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Date Posted: 21:21:38 08/10/04 Tue
Author: Flair4theGold
Subject: In the spirit of Rhino -- Spider-Man 2 and Anchorman Quickies

Spider-Man 2: If other superhero films took the time to explore the burden of being a superhero as well as Spidey 2 does, it would be a great gift to the genre. Superman and Superman 2 did it. First exploring Clark Kent's difficulties of hiding his powers as a child, then later in the second movie, they become such a burden that he actually gives up his powers for love. Being a superhero isn't all cool tights and great powers. The Batman and X-Men series glossed over these burdens at best, and the Hulk barely even qualified as a superhero film anyway. I think the Spidey series may have moved up to my favorite superhero film series now (but it's really not fair to Superman because Superman 3 & 4 sucked so badly, Spidey 3 will easily be better). The action in Spidey 2 does not seem as prevalent as in the first Spidey. But if you watch the first Spidey again, you'll realize there's not as much action as you'd think as a lot of that film revolves around Peter's discovery of his powers and how to use them. In Spidey 2, you see a lot of how Peter deals with being Spider-Man, how it costs him his job, his grades, his girl, and his own life. But when the action comes, it comes fast and furious. The train fight sequence is amazing and the resolution with the train's passengers is really moving. Doc Ock is a great creation and his robotic arms seemed to be characters unto themselves. A lot of detail went into making those arms very animal-like and it really shows. The end seems a tad long and tad over-the-top, but if ROTK can get away with it, so can Spidey. I am really looking forward to catching this movie again.

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy: Will Ferrell is at the top of the comedy heap right now. There just isn't much this guy can do now that I don't laugh at hysterically. Anchorman is no different. The premise is cheesy, the setting and time are the same, and the movie sometimes goes to extreme absurds (such as a gangland streetfight between competing news teams). Yet I laughed 'til I cried, repeatedly. The last time I laughed this hard at a movie was . . . Will Ferrell's Elf. Steve Carell (now apparently forever typecasted as a news team member of some kind) steals much of the film as nerdy weather guy, Brick Tamblin and Vince Vaughn is hilarious as the anchor of the #2 team in the market, Wes Mantooth. The plot is pretty straightforward - Christina Applegate comes to San Diego to become a female news anchor in the 70's, and of course that shouldn't be happening in a world run by men. There are several great cameos in the film that were really funny (if you didn't know about them coming in), but Ferrell once again rules.

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