Excellent start that quickly deteriorates to silliness

Rating: 5/10 (3 May 2014)

The Amazing Spiderman 2 starts with one of the best opening sequences that I have seen in a longtime. We get so much information concerning the Peter Parkers' parents (I don't think that saying this is a spoiler). I was really glad that they included this part as the first movie left us confused about what Peter's father had really done. But after that the movie quickly deteriorates into one stupid action sequence after another interspersed with an annoying love story between Peter and Gwen. It's really too bad because Gwen was a decent unobtrusive character is the first movie but in this movie you really want her to go away. There were a few good things Chris Cooper as Norman Osborn. The introduction of Harry Osborn could have been better as I think his story was really rushed. I have mixed feelings about Jamie Fox's Electro, he certainly is much less annoying as Electro than the stupid Max character. All in all this movie is just average just like many of the sequels have been. On another note I really think we're getting into superhero saturation, too many movies with the same plot over and over, enough already.