Overall Great Movie, , Some Costly Flaws

Rating: Null/10 (5 December 2016)

I know this movie upset a lot of the die-hard Marvel fans and comic book readers. A lot of people thought this move was ruined because of Garfield's portrayal as Parker and how different it was from the comic books. I understand that, but if you are like me and just want to watch a good movie, you will find this movie, and the first one, to be thoroughly entertaining. While I did find the villains to be flawed (pointless backstory to Electro, some cheesy scenes with Electro, Green Goblin being hardly featured), the movies are very action packed with the right amount of romance. Most of the negative reviews you will see are from the 10 year old kids who don't appreciate a good backstory and all they want to see is fighting. I found the chemistry between Garfield and Stone to be flawless, with Garfield showing some shy and quirky characteristics we all know, and obviously Emma Stone is beautiful and a great actress who worked very well with Garfield, especially when they were separated but you can tell they both really loved each other. The love story makes up for the few flaws in the story line itself, because by the end of the movie, you find yourself really connected with Gwen and Peter. I think Gwen's death was kind of weird and pointless, especially because they really just tried to cram it into the end of the move and it didn't really play to your emotions as much as it just confused you. However, as I said, there is perfect chemistry between the young couple and Webb found a good way to tie it into the main story. The visual effects in the movie are stunning, there is no question there, and the story with Dane DeHaan, while short lived, was very well portrayed. In my opinion, I would have liked to see a lot more of Harry and Green Goblin than Electro, but it just depends on if you like Electro more than me or not. As I said, I found Electro kind of pointless, and given the fact that I preferred DeHaan as a villain, there really wasn't enough time to establish Electro's story line, add Harry to the mix, and add in the love story. In my opinion the movie would have been a lot better of if the main villain was Green Goblin and if Electro had a smaller part, or honestly if he wasn't in the movie at all. I think Electro was a good idea but he took up too much time that needed to be used to grow the story with Harry, Peter, Green Goblin, etc. All in all, this was a very entertaining movie and I highly suggest you watch it. I did mention a lot of flaws but they are fairly small and can be overlooked because Webb found a way to make those flaws entertaining. So basically this movie was great, it just had the possibility to be a lot better and I am disappointed that they didn't capitalize on these or make a third film. Even without these, it is still one of my favorite movies and a great thriller with an enticing love story.