• Summary

  

  Spider-Man 2 follows Peter Parker as he struggles to balance college, work, and his responsibilities as Spider-Man, causing his personal life to fall apart. He is fired from his pizza delivery job for being late due to his superhero duties and faces personal challenges, including a forgotten birthday party with his Aunt May, Harry Osborn, and Mary Jane. Tensions arise as Harry questions Peter about Spider-Man's identity, and Mary Jane reveals she is dating astronaut John Jameson, which leaves Peter heartbroken. Overwhelmed, Peter begins failing school while studying Dr. Otto Octavius, whose fusion experiment, funded by Harry, ends in disaster, turning Otto into the villain Docotr Octopus under the influence of his mechanical arms. As Doctor Octopus commits crimes, Peter loses his powers and gives up being Spider-Man. Inspired by Aunt May, he eventually regains his abilities just in time to save a train from a catastrophic crash, revealing his identity to the passengers. After he stopped the train, the passengers thanked him and gave him back his mask and promised not to tell anyone. Dr. Octopus returns and captures Spider-Man and delivers him to Harry. Harry unmasks Spider-Man and finds out it was Peter all along. He tells Harry that Mary jane is captured and in dnager so harry tells him where Doctor Octopus is. Spider-Man fights Dr. Octopus as the fusion experiment is restarted. Spider-man saves Mary Jane from the experiment. Spider-Man realizes he can’t stop the experiment this time and tries to reason with Dr. Octopus. Spider-Man reveals himself as Peter and manages to bring Otto back. Otto tells him he’ll drown the machine and Mary Jane finds out Peter is Spider-Man. They both leave as Otto and his machine drown in the river. Peter tells Mary Jane the reason they can’t be together is because Spider-Man’s life is dangerous. Later, Mary Jane dumps John and decides to be with Peter. Peter tries to deny it but he accepts her choice.

• Why its my favorite

  The film explores the struggles of balancing living a normal life and life as a superhero. Superheroes like Batman or Superman aren’t relatable because they are either super rich or they are super powerful and not even struggling to balance life as a superhero and life being a normal citizen. I can relate to Spider-Man/Peter a lot in this film because I also struggle with balancing all my school work while also trying to find a job. Much like him I also have trouble talking to girls and struggle with relationships. Much like Peter I too sometimes want to give up. Aunt May’s speech on why everybody loves a hero is inspiring. Heroes stand up for people, they hold on a second longer, and that they give up their own lives to help others. That’s why everybody cheers and screams in joy for superheroes. This film is really a reminder to why everybody loves heroes.