Great effects, character developments and storytelling.

Rating: 9/10 (16 June 2014)

This film was pretty amazing. The action scenes did not have many kick- ass choreography, but that's because Spider-Man mainly uses strategies and shoots webs to fight his opponent. That was still pretty cool. The slow-motion scenes were a good addition too.
I feel that the characters matured a lot from the first film, and that the actors/actresses grew more comfortable playing them. Spider-man (like Superman) is one of those heroes where their stories are mostly based on them juggling being a hero as well as a boyfriend, and this conflict was portrayed well by Garfield and Stone.
Garfield's Spider-Man is known for being witty and making comedic remarks in the face of seriousness. His humour really adds to the character and makes him seem more human. Maybe that's why he wasn't included in The Avengers; because he's more human than the rest of them, and has had no proper training. Well, I hope they do include him in the next Avengers film, it would be so much more epic.
One thing I did not quite like, was how there was more than one villain in this. It felt like it was building up to something with this one villain, and then a few others turn up. It just felt a bit rushed at the end. The other two villains had short screen times, but I guess they'll turn up in the third movie. But it also seemed so convenient that these villains would just appear. Like one bad encounter with Spider-Man and they would instantly turn into the bad guy. I don't know. Maybe that's how humans think, through recent events rather than the past.
This film also showed quite a lot of background story and that helped me to understand more of what happened. That was a good touch. Many good touches in this film, and was pretty amazing overall. I cried twice throughout the movie. I don't know why, it's just the feels.
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