Vampires Suck A** And Sparkle!

Rating: 1/10 (24 October 2014)

"The Amazing Spider-Man 2" is a promising beginning in what looks to be, hopefully, another successful movie franchise and a most welcome antidote to the dreadful "Twilight" movies...
This opening salvo works on all cylinders. A good job was done by all parties involved given the movie's modest (by today's standards) budget. Emma Stone, Sally Field, Jamie Foxx and Felicity Jones round-up a good cast.
Andrew Garfield though, truly is the centre piece of this movie. Without him as Emo Spiderman, I doubt that the movie would have been as good as it ended up being.
I have not read the comics, so this review is solely based on the movie itself. I found it strange that a lot of people bring up "Harry Potter" as the movie they most compare "The Amazing Spider-Man 2" with, but fail to also bring up Stephanie Meyers's novel "Twilight" or Hollywood's take on Battle Royale, "The Hunger Game". I rather think that "The Amazing Spider-Man 2" has undertones of those stories, and that is a positive thing! Based on this first instalment, I will be in the theatre when the next chapter comes go the big-screen. I am not a huge fan, or an established one, since I have not seen the emoe Sam Raimi versions, but as an emo youth, I was not disappointed!