Product Description
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Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire) gives up his crime-fighting
identity of Spider-Man in a desperate attempt to return to
ordinary life and keep the love of MJ (Kirsten Dunst). But a
ruthless, terrifying new villain, the multi-tentacled Doc Ock,
forces Peter to swing back into action to save everything he
holds dear.
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More than a few critics hailed Spider-Man 2 as "the best
superhero movie ever," and there's no compelling reason to
argue--thanks to a bigger budget, better special effects, and a
dynamic, character-driven plot, it's a notch above Spider-Man in
terms of emotional depth and rich comic-book sensibility.
Ordinary People O-winner Alvin Sargent received screenplay
credit, and celebrated author and comic-book expert Michael
Chabon worked on the story, but it's director Sam Ri's
affinity for the material that brings Spidey 2 to vivid life.
When a fusion experiment goes terribly wrong, a brilliant
physicist (Alfred Molina) is turned into Spidey's newest nemesis,
the deranged, mechanically tentacled "Doctor Octopus," obsessed
with completing his experiment and killing Spider-Man (Tobey
Maguire) in the process. Even more compelling is Peter Parker's
urgent dilemma: continue his burdensome, lonely life of
crime-fighting as Spider-Man, or pursue love and happiness with
Mary Jane Watson (Kirsten Dunst)? Molina's outstanding as a
tragic villain controlled by his own invention, and the action
sequences are nothing less than breathtaking, but the real
success of Spider-Man 2 is its sense of priorities. With all of
Hollywood's biggest and best toys at his disposal, Ri and his
writers stay true to the Marvel mythology, honoring Spider-Man
creators Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, and setting the bar
impressively high for the challenge of Spider-Man 3. --Jeff
Shannon
DVD Features:
The first commentary track is by director Sam Ri and a
self-deprecating Tobey Maguire speaking in tandem, and producer
(and Marvel CEO) Avi Arad and coproducer Grant Curtis speaking in
tandem. They discuss a number of topics, including Ri's memory
of his excitement over Richard Donner's Superman and how the
character of Black Cat had to be dropped from the film. The
second commentary is by six members of the O-nominated
effects team, and one of their primary focuses is how Doc Ock's
arms were achieved by a combination of puppetry and CGI.
The centerpiece of the second disc is a massive two-hour
documentary that can be viewed all at once or in 12 separate
pieces. It covers the development of the story, the visual
effects, costumes, stunts, and sound and music. Three shorter
featurettes cover Peter Parker's struggle between his personal
and hero lives, Doc Ock, and the women in Spider-Man's life, and
what's interesting is how they discuss those topics not just in
relation to the movies but to the comic books as well. (For
example, Betty Brant and Gwen Stacy had a much greater impact in
the comics.) There's a scene in which you can toggle among three
different camera angles, and a gallery of 17 paintings Alex Ross
created for the opening sequence. The sound and picture are
spectacular, though only the Superbit edition (
/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0002XK18G/ref=d_ap_spidey1_1 ) has DTS.
--David Horiuchi
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Set Contains:
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The first commentary track is by director Sam Ri and a
self-deprecating Tobey Maguire speaking in tandem, and producer
(and Marvel CEO) Avi Arad and coproducer Grant Curtis speaking in
tandem. They discuss a number of topics, including Ri's memory
of his excitement over Richard Donner's Superman and how the
character of Black Cat had to be dropped from the film. The
second commentary is by six members of the O-nominated
effects team, and one of their primary focuses is how Doc Ock's
arms were achieved by a combination of puppetry and CGI.
The centerpiece of the second disc is a massive two-hour
documentary that can be viewed all at once or in 12 separate
pieces. It covers the development of the story, the visual
effects, costumes, stunts, and sound and music. Three shorter
featurettes cover Peter Parker's struggle between his personal
and hero lives, Doc Ock, and the women in Spider-Man's life, and
what's interesting is how they discuss those topics not just in
relation to the movies but to the comic books as well. (For
example, Betty Brant and Gwen Stacy had a much greater impact in
the comics.) There's a scene in which you can toggle among three
different camera angles, and a gallery of 17 paintings Alex Ross
created for the opening sequence. The sound and picture are
spectacular, though only the Superbit edition (
/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0002XK18G/${0} ) has DTS. --David Horiuchi
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