What's the best superhero movie ever, and why is it Sam Raimi's classic sequel? When we talk about landmark movies in our lives, I frequently cite Sam Raimi's Spider-Man 2 as the film that made me believe in my imagination. I was a comic book nerd growing up, and I guess I still am. It's hard to believe, but there wasn't much that catered to us or took us seriously back in the day. There was basically Mallrats and Lost, and that's it. When the first Spider-Man came out, it felt like a revelation. It was riding on Fox's X-Men coattails and focused on a coming-of-age origin story for Peter Parker. That movie was good. But while it delivered cool moments, I knew Spider-Man's origins already. By the time Spider-Man 2 came out, I was ready for another adventure, and boy, did Sam Raimi deliver. We received a spectacular story that was humanist, pure, and elevated the genre and filmmaking. It made us take comic book movies seriously and delivered a fantastic ride built on the very principle of imagination. Read More...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Monday, 15 March, 2021