Oh..that's what movie you meant.  Why yes..yes Bruce was the last face in Darkman, on the busy street as Liam Neeson disappears into the distance.

I think Raimi is really quite hit-and-miss..not so much perhaps with Spiderman but definitely with some of his older films.  I know people who will claim he is brilliant, and people who will say he is an idiot.  I say he makes movies I enjoy, so good health to him.

Oh, the snooty usher!  He was on screen for a long time, and yet I didn't recognise him.  How could I not recognise him?  I guess it means he's a much better actor than I thought he was.

That guy was..........HEY, that usher was............

They made him look like a giant or somthing... I think so you didn't have any thoughts of him loosing his job as an ultra flashy ring announcer, who went to work for an uptight theater.

I dunno?

I thought he had the least memorable part in the movie, other than KIRSTEN DUNST and her new boyfriend/soon to be husband "who I gave not one ounce of piss for"

Also, J joana jameson was fantastic as ever. He was the best part of the show. Him and DR. OCTOPUS. "Who wasn't anything like I thought he should be, but pulled off  a different kind of DOC OC.

Other than that, you all know my gripes and complaints about the movie and why I simply did not care for it.

THE FLASH TV PILOT was head and shoulders above both spiderman movies... it doesn't help that I am head over heels in love with the flash though. I think he is the best superhero ever... he has a certin... charm about himself that is really cool.

"This comes from someone who doesn't read comics and never even owned one" I just think the FLASH is a univerally cool concept. A superhero with his own vice and conflict.

Spiderman drops the ball as does all the rest.

Actually, I've always been partial to the Flash TV pilot myself.  I always dug the final battle against the head of the biker gang (cannot remember his name, I have not seen it in quite some time).

As far as the best TV series based on a comic book?  Hands down, the early 90's Batman animated series, which, ny the way, comes out on DVD tommorrow.  

BATMAM ANIMATED was very cool... to bad they went sour with all of it though. Those newer ones... just awful.

Like its live-action counter-part, the animated series started to go south when all of the new sidekicks were introduced.  Not necessarily Robin, but certainly when Batgirl and (ick) Nightwing started to show up.  

Though, my favorite episode (and I believe it is in the first season) is the episode were Batman fights the Joker on a boat and Joker has some kind of robot.  When I was a little kid, I remember this giving me genuine frights (as well as the Scarecrow... that animated fucker is still probably going to give me nightmares).

But can you believe the show is 12 years old?  I still remember watching the series premiere; it was on a prime time spot (probably 8:00) and Batman fought the Man-Bat (one of the best, unknown Batman villains).

Bruce is in it? I suddenly feel the need to watch this movie.

I finally went to see this film and I guess it was worth it, I mean it didn't do anything new. They made Spiderman in cgi look a little better than the first but still it gets blurry

Overall it was a good safe film but I didn't get the Harry discovering his fathers layer because if he becomes the green Goblin we'll have to sit through Spiderman 1 all over again

I'd give the film a 5 out of 5 for overall quality and fun if you're a fan or even if you're not, you'll still have fun

I just saw Spider-Man 2. I have never read the comics, and have rarely seen the cartoon. Perhaps that is why I came to this conclusion:

It was AMAZING! Loved every minute of it. The (deliberately) cheesy moments (like how they snuck in the original theme song!) made me laugh, the emotional moments hit the right spot, and the action was nothing short of incredible in my opinion. The Subway sequence (which I gathered from the trailer was going to be the BIG show off moment) was great; much more exhilarating than I thought it would be. The action in the first film seems non-existent compared to this. I loved the first film as well, but this tops it in EVERY way. Oh, and Oc's wife's death was cool, loved the whole reflection in the glass thing lol.

I don't read comics or anything, so I'm never going "you're ruining the comics!" while watching this new wave of Marvel Super Hero movies. I don't think this means however, that I can be sucked into any old load of tripe and like it. Daredevil was...ehh...there just wasn't much there (bad CGI as well, see that RAT?!! Lol). I TRIED to like Hulk, and appreciate it for it's more mature angle and focus on relationships etc...but no. It just didn't really work. It was ok I guess...but I definitely expected more. It didn't wow me like Spider-Man. A much more satisfying experience of The Hulk can be had by going to Islands of Adventure and riding the roller coaster. Now THAT was entertaining!!!

Having NO previous insight into these characters and stories, I can only judge them as movies, and not as other mediums like comics, T.V shows, books etc. As MOVIES, the Spider-Man and X-Men films kept me greatly entertained and I love watching them. The others (that I've seen) just seemed...ugh. What I'm saying is that I don't want anyone saying "Well you haven't read the comics. Anyone who's read the comics would know it's awful". Well I didn't read the comics for Daredevil and Hulk either, but I still saw them for what they were: Not all that great. No one has to agree with me, but I trust myself when I say that Spider-Man 2 is wicked!

Oh, I will also add that I'm not a film snob or expert. I rate a film by how it makes me feel. This film entertained and excited me. Call me simple, but this is why I think it's good.

Ian

I saw it last night at the VERY last Drive-in in Losa Angeles County. Sad that these great bits of American are soon to be lost forever.

Anyway, I enjoyed it inspite of my low expectations. For the genre this was very well done and rose above the superficiality of other super hero films.

I would put this one on par with the first two Superman Films.
Unfortunately we all no what happens to a franchise after the first two films. The third in the series rarely hols up. The only series I can think of that has kept its strength through three films is Rocky.

Another series that held up quite well are the Indiana Jones films.  Argubaly, the third, "The Last Crusade," is actually the best.  Still, very true that series seem to go down hill on the third try.  Just look at "Jaws" or "Star Wars" (though, in the latter case, it's technically the first films that suck even though they were made after the original trilogy... what a mind fuck).

I'll begrudgingly give you The Indian Jones series. The third was well done.
As far as Star Wars: The second was superior to the first. IMHO.

Yes- "Empire" is the best- Boba Fett got the most screen time ("Attack of the Clones" doesn't count).

This thread may be dead, but I'll bury it with this...

To anyone who didn't like Spidey 2, go here... http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/spiderman_2/ , you clearly are in the minority.