Spider-Man 2
Like Blade and X-Men four and two years before it, respectively, 2002’s Spider-Man is one of the movies that truly propelled the comic book movie genre to the levels of popularity it currently enjoys today. It was a great movie, but its sequel two years later was even better.
Spider-Man 2 saw the return of Tobey Maguire as the titular hero, and introduced Alfred Molina as Doctor Octopus – an addition that played no small part in making this movie exceptional. Molina was fantastic, and, arguably, gave one of the best comic book movie villain performances of all time.
To have bettered the first movie was quite the achievement, but Spider-Man 2 definitely did that – it’s just a shame that Spider-Man 3 had to come along three years later and spoil it all!
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