The Amazing Spider-Man 2 certainly lives up to the title.

Rating: 7/10 (20 April 2014)

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 tells a new story about Peter Parker's duty to fight crime as the much loved superhero, Spider-Man. Peter Parker finally graduates from high school in this sequel after a very engaging opening involving Richard Parker and a car chase between Aleksei Sytsevich (who later becomes The Rhino) and Spider-Man. Just like the first Amazing Spider-Man, this movie has a story that is more linked to the comic books (than the Raimi trilogy of course) and Spider-Man still uses web shooters that create more intense fight scenes.
The villains include Electro and Green Goblin (Rhino would be included but he only appears for a brief moment at the end of the movie) Max Dillon/Electro is considered as the main antagonist of the film with two battle scenes between himself and Spider-Man. Green Goblin/Harry Osborn has a 10-15 minute battle scene with Spider-Man near the end which is the cause of one of the most emotional scenes in cinema. Both transformations of the characters into their actual villainous counterpart are very convincing, and the CGI/prosthetics are very well done, and The Green Goblin comes off very scary with an equally scary and menacing laugh. Spider-Sense is tackled perfectly in the film in different slow-mo moments which leaves you asking the question: How Spidey going to do this one? The fact the Spider-Man uses web shooters sometimes leaves him at a disadvantage when they break adding to the tension of the movie.
Once again the relationship between Peter Parker and Gwen Stacy remains very strong and convincing just like the first Amazing Spider-Man which continues to add towards the emotional impact of the whole film. Gwen also helps Spider-Man throughout the film with the villains which make her a much better character than Kirsten Dunst's Mary Jane Watson.
The whole untold story of Peter Parker's parents is tackled once again revealing a lot more about the story but seems pointless as it reveals one thing that we already knew: Oscorp is bad! Aunt May and Peter are shown interacting a lot more which shows more to their relationship. It's also hinted throughout the film that Aunt May knows Peter is Spider-Man. The comedy is as funny as before and the suit was awesome.
Overall the brilliant acting, a perfect cast, exciting action sequences, outstanding CGI, cool villains, a convincing relationship between Peter and Gwen, an epic story and the emotional impact make the film the best not only Spider-Man film but possibly even the best superhero movie made. The problem? A lot of footage from the trailers isn't in the actual film but oh well. Perhaps there's a director's cut. As much as I liked it, after seeing it a second time I realised that there some scenes that are either pointless or go on for too long. About half-way through the film it starts to slow down, and starts to drag after a huge break where Spider-Man doesn't appear for quite a while.
If your a Spidey fan, check this film out. If your not or you haven't seen the first Amazing Spider-Man, watch it so that you can check this movie out!
SPOILERS!
Green Goblin's fight with Spider-Man is one of the most intense scenes ever in cinema! Not only did Gwen Stacy's death cause many people in the cinema to weep, a part of me died when I saw her death. Andrew Garfield's acting at that moment and the character's death overall make it truly heartbreaking. For this reason the main villain of the film, for me, feels more like Harry Osborn than Electro. Rhino's appearance at the end is very exciting and watching Peter mourn Gwen's death is another scene that got me welling up. Any true Spidey fan will shed a few tears. Even if your not a Spidey fan you may shed tears!