But in retrospective, Sam Riami's Spider-Man remains to be one of my classic favorites. I was twelve years-old when Spider-Man hit the silver screen and my excitement for the movie was tantamount to a level of ecstatic. I feel akin to Peter Parker in many ways and imagined myself in many situations to have superpowers (Yeah, I wished).
Among the trilogy though, I enjoyed Spider-Man 2 the most.While the first installment built up the origin and the bricks for the story, I felt that the second installment was what really brought everything into motion. You have Peter Parker, who is struggling with the guilt he faces over allowing the robber that shot Uncle Ben. And you have a person who's torn between protecting the very person he loves against being with her. What drove this to be the best installment among the trilogy and my personal favorite is the conflict. It felt real. And it was human.
The echo of "With great power comes great responsibility" resonates even stronger in this movie as we see Peter having to deal with the intricate details of his life. To an extent, he lost his power, give up being the webhead and was happy to resume normal life but still felt drawn to be a super-hero.I loved this movie and everything about it. The soundtrack too, is the best I've been in movie soundtracks so far. It's a very fair balanced mix by great bands and artists. If you're like me and you like to spend time analyzing the lyrics while matching it up to the movie, you'd definitely love this even more. Do take a spin on Train's Ordinary. That's a track I find most fitting for the movie's theme compared to Dashboard Confessional's Vindicated.
The only thing I hated about the movie was how many times the mask had to be removed for Peter's face. I mean, the whole damned train saw it! Otherwise, I feel like re-watching it, for the twentieth time now.
