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'Spider-Man 2' provides more
action, plot intensity
The blockbuster sequel
improves upon the
original in various ways
JAMES EPPLER
UNIVERSITY DAILY (TEXAS TECH U.)
(U-WIRE) LUBBOCK,Texas —Af
ter making his debut in the original
and fairly decent "Spider-Man" in
2002, the web-slinger comes roaring
back onto the silver screen in "Spi
der-Man 2" with a fierceness that
should make heroes like The Hulk,
The Punisher and Hellboy run home
crying to momma.
M OVT F asPect of ^ ori8i‘
It's the quintessential summer movie.
The original "Spider-Man" was
more of a cookie-cutter comic book
movie: A loner experiences a tragedy,
(in Peter Parker's case, the death of his
uncle) and decides to use his newly
discovered superpowers to fight evil.
It's been done many times, and
even "Daredevil" (2003) gave the
same material more depth.
"Spider-Man 2," however, gives us
more character meat to chew on.
Moreover, the special effects are
tighter and more convincing, and the
adventure story and the love story gel
more naturally.
It almost feels like classic film noir
watching Mary Jane Watson (Kirsten
Dunst) look deep into Peter Parker's
(Tobey Maguire) eyes and command
"Spider-Man 2"
improves on every
nal and brims over
with edgy excite
ment and genuine
summer movie joy.
him to kiss her to prove he has feel
ings for her.
Maguire's Parker spends much of
this film feeling torn between his re
sponsibilities as a hero and what he
may be sacrificing because of it. His
conflicted state is having an adverse
effect on his web-slinging skills, as he
sometimes finds himself in midair
unable to get his web up. (Insert
Freudian reference here.)
Meanwhile, Parker finds himself
fired from job after job. Being a super
hero is great, but it doesn't pay the
bills. He's constantly tardy because
he's trying to save lives and deliver
pizza in less than 29 minutes.
Parker is also writing a paper for
school about Dr. Otto Octavius (Al
fred Molina), a brilliant scientist who
is hoping to expand the boundaries of
fusion. It’s a dangerous experiment;
so much so that the good doctor has
created four mechanical arms that at
tach to his spine and take orders from
his brain to do the work for him.
Parker's best friend, Harry Osborn
(lames Franco), is sponsoring the ex
periment through his late father's old
company. Harry has also vowed
vengeance on Spider-Man for killing
his father, who, unbeknownst to Har
ry, was the Green Goblin.
Octavius' experiment is a disaster,
however, and the apparatus attached
to his spine turns into an angry
dreadlock-looking monster with a
mind of its own.
The battles between Doc Ock and
Spider-Man are terrific, especially one
involving a clock tower and a train.
The Doc Ock villain is a vast improve
ment over the Green Goblin, who
looked more like something a bad
"Power Rangers" episode coughed up.
Amidst the eye-popping special ef
fects and chase sequences, it's the lit
tle things that make this comic book
movie a keeper.
J.K. Simmons steals every scene he
gets as the fast-talking Jameson, edi
tor of The Daily Bugle who pays
Parker for pictures of Spider-Man.
Rosemary Harris adds nicely to the
tender side of the film as Aunt May,
and Molina's Octavius matches the
hero step for step in terms of a con
flicted psyche.
Maguire proves he is still the right
man for this job, even though he
reportedly almost lost the gig to Jake
Gyllenhaal ("The Day After
Tomorrow") for this second film. We
get more of an opportunity to actu
ally see Maguire in the Spider-Man
uniform (no fair telling how), which
makes the computer-generated
hero of the original film seem
more human.
1 also appreciated Dunst’s Mary
Jane refusing to simply be a damsel in
distress. Dunst gives her character a
genuine emotional center, which elic
its similar results out of Maguire.
It's a good match.
Director Sam Raimi, who also
helmed the original, has turned all as
pects of this franchise up several
notches. By the end of "Spider-Man
2," he has readied the franchise for
the third film, perhaps dangerously
treading on a trap of predictability.
It also begs the question, could
any future "Spider-Man" movie im
prove on "2"?
It's hard to imagine.
GUITAR
continued from page 9
reader what internally and superficial
ly happened to the guitar, but the rea
soning behind each venture. The al
most year-to-year coverage of Strat
changes is as in-depth as the photo
that depicts what the guitar looks like
completely disassembled.
Some information in these pages is
probably mundane for the aspiring
musician but tantalizing for the Strat
collector, or unbelievable for the mu
sic historian but common knowledge
for the rock 'n' roll fan. The point that
becomes vividly clear in "The Strato
caster Chronicles" is that there is
something within the detail that will
intrigue every reader.
Besides attention to details —
such as why the logo location on the
Strat changed in 1985 — Wheeler
does well to feature the guitar's influ
ence on American culture. This gui
tar is as popular as the hot rods of
the 1960s and the Playboy bunnies
of the 1980s.
Most of what influenced the cul
tural impact of the Strat was the mu
sicians who picked, bent, or slide
pressed the strings. Similar to the
interviews from the guitar's creators,
there are numerous stories from mu
sicians that tell how they obtained
their first Strat, or even when they
first heard Hendrix play a Strat.
There is also intriguing information
about debut performances using
Strats and, probably most fascinat
ing, tracking the influence of the
Strat through evolving genres of mu
sic. The Strat alone is a crafted elec
tric guitar, but Wheeler tells us of the
musicians who took it with them to
THE STRATOCASTER CHRONICLES
CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF THE FENDER STRAT
**V /
BY TOM WHEELER FOREWORD BY ERIC CLAPTON
Courtesy
The latest book by School of Journalism Associate Professor Tom Wheeler, ‘The
Stratocaster Chronicles,’ celebrates the 50th anniversary of Leo Fender’s famous electric
guitar. Wheeler teaches magazine journalism courses and is a former editor of Guitar
Player Magazine.
Sunday church, "Lawrence Welk"
and numerous music festivals.
"The Stratocaster Chronicles" is
probably exactly what the people at
Fender were looking for in an an
niversary collectible book. There is
even a foreword from Eric Clapton
and a CD including interviews and
Strat sounds. Wheeler attacks his
newest guitar book with the same
precision and work ethic that created
the legacy of the Strat in the first
place. Wheeler's chronicle is at worst
an interesting coffee table book, but
flirts with the idea of being a treas
ured encyclopedia of the Fender Stra
tocaster guitar.
"The Stratocaster Chronicles" is
available at the University Bookstore
for $50.
Toshio Suzuki is a freelance reporter
for the Emerald.
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