This new Spider-Man series was going in such a good direction, but they had to ruin it with this movie :(

Rating: 2/10 (8 May 2014)

I actually liked the previous movie and the fact that the story was starting the right way now. The lead actors are amazing and their chemistry is perfect. Then I liked the beginning of this movie, Spider- Man is having fun and he's happy and witty, he has reasons to be! He's super strong and he has a beautiful girl in love with him (even if they not always get along). However, the movie becomes really bad later on...
(This is when the major spoilers start!!)
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Starting with Gwen's death, this movie version is silly if you think about it. To be consistent, Spider-Man would forever blame himself for not shooting the web a few seconds earlier so she wouldn't hit the ground (I didn't see any blood on her from hitting solid cement)... and didn't even mention it... While the comics version is truly dramatic and powerful, since Spider-Man catches her with the web on a free-fall too, but her neck breaks due to the abrupt de-acceleration. Thus, in the comics, she was dead no matter what, because if he didn't throw the web, she would crash on the ground anyway. In the movie, it was just a miss- calculation and Peter was supposed to be a Physics genius... It definitely doesn't have the impact it should have had, to me.
Anyway, there are a lot more problems. For the rating to stay PG-13, they made the fight with the green goblin short and ridiculously insignificant. It is like he only showed up to kill Gwen, the camera didn't even go back to him afterward. The exaggeration of special effects during her death with all the slow motion, also made it worse, I was just waiting for them to get it over with already...
The main villain in this story was Electro and it was very well done, while on the other hand, the green goblin and the death of Gwen Stacy had no place in this movie. Specially not before they introduce Mary Jane as well, which they deliberately cut out to "keep the focus" on Gwen. Perhaps instead of killing her in such a rushed way, they could have started my bringing Mary Jane into the picture, following the comics.
I don't mind at all when the movies choose different paths form the original stories, but this one made no sense to me. I understand the idea of the green goblin fight: it was to bring the death of Gwen as a huge surprise to the audience after the big fight and successful victory over Electro, people don't expect the sad ending. But even though it was a good idea, it doesn't mean that it works and directors should be able to see that and make the best choices. I'm sad that this was the result.
Anyway, I am really disappointed now and I have no idea what to expect of the third movie, I guess the best is to not expect anything at all now... that is if I will even watch it in a movie theater or just wait for the DVD.