The film is widely regarded as one of the greatest superhero films ever made and a blueprint for future movies in the genre. The film won Best Visual Effects at the 77th Academy Awards, and was also nominated for Best Sound Mixing and Best Sound Editing furthermore, it received five awards at the Saturn Awards, including Best Fantasy Film and Best Director for Raimi. It received widespread acclaim from critics, who praised its emotional weight and visual effects, as well as Maguire and Molina's performances and Raimi's direction, and grossed $789 million worldwide, making it the third-highest-grossing film of the year.
Spider-Man 2 was released in both conventional and IMAX theaters on June 30, 2004. Reshoots took place later that year and concluded in December. Principal photography began in April 2003 in New York City and also took place in Los Angeles. Spider-Man must stop him from recreating the dangerous experiment while dealing with an existential crisis between his dual identities that appears to be stripping him of his powers. Otto Octavius becomes a diabolical villain after a failed experiment kills his wife and leaves him neurologically fused to mechanical tentacles. Meanwhile scientist and Peter's mentor Dr. Set two years after the events of Spider-Man, the film finds Peter Parker struggling to manage both his personal life and his duties as Spider-Man, which affects his civilian life dramatically.
Based on the fictional Marvel Comics character of the same name, it is the second installment in Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy and the sequel to Spider-Man (2002), starring Tobey Maguire alongside Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Alfred Molina, Rosemary Harris, and Donna Murphy. Be watchful for kids who respond by desensitizing themselves to violence or re-enacting it.Spider-Man 2 is a 2004 American superhero film directed by Sam Raimi and written by Alvin Sargent from a story by Alfred Gough, Miles Millar and Michael Chabon.
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Some kids may see the movie and appear to have no problems with it but later act out in other ways. Keep in mind that just because kids can repeat after you that "it's only pretend" doesn't mean that they fully understand what that means until they're 10 or even older. Parents who are struggling with whether this movie is appropriate for kids under 13 should know that it's at about the same level as the X-Men movies. Dafoe is a brilliant actor, but the part of Osborn/Green just isn't interesting enough to be truly scary. The movie's weakest point is that it fails in the single most important requirement for a comic book-based movie: The villain isn't unforgettably crazy or evil or larger-than-life. Peter's relationship with MJ is sweetly romantic. Spider-Man has a contemporary feel without being showily post-modern or ironic. Maguire is just right as Peter, the supporting cast is great, and the script is excellent, striking just the right note of respect and affection for the source material. His new alter ego is dubbed the Green Goblin for his bizarre armor-like covering. He, too, develops extraordinary power - and a mad fury. Meanwhile, Peter's best friend's father, industrialist Norman Osborn ( Willem Dafoe), has decided to try out his company's new product on himself. Great risk comes as well: Everyone Peter cares about is put in danger because of who he is. Peter plays around with his newfound superpowers but quickly learns that power comes with great responsibility. On a school field trip, he's bitten by a genetically engineered spider the next morning he wakes up with some distinctly arachnid-like qualities: He can see without his glasses, climb walls, eject webbing with the swinging power of rope and the strength of steel, and anticipate danger. In SPIDER-MAN, Toby Maguire stars as Peter Parker, a brilliant and sensitive high school student who's so deeply in love with his next-door neighbor Mary Jane ( Kirsten Dunst) that he can barely bring himself to say hello to her.