Perfect Wreck

Rating: 3/10 (4 May 2014)

I was ready to give five out of ten stars, and then these people couldn't have done worse!!! There goes one of the reasons one goes to see these movie, and let me tell you: It's not any of the scatterbrained villains they came up with this time. I haven't seen a sorriest trio. There is not an ounce of personality, an attempt to give anyone of them any qualities worth mentioning. It's all flash, aimless technology, the fanciest of elements all thrown together, with no sense of intelligence or direction.
Parker is back, perky as ever in his alter ego, enjoying every minute of his job as the webbed superhero. His personal life is running into several problems, as he thinks Gwen shouldn't be exposed to anymore of his adventures. His guilt is too much of a burden, and in addition to that, there are family problems by way of his scientist father.
This film makes mistake after mistake by not focusing on what's important, not understanding the genre and its evolution. Just recently, "Captain America" and "Thor" have produced sequels which hold on to some of their best elements and engage with more complex themes. We're not expecting "All The President's Men" here, but we want to be entertained because the villains are scary, powerful and worthy challengers. What we get is a half baked bunch of ideas which appear to fizzle before their plot resolutions, and in a desperate attempt to pump some life into the DOA film, a character is sacrificed, and the choice couldn't be worse. Oh yes, it's the most intense moment of the film, and it breaks our hearts because it's about the only thing in the movie that has any resonance. I remember when Spock loses his mother and almost loses Kirk in the latest reincarnations of "Star Trek". The moments are memorable, and the films never stop dazzling in their takes of the genre. Here, we almost wish the film became quieter, and we would have Romeo and Juliet instead. Sadly, we're left with a bunch of empty tin cans, and three villains that have neither enough inside or outside. They don't look or act like anything that will be remembered.
There's some snappy editing, and Spidey still glides, jumps, and summer saults with plenty of class throughout Manhattan. His chemistry in and out of his suit is amazing with his real life partner. One of the greatest moments in the movie has him delivering a message to her, and watching them have a little "domestic" dispute before he goes to defend us poor mortals, we can see this is the perfect team: She's the brains, he's the muscle. And the scatterbrained team behind this film goes and destroys this amazing team.
There's an inspirational moment as Spidey recovers his will to fight and protect, but once again, the film crashes and severely burns with one of the worst endings in movie history, a stupid and pathetic one if there ever was one. We have seen revengeful dragons, backstabbing gods, and the impending doom of science gone awry in in recent months. The end of this film is begging Hollywood to kill this franchise because like Spidey, we might not have reason to live anymore.
R.I.P.