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| Spider-Man 2 Gift Set (Widescreen Special Edition W/Comic Book/Postcards/Sketch Book/Photo Booklet) |
More than a few critics hailed
i Spider-Man 2
i0 as "the best superhero movie ever," and there's no compelling reason to argue--thanks to a bigger budget, better special effects, and a dynamic, character-driven plot, it's a notch above
i Spider-Man
i0 in terms of emotional depth and rich comic-book sensibility.
i Ordinary People
i0 Oscar'ae-winner Alvin Sargent received screenplay credit, and celebrated author and comic-book expert Michael Chabon worked on the story, but it's director Sam Raimi's affinity for the material that brings
i Spidey 2
i0 to vivid life. When a fusion experiment goes terribly wrong, a brilliant physicist (Alfred Molina) is turned into Spidey's newest nemesis, the deranged, mechanically tentacled "Doctor Octopus," obsessed with completing his experiment and killing Spider-Man (Tobey Maguire) in the process. Even more compelling is Peter Parker's urgent dilemma: continue his burdensome, lonely life of crime-fighting as Spider-Man, or pursue love and happiness with Mary Jane Watson (Kirsten Dunst)? Molina's outstanding as a tragic villain controlled by his own invention, and the action sequences are nothing less than breathtaking, but the real success of
i Spider-Man 2
i0 is its sense of priorities. With all of Hollywood's biggest and best toys at his disposal, Raimi and his writers stay true to the Marvel mythology, honoring
i Spider-Man
i0 creators Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, and setting the bar impressively high for the challenge of
i Spider-Man 3
i0 .
i --Jeff Shannon
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| upc: | 9781404967496 |
| title: | Spider-Man 2 Gift Set (Widescreen Special Edition W/Comic Book/Postcards/Sketch Book/Photo Booklet) |
| theatricalDate: | 30-06-2004 |
| stars: | Tobey Maguire Kirsten Dunst James Franco Alfred Molina Rosemary Harris |
| purchase date: | 19-06-2007 |
| publisher: | Sony Pictures |
| published: | 30-11-2004 |
| price: | $49.95 |
| net Rating: | 4 |
| MPAA Rating: | PG-13 |
| minutes: | 128 |
| number of media: | 2 |
| last lookup time: | 204001456 |
| genre: | Spider-Man Action & Adventure Special Editions Spiderman 2 |
| fullTitle: | Spider-Man 2 Gift Set (Widescreen Special Edition W/Comic Book/Postcards/Sketch Book/Photo Booklet) |
| features: | AC-3 Closed-captioned Color Dolby Dubbed DVD-Video Subtitled Widescreen NTSC 2.40:1 |
| edition: | Special |
| director: | Sam Raimi |
| currentValue: | $8.39 |
| created: | 204001360 |
| country: | us |
| aspect: | DVD |
| asin: | B0002XK19A |