Good despite Flaws

Rating: 8/10 (4 May 2014)

Unlike many people, I really enjoyed the first movie. Despite the plot holes and the lame villain, Garfield manages to be a great Spiderman and Peter Parker, and Emma Stone is a really good romantic lead, which was enough for me. When the first trailers for TASM2 came out, they weren't what I expected. I was a bit worried seeing the mixed reviews it was getting, but seeing the movies, I can say that I enjoyed the movie like the first one, despite its flaws.
The characters and acting were great as usual. Garfield nails it as spidey once again and Stone also hits the mark as Gwen Stacy. Dane Dehaan is a good Harry Osborne, and everyone else is pretty believable (except Electro, Jamie Foxx is pretty over the top). The romance is surprisingly good. I found myself really wanting them to stay together, being a non-romance guy.
The story, while with its really great moments, but is really messy. I think a ton of people who know Gwen's going to die, and the scene where she dies is still pretty sad (it made me tear up as much as uncle ben's death) despite me knowing that she would die. The mourning scene after was also good, but the last 10 minutes was unnecessary. Keep in mind that Rhino still hasn't shown up, so when he shows up, he gets less screen time than venom in spidey 3 (yes, he gets less on screen time than venom on spiderman 3. That's really sad).
CGI has been polished enough to the point where it doesn't look like a video game, which is good enough for me. The soundtrack, unfortunately, is really distracting. Blaring dubstep is throughout the movie and is pretty distracting, but I can get past it.
Even with its flaws, I still really like the movie. I can see why some people might not like this due to it being really crammed, but I really enjoyed it. It's worth a rental at least.