Creates a never before combination of genres.

Rating: 4/10 (14 May 2014)

How we perceive movies and indeed our ratings on them can be a result of many factors.
But to tag this movie as.. Action.
Adventure.
Fantasy.
Is indisputably the most misleading genre description of any movie I've ever seen. (to be fair I, like millions of others went in expecting the same).
The Tags of this movie should read more like..
Epic Romance.
Drama.
Tragedy.
with sub genres of action, adventure, comedy.
I a closeted Rom-com lover but AP2 has the kind of romantic background score, and dramatic pauses , which are not to be found even in chick Rom-Com's like Notting Hill.
The romance is neither cute nor funny and is always laced with a hint of heaviness that everyone who's ever been in any doomed relationship will feel.
And the drama, ooohhhhh the drama if the romance wont bring you to tears .... We have the fact that each and every character in this movie can be described as....
sad.
borderline demented.
disturbed.
confused.
suffering, or more likely a combination of the above.
As for tragedy, those who know spider-man know what I'm talking about (but wait there's more), and for the others ...take my word there are multiple tragic elements to be found.
Each and every character who has more than 5 minutes of screen place in this movie can be seen crying including the villains, bringing me to tears for watching this movie (not in a good way).
Technically , there's a lot of hamming (and not in the cool way of the earlier batman movies), the special effects are to the high standards of todays blockbusters, and the background score and music is good for the genres that I believe this movie should fall under.
A few may like the various directions in which comic-book movies are heading, but give me the less complicated fun of Thor, Iron Man and The Avengers any day.
-s lots of hamming, misleading genres.
+/-s drama, high promises from the sequel.
+s stellar cast, great special effects (IMAX 3D hmmm), Emma Stone yummy.