Peter Parker deals with the regret of breaking his promise and his alter ego Spider man faces 3 new villains in pursuit to save New York.

Rating: 10/10 (23 April 2014)

As a huge fan of marvel films, this has got to be my favorite. First reason is visually how awesome it was to watch spider man fly- it was spectacular, especially in 3-D!
There is a fair amount of romance between Gwen Stacy and Peter Parker who have a great chemistry on screen that worked! It wasn't a silly love side plot; Gwen Stacy wasn't a mere fair maiden Spider man had to rescue, she was a useful character and allowed the viewer to see peter/Spider man on a more personal level- definitely much different to the romance in the old spider man series!
The action- now this is where the review really starts- was certainly satisfying. Spider man fought with three villains, they had a great buildup (the rhino not as much) and unlike other superhero movies the main two villains don't enter the show as pure evil characters. They have some sort of relationship with Peter/Spider man which created an excellent story line, you tend to feel more when the fights actually take place. The fighting itself was just awesome. It wasn't cut short and took up much more screen time than the action had done in the first film which is ideal for sure. The producers made the fight scenes looked tactical and skillful, at the end you think "alright now THAT was cool." Other films take action as guns are bashing and confusion and this is why I prefer spider man, his maneuvers were unpredictable and although they were fast paced it was directed so you follow EVERYTHING- this is done particularly by slowing down some scenes- (such as when electrode and spider man meet for the second time.) This made the movie easy to follow and thoroughly engaging.
In terms of the casting, Andrew Garfield looks like he hasn't aged since he turned 17- pretty convenient as he plays a a college student! Thinking back on it I can say damn, the boy sure knows how to act. A challenging role, physically demanding I imagine but also needs to convincingly express a range of emotions- all which I think were executed to standard. He's even British! This was pretty shocking to find out after I had watched (well, for me at least). Oh he's pretty god damn hot too.
Emma stone looks like the character in the comics, which is always a plus- the blonde hair biologist, it's fair to say she looked the part. Also, can I just say how much better a movie can be when the female character ISN'T annoying?
Jamie Fox's character electrode was frustrating and yes, slightly unrealistic- although it is bound to be because it's classic Science Fiction, I mean more his personality. He was needy, it was actually hilarious at some points (surely done intentionally) but at other times it was a bit like, "really?" His character was a weak minded guy, who got unfairly treated, gets corrupt by power- oh and was totally obsessed with spider man which then just changes because... yeah, wasn't worth remembering (some trivial misunderstanding.) However, the character Electrode did look terrifying so if anything, they scored an A+ on the visuals.
Osborns- I feel the Osborns were better done in the previous spider man series (perhaps the only thing done right.) Norman Osborn we all know in the previous one LOOKED the part. Harry Osborn in this one acted well but his character, again, was frustrating. The friendship between Peter and Harry wasn't emphasized enough- I didn't really care about harry, and once you do watch this movie (I truly recommend you should) I didn't full grasp why the green goblin hated spider man.
Overall, if it wasn't clear from my excessive use of the word awesome, it was AWESOME. Nothing inappropriate, people of all ages will love it and definitely was a night well entertained, and what else can I say besides I'm counting down the days until the sequel?