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1. #RAINDROPS KEEP FALLING ON MY HEAD SPIDER MAN 2 HOW TO#
2. #RAINDROPS KEEP FALLING ON MY HEAD SPIDER MAN 2 MOVIE#
3. #RAINDROPS KEEP FALLING ON MY HEAD SPIDER MAN 2 SERIES#

Jonah Jameson’s dialogue is freaking sparkling in this film (seriously, the majority of his dialogue will be the focus of the random observations section!). The way Harry and May talk to Peter makes them seem like genuine people instead of roles they have to play, and J. It’s witty, it flows and it feels a lot more natural and human. Its pacing is perfect there’s always something going on and there’s always something being developed onscreen. This was easily his strongest script and it pulls together so well.

#RAINDROPS KEEP FALLING ON MY HEAD SPIDER MAN 2 SERIES#

Alvin Sargent was brought on board for this sequel, and will continue to script the series until Amazing Spider-Man 2.

#RAINDROPS KEEP FALLING ON MY HEAD SPIDER MAN 2 HOW TO#

I’ve mentioned in my Spider-Man review that David Koepp, while knowing how to make an entertaining romp of a film, didn’t seem to be as adept at writing dialogue or pacing very well.

#RAINDROPS KEEP FALLING ON MY HEAD SPIDER MAN 2 MOVIE#

Not every effect holds up (the movie is over 10 years old now), but it’s still a great looking movie.Īs does the writing. Spidey’s web-swinging feels a lot more realistic and the visuals in the fight scene and the solar ball from the fusion machine look amazing. I don’t know if it’s the higher budget (60 million, even in Hollywood terms, is a BIG raise!) or the fact that technology really improved in the 2 years, but everything feels so flowing and natural. They have either not aged well or they were slightly unfinished (the fly is still really fake looking!). One of Spider-Man’s major problems was its effects.

Part of this improvement of visual scope is the vastly superior visual effects. It’s a bit of a pity that it does not fit with the tone of the rest of the movie, but damn is it a fine sequence! Props to Raimi for getting the ‘Spider-Man No More’ aesthetic down so perfectly. No music, harsh cuts, incredibly unnerving and frantic pacing with sound designs that will almost chill you to your spine. Not only is the tone noticeably darker throughout with a lot more shocking visuals and scenery, the scene where Doctor Octopus wakes up is honestly the stuff of nightmares. He gives New York such a freeing, dizzying joy as he really hits on that old school comic book aesthetic, but is still not afraid to put his own, darker stance on the franchise. Sam Raimi’s direction is still fantastic. I’ll talk about the rest of the cast later on. He really does look different when MJ comments on it, it’s really well done. The scenes after he gives up being Spider-Man starting with the awesomely perfect ‘Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on my Head’ are really well performed and easily some of Maguire’s better and more subtle acting throughout the trilogy. While Tobey Maguire never exactly embodies the role like he should, he does handle the arc Peter goes through with grace and sincerity.

Parts of that do have to do with a lot of returning elements. There is so much to enjoy about this movie the direction, action, pacing, script, character development, how it builds off so well from the plot of the first movie without ever feeling too grounded to it and it manages to get more serious and introspective while still keeping that sense of fun and adventure. It is, without any shadow of a doubt, a huge improvement over the first movie. This rule seems to fall flat on its face when we get to third movie territory (the only exception to this I can think of is Iron Man 3), but it really does look like that superhero sequels seem to trump the originals a lot of the time. Movies like X2, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Blade 2, Superman II, The Wolverine and The Dark Knight are considered by many to be superior to their original films. This mainly seems to be that the original movie is usually so seeped in ‘originitis’ that the sequel is allowed to expand on the characters outside of their set origins and actually allowed to explore them. There are certain genres, however, where this golden rule is broken. Overall, however, these are exceptions rather than the rule. Terminator 2 and The Empire Strikes Back are also considered superior to the original movies and I wholeheartedly agree with that. Now, personally I would put them on par at best, but I can certainly see why people praise it so highly. Some have stated that The Godfather Part 2 is a better movie than its predecessor. Now, of course, there are exceptions to this rule. Sequels, as a rule, don’t tend to be as good as the original. SPOILER WARNING: I spoil pretty much the entire damn movie.