Spider-Man 2 still has one of the best Marvel movie villain moments 20 years on.
Twenty years ago,Spider-Man 2boiled down the basic appeal of the Web-Head in movie form.
In the two decades since the movies release, there have been plenty of otherSpider-Manpictures.
Some have been good, some amazing (looking at youSpider-Verse!
), and more than a few that left you wanting.
Strangely enough, this might be best represented by a scene without Spidey at all.
In fact, it comes from the best villain introduction weve had in a movie featuring the webslinger.
Were of course talking about Doctor Octopus.
Dafoe certainly turned in an unforgettable performance too.
What are the odds?
But also like many a villain created in 60s comics, hes playing to the back row.
Hes a classic megalomaniac who likes to monologue about his plans to rule the world.
And yet, inSpider-Man 2Doc Ock is as cold and smooth as his metallic, gliding limbs.
All of which makes the scenes where Doc Ock goes truly evil all the more thrilling.
Scenes of monsters killing nameless doctors is of course nothing new.
Either way, a room of physicians are taken out by the creature theyre there to study.
Hence why the medical staff is so intent on cutting the arms out of his back.
those metal monstrosities are going to defend themselves in a way Raimi could imagine.
As is Raimis wont, the scene is both macabre and darkly amusing.
Theres a palpable mean-spiritedness to it that madeEvil Deadsuch a gas.
As a set piece for the movies target audience, its intense, shocking, and faintly scary.
Superhero movies could use more of that energy.
Fantastic and Charles Xavier.
It made for a better villain and a better movie.
And its one of the reasons were still talking aboutSpider-Man 220 years on.
