Spider Man 2 Questions:Spoilers

[Mouseferatu]

I believe that it's because he was still stressed out, even when he "accepted" his role. When MJ is taken and threatened, all doubts fade; all stress is effectively gone - only one sense of purpose - HELP HER.

That's when it all came back.

That was my take as well. As long as Peter didn't really want to be Spider-Man, he was basically psyching himself out of his powers. Even when he decided he wanted to go back to being Spidey, he didn't really want to, he just felt it was something he was supposed to do. Only when MJ was in danger, only when he realized how much it really mattered, did he truly want and accept his powers, and the responsibility that goes with them.

I have a different nitpick with the movie. (Don't get me wrong, I love the film, I've seen it twice, and I plan to buy it on DVD. This is just nagging at me.) I'm not using spoiler tages, because the thread title warns of spoilers.

Towards the end, Peter convinces Harry to tell him where Dock Ock is holed up so that he can go rescue MJ.

Problem is, there's no way for Harry to have that information!! At no point does Ock tell him "Oh, by the way, my new hide-out's in a condemned warehouse on the waterfront. FYI." Harry met with Ock exactly twice, both times were brief, and both times were at Harry's own home. At no point in the movie, anywhere, at any time, is there any reason given for Harry to know where to find Octopus, yet he somehow has that info to give to Spider-Man.

Scientific nitpicks--like how can Ock stand up to Spidey's punches, or how can arms supposedly "immune" to magnetism conduct electricity--don't bug me too much in a comic-book movie. But plot holes irritate me, even if only a little.

 

[mhacdebhandia]

I've seen the movie only once, so perhaps I missed something - but wasn't the warehouse on the waterfront the same building that Octavius' experiments were conducted in the first time - just ruined after the accident?

I could be wrong, but I had that impression.

 

[dravot]

I've seen the movie only once, so perhaps I missed something - but wasn't the warehouse on the waterfront the same building that Octavius' experiments were conducted in the first time - just ruined after the accident?

I could be wrong, but I had that impression.

They didn't show enough of the building when it was intact for us to make that connection. Maybe it was, maybe it wasn't. We, the audience, don't have enough evidence to make that conclusion.

 

[ElMorte]

Had Stan Lee an cameoappearance again?

Thought i saw him saving someone from falling debris again. *g*

 

[papa_laz]

I too was wondering how, despite being able to hold up a steel girder that had to have weighed at least 20 ton, spider man was unable to even make otto bleed with his punches. I also want to know why the cops didnt just get a sharp shooter to put a bullet through his skull. I know its a hollywood movie, but ffs they could at least think of something slightly plausible. How dumb do they take people for. And did anyone else think otto was the stupidest looking villain ever?
Two words for the morons that wrote this, VENOM and CARNAGE.

I give this move one star out of five. And thats only because MJ is hot.

Now im off to write an almost identical review in that other spiderman thread.

 

[Laurel]

Towards the end, Peter convinces Harry to tell him where Dock Ock is holed up so that he can go rescue MJ.
Problem is, there's no way for Harry to have that information!! At no point does Ock tell him "Oh, by the way, my new hide-out's in a condemned warehouse on the waterfront. FYI." Harry met with Ock exactly twice, both times were brief, and both times were at Harry's own home. At no point in the movie, anywhere, at any time, is there any reason given for Harry to know where to find Octopus, yet he somehow has that info to give to Spider-Man.

Maybe Harry is how he got all the equipment... stole money then ordered through Harry at Green Goblin Evil Industries Inc.-- Hey it was a try at an explination, though a bad one I agree....
Or maybe just Harry had gotten info. from somewhere, he has the contacts, and it would seem he would want find out everything about Doc Oc in case the deal they made went sour.

 

[Mouseferatu]

I've seen the movie only once, so perhaps I missed something - but wasn't the warehouse on the waterfront the same building that Octavius' experiments were conducted in the first time - just ruined after the accident?

I could be wrong, but I had that impression.

Nope. If you watch the scene where Ock has his first accident, it's clearly in the middle of the city. They're standing on a street outside aftwerwards, with other buildings around them and lots of vehicles surrounding them. They are very specifically not on a dock or pier of any sort.

Again, I loved this movie. I thought Ock was a fantastic villain (which is saying something, since I hate him in the comics). The acting was unbelievable, the fight scenes were great--overall, one of the best superhero movies ever made.

But this detail still bugs me.

 

[Mouseferatu]

And did anyone else think otto was the stupidest looking villain ever?

Nope.