I saw Spider-man 2 last weekend, and I liked it. It was long, and that's OK when I like a movie. But, this time, it really was too long. One thing about comic book/superhero movies I think is worth criticizing is when they combine multiple stories into one movie. I"m not talking about subplots. I'm talking about using one movie to feature multiple villains. The Batman movies, I think, started this trend, and the Spider-man movies are continuing it.
I think one super villain per movie is sufficient. But when you have two, and sometimes even three, the story gets diluted and unfocused. In the third Sam Raimi Spider-man, we had three villains at once: Sandman, Venom, and Harry Osbourne/Green Goblin. Now, in the new Spider-man reboot, we have Electro and Harry Ozbourne/Green Goblin, combined with some kind of new twist for the Rhino villain thrown in for whatever reason.
On top of that, they seemed to go overboard with the Gwen Stacy story line. And it was too much. I believe they should have made the Gwen Stacy/Green Goblin story a complete movie unto itself. Mixing it in with the Electro character made Electro almost a nonfactor. But Electro should not have been so unimportant. He is a good enough character to be a featured super-villain.
But after saying that, I must point out that the special effects were nothing short of fantastic. Truly the technology of today is well-suited for the superhero genre. I just hope the writing can be on a par with it. We'll see how that goes. But keep it to one villain per movie. That's all.
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