This movie was hailed as the movie of the year, but I don't think it was even one of the top 5 of the summer, or even the best sequel. Shrek 2, Bourne Supremacy, Napoleon Dynamite, Harold and Kumar, Dodgeball, and Anchorman were all far better. Spiderman 2 was a drama, which might have worked except that the leads, Tobey Mguire and Kirsten Dunst completely mailed in their performances. Mguire seriously looked high the entire time (I would know). The two best actors were Franco and Molina, and their roles were minimalized by the fact that this was not an action movie. The special effects were excellent, but again they were rarely used because of the lack of fight scenes.3 stars out of ten, and those were only for Franco and Molina.