How to improve on a solid origin movie? Do what Spider-Man 2 did basically.

A much better package that improves in every single way possible than the first movie. Tobey is still not selling it but the movie more than covers it for him. This movie is the one that truly sells the burden of the mask and the struggles of Peter Parker and no other Spider-Man movie has managed to reach this high and likely never will now that Disney is involved.

Honestly it feels weird watching a superhero movie with zero quips or forced comedy. I'm absolutely a fan of comedy and most definitely enjoyed majority of the MCU movies but those are mostly throwaways made to sell popcorn. Spider-Man 2 is not a popcorn seller, its a fantastic movie by any metric. The first movie feels somewhat dated now but this absolutely stood the test of time and can easily rival any modern superhero movie even with its antiquated technology. Because what makes a movie isn't budget or technology or VFX artist. What makes a movie is its script, direction and understanding of the characters. Which Sam Raimi proved he is a master of.

Even better villains, more fights, updated touchup, iconic moments and deep understanding of Spider-Man as a character is just few of the improvements over the first movie. There will never be a better Spider-Man movie than this. The only way to make this better is to replace Tobey with Andrew Garfield and Kirsten Dunst With Emma Stone. Other than that and few minor vfx hiccups its actually a perfect movie. Even after almost 17 years later no movie has understood Spider-Man more and no movie later shall either.

Also has the absolute best scene in Spider-Man live action history, you simply can't top that scene no matter how you try.

RATING: 9.5/10.