A "must see" but only at matinée price

Rating: 3/10 (6 May 2014)

When I ignored the criticism of the reboot, and saw Amazing Spider-Man, I was pretty pleased and optimistic that this new version was going to overcome the odds and be a trilogy that would stand on it's own merits. It appears my optimism was unfounded. Perhaps the good feelings I walked away with from the first movie were accidental. I never thought I would see anything as bad as the 3rd installment of Sam Raimi's trilogy, but I was wrong. Amazing 2 suffers from a very poor plot, or was there even a shred of a plot present? You judge for yourself, but hopefully cut your loss a bit by viewing at a lower matinée price. 3D can't do much to fix a poor plot, poor acting, or actor apathy towards gag me with a spoon dialogue. Garfield's Peter Parker comedy falls so flat it actually pales in comparison to Maguires dance club travesty. If you are a 3D fan, by all means throw down your money. The line up of villains looks promising on paper, but as executed in this film their villainous role is best viewed as bringing an apocalypse to the Super Hero movie genre. Note to Sony: perhaps Harry Osborne on a Goblin Glider is not such a good idea? Thank God Marvel released the far superior Captain America 2 far in advance of this. If CA2 had instead followed this, movie goers post AS2 super hero apathy could have done some serious damage. I expect Godzilla to take Amazing 2 down very quickly, and it will be up to the X-Men to restore some superhero excitement to movie viewers.