I would say it's closer to a 5.5

Rating: 5/10 (5 May 2014)

I'll start off by saying I didn't hate it. This review will go over both the good & the bad. Good: 1) I liked the chemistry between Gwen & Peter. Because of their off-screen relationship, they really had some touching on-screen moments. 2) Several of the other actors in movie had strong performances. 3) I like most of the special effects. 4) They followed the source material with Gwen's death, which has caused a lot of debate on how she actually died.
Bad: 1) It seemed rushed. Not the Peter & Gwen parts, but the villain development. Harry Osborne went from Peter Parker's BFF to psychopath in the blink of an eye. 2) Although the villains looked cool, their back stories & reasons for being evil were ridiculous. Electro hated Spider-Man & wanted to kill millions of people because Spider-Man forgot his name (Which isn't even that crazy considering his appearance drastically changed when he was electrocuted & turned blue). The Goblin was also behind the plot to murder a lot of people because Spider-Man refused to give him his blood, which was for his own good. ASM2 is a prime example of terrible writing. 3) The tone of the movie bounced around too much. There were several parts that were hammy & reminded me of Batman & Robin (Hint: The truck scene at the beginning with the vials was terrible & cartoony). Paul Giamatti was way over the top with his performance. Then there were other parts that were very dramatic, which were good, but they didn't match with the hammy parts. 4) Sally Fields backstory about working as a nurse was pointless & stupid. It served no purpose & took time away that could have been used to build up Electro or Goblin or anyone else. 5) The scene with the planes on a collision path was pointless too. I understand why they did it, but just feel they could have done much better if they took a different approach. They did it to show the audience that people were in real danger from Electro despite the fact that he was miles away from any one in an electric junkyard. Regardless, the scene was executed poorly. 6) There were other things that were done poorly with the movie, but the ones above are the main things.