I took the day off work today so I could go see Spider-Man 2. I wanted to see it for a lot of obvious reasons, plus I needed to make sure it wasn’t too scary for my daughter (who has been begging since it came out) to see. She was scared by the tree scene in Harry Potter 3, so I don’t think she’s quite ready for Doc Ock’s mechanical arms on the big screen.
Personally, I thought Spider-Man 2 was every bit as good as the reviews I’ve been reading. Much better than the first film. More human and relationship-focused rather than just “here’s these cool special effects of Spider-Man swinging his way through New York.” Also a lot of funny meta-movie touches including a scene where Toby Maguire makes fun of the pre-production dispute over whether or not he would return as Spider-Man due to hurting his back during “Sea Biscuit.”
But the best thing about Spider-Man 2 is all the kick ass new Spider-Man toys that are out. Best of the lot, IMO — the Ultra Posable 6″ action figure that has like 50,000 points of articulation (okay, I’m exaggerating a bit — it’s more like 42 ). How can you go wrong there for just $6.99? Man, I wish I still had all the Spider-Man toys I had as a kid.