harris, even Dunst -- turns in a great performance. Add in great f/x (way better than the first movie), and a solid screenplay that has stuff for the regular folks and the comic geeks, and Raimi just put all the pieces together perfectly. Wow.
No, not going over any details here. No spoilers. You should see this without knowing what to expect.
EDIT: Oh, and that was Donna Murphy as Doc Ock's wife -- she was just on the Tony's performing her bit from "Wonderful Town." No singing here, alas.