Spider-Man 2

This is my hot take: Mary Jane isn't terrible, or awful, she's literally just trying to do her best. The guy she's in love with has been completely absent from her life, maybe talking every few months, he hasn't been showing up to support her or anything and she doesn't really know why. (we all know he's spider-man but she doesn't) so I mean, I'd be pissed too and trying to move on. And then he randomly starts to show up again even though she's engaged to another guy? bro. like the whole cafe date thing, that's on her. but I didn't hate her. I didn't think she was awful. what I didn't like was her waiting till her wedding day to leave John but oh well. it is what it is. he'll move on. and at least she left now instead of being in the marriage, not completely committed because she's wondering 'what might have been' with Peter. Peter thought he was doing what was best for her but by doing that he was taking away her choice and letting himself be happy. I'm really glad they ended up together in the end, because I had to pause the movie multiple times just so I could be mad at Peter for all this. Anyways, onto the movie. WILLEM DAFOE and James Franco being cast as father and son is literally too perfect. Doc Ock has to be my favorite villain, like he's not evil, not completely, you feel bad for him, you want him to be ok. He does what's right in the end, he sacrifices himself and his life-long work to save the city. Peter is really going through it, all the expectations and responsibilities placed on him and he feels like he can't do anything except being spider man. He has classes, he's losing everyone around him and he's trying but there's not much he can do. But he figures it out, he lets some people know who he is, he lets people in instead of trying to deal with everything on his own and it's great. love that for him. Aunt May is my role model, she is so sweet and caring and Peter always calling her beautiful fills my heart. bro. anyways this is definitely one of the best made superhero movies I've seen. it's different, it doesn't follow the formulaic script of modern marvel movies. 10/10 would most definitely recommend.