▁fourth ▁best ▁film ▁of ▁ 2 0 0 4 ." ▁I GN ' s ▁Richard ▁George ▁felt ▁" Sam ▁Ra imi ▁and ▁his ▁writing ▁team ▁delivered ▁an ▁icon ic , ▁comp elling ▁version ▁of ▁Spider - Man ' s ▁classic ▁fo e ... ▁We ▁almost ▁wish ▁there ▁was ▁a ▁way ▁to ▁retro act ively ▁add ▁some ▁of ▁these ▁elements ▁to ▁the ▁original ▁character ." ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 6 , ▁James ▁Char is ma ▁of ▁Play boy ▁ranked ▁the ▁film ▁# 9 ▁on ▁a ▁list ▁of ▁ 1 5 ▁Se qu els ▁That ▁Are ▁Way ▁Better ▁Th an ▁The ▁Originals . ▁ ▁Con vers ely , ▁J . ▁H ober man , ▁of ▁The ▁Village ▁Vo ice , ▁thought ▁the ▁first ▁half ▁of ▁the ▁film ▁was ▁" t alk y ▁border ing ▁on ▁t ires ome ", ▁with ▁the ▁film ▁often ▁stopping ▁to ▁show case ▁Ra imi ' s ▁idea ▁of ▁humor . ▁Charles ▁Taylor ▁believed , ▁" The ▁script ' s ▁mis calcul ation ▁of ▁Peter ' s ▁decision ▁fe eds ▁into ▁the ▁ped est rian ▁quality ▁of ▁Ra imi ' s ▁direction ▁and ▁into ▁Mag u ire ' s ▁weight less ness ... ▁[ M agu ire ] ▁simply ▁does ▁not ▁suggest ▁a ▁hero ic ▁presence ", ▁and ▁suggested ▁that ▁" D unst ▁appears ▁to ▁be ▁ch af ing ▁against ▁strict ures ▁she ▁cannot ▁art ic ulate ." ▁ ▁Awards ▁and ▁nomin ations ▁ ▁Spider - Man ▁ 2 ▁won ▁the ▁Academy ▁Award ▁for ▁Best ▁Visual ▁Effect s , ▁and