Exceeded my Expectations

Rating: 7/10 (3 May 2014)

I am a huge fan of Spider-man and the first two Spider-man films are one of my favourite films. I was angry when I didn't get a Spider-man 4 but instead got a reboot. While The Amazing Spider-man was decent its main flaw was being a rehash of the first film. But the Amazing Spider-man 2 has the advantage of not being an origin story. This film is truly spectacular. I do not agree with the critics at all about this one. This film continues to tie up 'untold story' TASM was supposed to conclude. Acting by DeDehan, Emma Stone and Andrew Garfield are top-notch. The Action Scenes and Spidey swinging are Visually Stunning, especially in 3-D. The final action scene was intense and had my heart racing.
Electro and Harry Goblin were creepy villains. Electro seemed like Dr. Manhattan (teleporting and disintegrating) and his motivations were somewhat weak, IMO but I consoled myself that he did what he did because he was crazy. My main problem is with the trailers as they showed the entire Rhino fight scene in the trailers and 70-80% of the Goblin fight scene.
The trailers were badly put as they spoiled many things. If Rhino wasn't in the trailer or poster at all, I would have been surprised and excited about him in the film. Even though his role works fine in the context of the film. While I don't think it's better than the first two Raimi films. Its pretty close.
My rating: 8.5/10