Another Amazing Spiderman movie, but...

Rating: 8/10 (3 June 2014)

THE AMAZING SPIDERMAN 2 !!!!!SPOILERS ALERT!!!! This new chapter of the Spiderman comic book character, Amazing Spiderman 2, is a solid good movie. The movie contains a considerable amount of information that is released in sequential order concerning Oscorp, the Green Goblin, and the Sinister Six.
The death of Gwen Stacy was simply tragic and drew tears everywhere in the theater. This moment was well crafted and executed. The dramatic ride from the beginning of Green Goblin's appearance to the ending moment was awesome! But that alone I cannot give the movie higher than a B.
The beginning of the movie spent nearly a full 15 minutes on characters that were dead and too easily referenced by a line or two to warrant such a waste of time.
The villain Electro's storyline was exactly parallel to the Ridler's story from Batman Forever, and the character similarities before the birth of the villain was so intentional – that I could have played the Batman movie side by side and not seen any difference whatsoever.
When Electro was born, he became unlike the comic book villain and yes more powerful, but the villain wasn't actually an evil villain, he was a confused, psychologically unbalanced character that had passionate hate towards Spiderman that wasn't actually justified. The end of Electro was a good thing, this villain couldn't possibly work for another movie.
The Green Goblin, aka Harry Osborn – not Norman, was an interesting plot twist; however the introduction of Harry Osborn was a serious problem within the story plot. In the previous movie, Amazing Spiderman, Harry was not introduced at all and now this guy is Peter Parker's best friend. Anyone who read the book knows they were but if you didn't read the book and just came to see the sequel, you are surprised to see Peter's non best / best friend comes out of nowhere and not so much as a back story of the story of the two characters. Yes, that 15 minutes about Peter's parents would have done nicely to introduce Harry the right way. But nope, they didn't.
The Rhino at the very end was not a surprise or twist at all. It was more like throwing the last egg at the house where 11 other eggs could be seen dripping. The movie ended with Spiderman and the Rhino fighting in the street. The scene before that with the child was awesome and the Re-Introduction of Spiderman was damn good. This scene still doesn't reduce the deliberate shock of the movie ending with not so much a hint at MaryJane Watson.
I like the movie, and will buy it when it becomes available. The action scenes are great and the characters are real. Andrew Garfield in my opinion is a much better Spiderman than Tobey Maguire by far. And Gwen Stacy will always, as before, be missed!