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Originally Posted by ZeoRangerV

I will DEFINITELY agreed with this, 2 is alright but is very overrated.

I think ASM is better though

Like I say, I LOVED ASM and it did a lot of things way better, like I love how they handled Uncle Ben's death. But Green Goblin was just such a perfect villain that I don't think any villain has every lived up to him again in the movies and a superhero film will always struggle in my mind if it lacks a compelling villain.

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Originally Posted by Matrixbeast

And I felt Spider-Man 2 was the only film in the Raimi trilogy that was worth anything. The first one was just too dumb, the Green Goblin costume was crap, and the film and Tobey himself tried to pull the "Meek weakling" thing too hard.
3 was just terrible.

They're all terribly flawed, but I only really got enjoyment out of 2. The action was great, Peter wasn't doing the "I'm a little bitch" thing anymore, and I could just fast forward through 90% the Mary Jane scenes without missing anything plot worthy.

Oh yeah. I hated Mary Jane in the Raimi trilogy.

That is the point though... The first superhero film after 9/11. It was supposed to be big, fun, sentimental, full of heart and uplifting. No one wanted any of that gritty shit back then and I still don't want it now. It's a shame that the pretentious Nolan films have left great films like Spider-Man tarred with words like 'dumb'.

It is a shame that Green Goblin's mask took away all of Defoe's emotion though.

I just thought 2 was a poor man's version of the first.