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Jul. 8th, 2004 07:38 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sakon76Wonderful Husband and I went to see Spider-Man 2 today. The theatre (one of the rather large multiplexes) is apparently getting some coolness in that they are having "flashback" movie nights. Indy Jones, Goonies, Ferris Bueller, The Godfather, etcetera. Unfortunately the flashback nights are Wednesdays, movies starting at 9pm. I work Wednesdays until 10pm. Grrr....
It is very much, as![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
cadhla pointed out, a middle film. In fact, I'm rather looking forward to the third one whenever it comes out. We all knew that his father's legacy was eventually going to happen to Harry. I must admit to feeling cheated out of more of Harry's reaction (I didn't think he was actually going to find out!) but then it's Peter's movie, not his. I also felt that Octavius going insane was not as well handled as Osborne in the first movie, but ah well. Agree with sandpanther that it was a blockier movie, but it all fit together well in the end.
I loved Aunt May battering Doc Ock with her umbrella. I loved Jameson's (very brief) admission that he was wrong about Spider-Man. I found myself wondering if Robbie knew/had guessed/suspected that Peter = Spider-Man. I need to reread The Importance of Being Earnest. I wonder if Peter's landlord's daughter is an Important Character in any way. I certainly liked her. I also wondered the same about the kid who lived across the street from Aunt May. I loved the crack about all of Peter's comics being thrown out--definite pandering to the audience there. Aunt May's speech about needing heros, I thought, was laid on a bit thick. If there had even been a "if you see him, could you please pass that along to Spider-Man" at the end, it'd've been better. Harry, like his father, is an ugly drunk. And, sorry, but his butler can never live up to Alfred. ^^ The hospital scene hearkened straight back to Sam Raimi's horror films, in a fun way.
My absolute favorite moment of the movie, though, was Peter, unmasked, in the train car of people he'd saved. For some reason that just struck a gut, much more so than the following "if you want him, you'll have to go through me" moment. Why? When his mask is lost and he's pretty much defenseless, people help him. They're grateful, awed even, startled that their hero is someone just like them. I think it goes back to the moment everyone has as a kid, when we realize we can never be Superman, but anyone could be Batman. Peter is the midpoint between the two. He's very much the empowered superhero, but he is equally the vulnerable mortal who sacrifices himself nonetheless for what is right, and good, and true. On his shoulders balances the crux of the dreams that can never be fulfilled and those that can be. Unlike Bruce Wayne, he is a mere mortal, a struggling college kid who can't pay the rent and whose heroism doesn't have any positive effect in his life. I would like to think that we all have some of that in us, that the majority of people would choose the right, or, in a lesser context, choose to defend our heroes when they're battered and vulnerable. That we could be kind instead of mercenary, and brave, and compassionate, and keep the secrets that need keeping.
It is very much, as
cadhla pointed out, a middle film. In fact, I'm rather looking forward to the third one whenever it comes out. We all knew that his father's legacy was eventually going to happen to Harry. I must admit to feeling cheated out of more of Harry's reaction (I didn't think he was actually going to find out!) but then it's Peter's movie, not his. I also felt that Octavius going insane was not as well handled as Osborne in the first movie, but ah well. Agree with sandpanther that it was a blockier movie, but it all fit together well in the end.I loved Aunt May battering Doc Ock with her umbrella. I loved Jameson's (very brief) admission that he was wrong about Spider-Man. I found myself wondering if Robbie knew/had guessed/suspected that Peter = Spider-Man. I need to reread The Importance of Being Earnest. I wonder if Peter's landlord's daughter is an Important Character in any way. I certainly liked her. I also wondered the same about the kid who lived across the street from Aunt May. I loved the crack about all of Peter's comics being thrown out--definite pandering to the audience there. Aunt May's speech about needing heros, I thought, was laid on a bit thick. If there had even been a "if you see him, could you please pass that along to Spider-Man" at the end, it'd've been better. Harry, like his father, is an ugly drunk. And, sorry, but his butler can never live up to Alfred. ^^ The hospital scene hearkened straight back to Sam Raimi's horror films, in a fun way.
My absolute favorite moment of the movie, though, was Peter, unmasked, in the train car of people he'd saved. For some reason that just struck a gut, much more so than the following "if you want him, you'll have to go through me" moment. Why? When his mask is lost and he's pretty much defenseless, people help him. They're grateful, awed even, startled that their hero is someone just like them. I think it goes back to the moment everyone has as a kid, when we realize we can never be Superman, but anyone could be Batman. Peter is the midpoint between the two. He's very much the empowered superhero, but he is equally the vulnerable mortal who sacrifices himself nonetheless for what is right, and good, and true. On his shoulders balances the crux of the dreams that can never be fulfilled and those that can be. Unlike Bruce Wayne, he is a mere mortal, a struggling college kid who can't pay the rent and whose heroism doesn't have any positive effect in his life. I would like to think that we all have some of that in us, that the majority of people would choose the right, or, in a lesser context, choose to defend our heroes when they're battered and vulnerable. That we could be kind instead of mercenary, and brave, and compassionate, and keep the secrets that need keeping.
