Peter Parker Listens to Phillip Phillips...

Rating: 7/10 (4 May 2014)

I went into this movie with high hopes, and don't get me wrong, it was entertaining. But no movie, especially with the campy, friendly neighborhood Spiderman, can go without flaws. I knew the main villain was going to be Electro, which I thought was cool considering 2014 is the 50th anniversary of his original publication date. Yes I'm a nerd and looked at Electro's Wikipedia page after viewing the article for this film. Anyway, awesome - a character not normally touched on. But then the film makes the same mistake as its predecessors by introducing Harry Osborne AND going so far as to make him a secondary villain for Spiderman as the New Goblin (no, not the Hobgoblin as many might think). But that's not enough, the last 15 minutes of the film introduces AND allows a final fight scene with a third villain, The Rhino. Did director Mark Webb not learn a lesson from Sam Raimi's mistake(s) with Spiderman 3? The Amazing Spiderman 2 is a fun film to go to the theatre to see. I went the extra mile and did 3D and its absolutely worth it. Believe it or not, there's a lot more going on in this movie than Spidey fighting three baddies, with an obvious setup for a Sinister Six film or franchise on the future. Peter Parker listens to Phillip Phillips... On that note and alliteration aside, check out this fun film. There's a lot of cool fight scenes, CGI web-slinging scenes, just don't let the end get to you.