A few welcome improvements

Rating: 7/10 (28 April 2014)

Given the hiccup that was the original reboot film, The Amazing Spider- Man 2 greatly improves on areas that needed to be improved all the while throwing in some little nods that keep the fans of the wall crawler attracted, but does the star studded villain cast only a few strokes of justice. The rest is... well.... a little empty.
The film picks up where the original sort of left off. Maybe some time after. Andrew Garfield's Peter Parker makes a stunning return, and I immediately noticed something different. The film successfully separates Peter Parker and Spider-Man. Yes we all know that Spider-Man was kind of an ass in the original reboot, but that is how Spider-Man was originally written. The same remains here, but unlike the first Amazing Spider-Man, Peter Parker actually shows evidence of a deep emotional struggle. Rather than just coasting through the movie as the incredibly cocky "I'm Spider-Man, whatever" guy, he finally realizes that his actions have results and he tries his absolute hardest to avoid negative ones. Rebuilding Peter Parker's character to one we are more familiar with is definitely one of the strongest points of the film. Emma Stone did well as Gwen Stacy as you might have expected. The biggest surprise to me was actually Dane DeHaan's fantastic angsty and loathsome Harry Osborne. This is something you have to see yourselves.
Electro. Now there's something we need to talk about. Max Dillon (played by Jamie Foxx) is a proper psychopath in every sense of the word, and with some pretty damn awesome powers too. But with great powers comes great responsibility, and here we see that the writers... well... weren't quite responsible enough. Jamie Foxx acted the part extremely well, problem is, the script he was reading off of wasn't quite there for his character. This is incredibly damaging to the film as Electro is basically the main villain.
As for anyone hyped about Rhino being in the movie... don't even bother with that one he has 4-5 minutes of screen time.
The special effects and fight scenes are fantastic. I took every little stroke of detail in as I watched Electro cause chaos in New York. Last point... FOR ONCE THIS IS THE ONLY MARVEL MOVIE I'VE EVER SEEN WITH AN INCREDIBLY SHALLOW AND DISAPPOINTING END CREDITS SCENE. This is unforgivable and a complete atrocity. Why? well the content of which is stuff literally everyone knows and has possibly seen before. Sorry die hard Marvel cinema fans. No shockers here.
Summing my key points to a close, The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is a great example of the potential that can definitely be met if you develop characters more, but it is at the same time is also an example of what happens when you don't.