Spider-Man 2 (2004)

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The critically acclaimed sequel to Spider-man, Spider-man 2 released on 2004 continues the story of Peter Parker, played by Tobey Maguire. The sequel also brings back most of it's original cast like, Kirsten Dunst and James Franco and it puts a new villan in play. Dr. Otto Octavius also known as Docor Octapus, or Doc Ock, played by Alfred Molina, joins the plot as a scientist gone mad after a failed experiment with a very powerful but unstable subtance called trillithium. It's the second film in the Sipder-man trilogy, and it was followed by Spider-man 3 in 2007.

Plot

The movie continues the story of Peter Parker. He is now missing many opportunities in life because of his duty as Spiderman fighting crime. He can’t hold on to a job, do his homework properly, or assist to the play starred by Mary Jane. This frustrates Peter.

After the death of his father, Harry Osborn has taken over the family business and becomes obsessed with killing Spiderman since he believes Spiderman to be responsible for it.

Making friends

He hires Dr. Otto Octavius with high hopes to find an alternate and unlimited energy source. Harry even gets Peter an interview with Dr. Octavius for a paper for Dr. Connor’s class. The two of them hit it off, while he explains his ideas to Peter.

To manage the equipment Dr.Octavius has created four very strong mechanical arms impervious to heat and magnetism, attached to his spine. Actually the four arms have a very powerful artificial intelligence that could take over Dr. Octavius had he not created the Inhibitor Chip, which prevents this from happening.

Four mechanical arms

During the press conference something goes wrong. Dr. Octavius miscalculated and in an explosion the mechanical arms he used to control the device, are now grafted to his body, and the Inhibitor Chip has been destroyed. And so the villan is created.

The artificial intelligence in mechanical arms persuades Dr. Octavius, to steal money to rebuild a new and bigger device.

Aunt May, ( Rosemary Harris), has money trouble on a count of a mortgage on her house, so she and Peter go to the bank to ask for a loan. Unfortunately this is the same bank Otto will try to rob. This will be the first encounter between Spiderman and Dr. Octapus.

Oh no!

During this first encounter Spiderman powers will begin to fail, though only for a brief moment.

Peter actually becomes so depressed because of his duty as Spiderman that he unconsciously blocks his own powers. And after the news of Mary Jane engagement to Jonah Jameson’s son, John Jameson, he decides is time to give up the suit and try to win back Mary Jane and have a normal life

Conclusions

Witness a crime

With his powers gone Peter begins making a new life. Doing his homework on time and attending to Mary Jane’s play. But little by little he’ll see that the city really needs his savior as he witness crimes and tragedies he, as Peter Parker, is not able to prevent.

Harry will make a deal with Octavius: Spiderman in exchange for Trillithium. Harry sends him to pressure Peter Parker to tell him where Spiderman is. Octavius holds hostage Mary Jane to force Spiderman to come out.

This will produce the best fight scene in the entire movie, as Spiderman goes toe to toe with Octavius on the roof of a moving train. When Octavius realizes he’s just not fast enough to beat Spiderman he starts to put the passengers of the train in danger. Octavius damages the control panel of the train making go faster and it impossible to stop. Spiderman goes to great effort to stop the train. These will ultimately weakening him enough to be captured by Octavius and brought to Harry.

Peter?

Harry will take his mask off, to find out Spiderman is really his best friend. Peter wakes up and asks Harry where is Octavius. Harry is almost too shocked to answer, but he does.

When Spiderman gets to Octavius’s machine he cuts the power but it’s already self-sustaining. Spiderman takes his own mask to talk to Dr. Octavius and convinces him to repent and to shut down the machine. Dr. Octavius dies doing so, saying the phrase “I will not die a monster!”

Mean while Mary Jane saws Peter with the suit. She now knows his secret.

Peter is now free to explain why he cannot be with her, because of the risks.

Mary Jane will stood up the groom in the wedding, and runs trough the park to Peter`s apartment in a very lovely scene. She tells him to respect her decision of wanting to be with him. He does.

Harry finally discovers that his father was actually The Green Goblin when he finds a secret layer with his suit, and weapons.

Cameo appearances

Stan Lee: Like in all of marvel based movies Stan Lee has a small cameo appearance that happens during the first encounter of Spiderman and Doc Ock.

The great Stan Lee

Bruce Campbell: Like un all other Sipderman movies, this time Bruce Campbell has a small role as the usher in Mary Jane’s play.

The great Bruce Campbell

Joel McHale: Joel has a small role as the bank attendant who denies the loan to Aunt May.

The, um, solid Joel McHale.