Spider-Man 2

Spider-Man 2 is the sequel to the popular 2002 film Spider-Man and was released in the U.S. on June 30, 2004.

Notes and trivia

• Elements of the film's plot are taken from the Stan Lee written Spider-Man storylines "If this be My Destiny"(Amazing Spider-Man 31-33) Amazing Spider-Man #50 and the first Spider-Man annual.
• Fans were somewhat sceptical when Alfred Molina was casted as Dr. Octopus, because Molina has a Latino outward appearance and speaks British English, rather than his comic counterpart, who is a Caucasian American and speaks American English. However, after the film, Molina was widely lauded for his performance.
• Throughout the whole movie, the only points when Otto Octavius is called 'Doc Ock' or 'Doctor Octopus' are when Jonah Jameson suggests the names at the Daily Bugle, and in the final battle at the docks, where Spider-Man calls him "Ock." One of the suggested names is Doctor Strange, which is Steve Ditko's other major co-creation for Marvel Comics.
• The name of Peter's landlord, "Ditkovitch", an obvious tribute for Steve Ditko.
• Spider-Man creator Stan Lee makes yet another cameo appearance (as he did in Spider-Man) during Spidey's first battle with Doc Ock at the side of building walls.
• Actor Bruce Campbell also makes another cameo as the usher who won't let Peter into Mary Jane's play.
• Voice actor Phil LaMarr makes a cameo as an extra. He is the man in the far right during the scene where Spider-Man stops the train.
• Tobey Maguire is a vegetarian. In the scene where Parker watches police cars go by, he is actually eating a tofu hot dog.
• At the end of the movie, when Harry Osborn, played by James Franco, discovers his father's hidden Green Goblin hideout, he walks up to a wall of shelves filled with pumpkin bombs. When he turns to look down the enormous wall of shelves and bombs, his reflection can be seen in a mirror used to create the illusion of a wall of pumpkin bombs.
• Before Spider-Man 2 was even released, it was announced that Spider-Man 3 would be released in 2007. Reports claim that the studio hopes to make at least six films.
• When Otto Ock kidnaps Mary Jane, he knocks down a banner attached to a building. Moments later, when Peter exits the ruined cafe, the banner has reattached to the building.
• A hospital scene in which the removal of Octavius' tentacles is attempted likely contains allusions to scenes in Raimi's earlier Evil Dead films.
• Spider-Man 2 is the first movie to be released in UMD format for the PSP. The first one million copies of the US PSP included the movie free.
• Doctor Octopus (Alfred Molina) uses tritium to create nuclear fusion. The device he uses seems to be inspired by those used for inertial confinement fusion.
• In the film, Peter Parker is a physics major at Columbia University, interested in experimental nuclear physics and fusion power, while his comic book counterpart studies biochemistry/biophysics at the fictitious Empire State University
• Actor Thomas Jane makes a cameo in the scene when M.J. runs through the park at the conclusion of the film. Look for him carefully on the right side of the screen. He may or may not be thrown in there as the Marvel Comics character the Punisher.