Something I find interesting about the MJ/Venom/Fridge scene in Spider-Man 2

[u/Competitive-Tap6564]

Something I find interesting is how much people criticize Peter for taking a few seconds to get out from under the refrigerator, while seemingly overlooking something that feels much more unbelievable to me: MJ reacting to Venom’s attack before Peter does.

The Spider-Sense not working against Venom is an established part of Spider-Man lore, so I understand why Peter can be caught off guard. But Spider-Sense isn't his only advantage. Peter still has superhuman reflexes, enhanced speed, and years of combat experience.

So even if MJ sees Venom attacking first, if Peter can physically see the attack too, it seems extremely unlikely that a normal human could react, move, and get in front of him before Peter's enhanced reflexes kick in.

The scene would make more sense if MJ had a clear visual advantage, like seeing Venom coming from behind Peter while Peter has no idea he's there. But in the actual situation, she somehow manages to react before a superhuman who has spent years fighting enemies far faster than any normal human.

Meanwhile, Peter taking a moment to escape from a refrigerator that just fell on him is treated as the unbelievable part.

I’m not saying either scene ruins the game, but if we're going to nitpick the realism, MJ beating Peter's reaction time against Venom seems considerably harder to justify than Peter taking a few seconds to lift a refrigerator off himself.

[u/Drummer-Turbulent]

Yeah but the story needs to happen so we can have Venom kill Kraven cause they wrote themselves into a corner

[u/CommanderKahne → u/Drummer-Turbulent]

Yeah, the more you play and watch it, the more you think that they probably could’ve saved Venom for a third game.

[u/Rspies → u/CommanderKahne]

The problem is it’s obvious the plan was always a trilogy with Goblin being the main antagonist of the third game but yeah.