This is a movie that I saw in the theater originally. My mother took my sister and I to see it. She knew that I was a big Spider-Man fan. My sister also liked him enough. I know that I've seen this a few times throughout the years, but it had been a while. Jaime and I checked this out. Much like myself, she hadn't seen it in some time. We also want to watch Spider-Man: No Way from Home.

For this movie, we are picking up where the last one left off. Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire) has come to terms with being Spider-Man. It is getting in the way of his life though. Mary Jane Watson (Kirsten Dunst) has feelings for him, but Peter rejects her. He also isn't there when she needs him. Harry Osborn (James Franco) is also broken with what happened to his father. He tries to fill the shoes with OSCORP. He has hired Dr. Otto Octavius (Alfred Molina). He is a brilliant scientist trying to create a fusion reactor.

The experiment goes wrong turning Otto into Doc Ock. Peter has a crisis of faith with his superpowers and decides to give them up. It takes time with his Aunt May (Rosemary Harris), Mary Jane and even Harry to come to terms with who he is and what he has to do.

With all of that fleshed out, I should say that this movie didn't hold up for me. Jaime struggled with this one as she found boring. I don't mind the concept that is brought over from a series of comics in the early line with Peter losing his powers due to losing confidence in himself. It doesn't play out as well in this movie after multiple viewings. It makes Peter come off as almost whining. It is a shame though as we have a good cast. Maguire is good in his role, but I don't like the script here. Dunst, Molina, Harris, J. K. Simmons, Dylan Baker and Bill Nunn are all solid. I like the cameos by Bruce Campbell, Elizabeth Banks and Ted Raimi. The only performance that didn't work was Franco.

What else doesn't hold up as well are the effects. You can tell they're CGI. They were good for the time; I will give it that. I do like that this movie is bringing all these comic book characters to life. What we are getting here just isn't as good as I remember it.

My Rating: 6.5 out of 10.