Spider-Man 2
Okay, I may be excited because I just got out of this movie 15 minutes ago, but I swear to you: this is the best, most faithful and purely entertaining comic book movie ever. I so completely trust Sam Raimi with anything Spider-man-related now, because he’s knocked it out of the park twice in a row.
Spidey 2 covers a lot of ground — the famous “Spider-man no more” storyline from the character’s earlier years, the introduction of Doctor Octopus, the continuance of the whole on again/off again romance between Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson and strong hints pertaining to at least two major villains to come.
As with the first movie, I wish Spidey had slung a few more of his characteristic wisecracks — after all, part of the pull of this character is that he’s a nerdy guy with a wreck of a life who becomes a cocky, confident superhero. But that minor complaint aside, this really was as close to perfection as the genre has come to date. I loved it.