The first movie was much better than this bomb, mainly because of Willem Dafoe and his fine acting. I can't fathom how critics say Tobey pouting and whining throughout the first half of this way too long movie was character development. The first movie established Parker as a loser and we didn't need to spend nearly an hour watching a depressed Maguirre sulk his way through the movie.

The action sequences were nothing special, and were much too drawn out and boring. Overall this movie was all too predictable. It tried to copy the Return of the Kings into tricking the viewer with false endings (although anyone who read LOTR would know they were not false endings). Dunst was annoying as MJ and as usual tends to overact. Without Dafoe in this movie the performance came from J.K Simmons who had provided comic relief in a limited role.

As a whole this movie is slightly better than the dreadful Daredevil and Batman and Robin. Best Superhero movie ever? Not by a longshot. The original Superman, Batman and both XMen movies were much better.