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My dad and I went to see the second Spider-Man movie over the weekend, and we both thoroughly enjoyed it. I think it's safe to say this film has probably the richest story of any of the genre movies to date. The lack of a need to tell the "origin" story freed the movie up to explore Peter and Mary Jane's relationship. It also gave it time to really build up the character of Otto Octavius before the accident that gives him his mechanical arms (although it could have done even more, but that's OK). Tortured soul Harry Osbourne and Aunt May are also in the movie quite a bit.

I think the movie went a little over the top in playing up the whole "Peter is screwed" angle, where he can't even grab an hors d'oeuvres at a party without somesone snatching up the last one on the tray. But it pays off in the end, when he makes some huge decisions about his life.

The effects in the movie were top-notch. Doc Ock's arms were characters themselves, and the action scenes were, dare I say it, even more entertaining than the first movie.

One of my favorite scenes is the subway car one. Very cool.

Folks, some of the story decisions made at the end were surprising, but great. They're setting things up perfectly for a very interesting SM3.

Two thumbs up. Go see this thing in the theaters, and buy the DVD the first day it comes out. It's that good.