I am not a Spider-Man buff. For me he is just a mutant superhero who beats up bad guys. And that is what I had expected when I went for Spider-Man 2 on last Friday. The movie is full of senti stuff where Peter Parker keeps crying and has identity crisis. Movie tries to give a "Human Touch" to the superhero. Looks like "Human Touch" is a must these days for american audience. Americans think that they are not just money minded people as the world thinks they are. They want to think of themselves as super sensitive bunch of people who care about the pain in the world. Whatever. Hollywood is trying to cash of this mentality and giving an over-dose of "Human Touch". Superheroes are superhumans and they should not be handle with an over-dose of human-touch. I, for one, dont like a spiderman who cries all the time, delivers pizzas in his free time or takes an elevator. At the end of the movie evryone and their cousins know about the true identity of spiderman. Thats another no-no for a superhero. For me batman is still THE superhero because he is a pure human being and he has lots of gadgets and batmobile and bat-cave! :)

But some of the action sequences in the movie are really good. I found myself at the edge of the seat, biting my nails whenever Spidey chases Doc-Oc. Last time when this had happened to me was in matrix reloaded free way chase. A rare thing these days.

All in all, not a bad movie but could have done better. Or it would have made more sense if it was called "Peter Parker II".