Sony ruins TAS yet again because of their financial crisis.

Rating: 3/10 (24 April 2014)

I could just say that the reason why this movie is painfully bad is Sony and their continuing attempts at saving their own asses from bankruptcy through the film industry, and it would be enough, it is blatantly obvious because of the target demographics, the annoying MTV influenced soundtrack (Electro's ultimate power of DUBSTEP! Not to mention, roll credits: Alicia Keys?!?!?! ft Kendrick Lamar?!?!?! But I'm wasting precious words.) and the weird, unnatural public display of affection between the two main characters turning them into a celebrity couple you see in the yellow pages and tabloids and the unbelievably dehumanizing, senseless and just plain stupid E! channel.
I love Emma Stone and Andrew Garfield and I am just sorry that the industry used their natural charm and chemistry towards a sinister cause of appealing to the lowest teenage urges. The horrors of Stephenie Meyer's hell-spawn still echo in the world and Sony's here to cash in.
But I have more to say as a devotee to Spider-Man and Peter Parker, his story being a huge influence on my life.
What they are doing to this story is inexcusable. But so is the majority of corporate made films. You know what I lost the will to write a good (bad) review because in the end it all comes down to money money money.
At least Marvel has the guts to stay true to their fans even if they are making movies for money, at least they're actually good movies with tight and thought through scripts. It's all a big franchise but they don't make a 2 hour promo for the next movie like TAS2 is, each one has it's own gripping story that is cleverly connected to the next one.
We've been lured in by the promise of The Gauntlet which in the comics was an amazing and deep storyline, but all we have got was a rushed(seriously, spidey says "no" and that immediately turns him into the green freakin' goblin), washed out Goblin reboot with absolutely no back-story and less consequence than Rocky IV, Stallone-like acting included with Dane DeHaan. He was really a bad choice for Harry Osborn, but I guess he tested well in the demographics. And the goblin curse being a deadly genetic disease? NO! That's a cop-out. The Goblin curse is power-lust (and borderline personality disorder), Norman Osborn is the incarnation of evil that corrupts his entire family and lineage, not some selfish money-hungry corporate suit spending money to heal himself from a disease that makes him look like a toad.
What else, oh yeah the inevitable and completely unnecessary Sinister Six promo character Aleksei Sytsevich AKA Rhino who they managed to turn, in the American fashion, from a deep character, a mean giant with a huge heart to a tattooed, clichéd remnant of Soviet Russia the USA is afraid of as a competitor in economic domination and wants to keep the American nation alert to "the menace in the east".
Oh and there was Electro? Was there? I hadn't noticed. Max Dillon, reduced to nothing more than a lackey, which he truly is, but why center the movie around him if he just ended up being muscle? There are so many more deep and complicated characters in the Spidey universe to explore and somehow we always wind up at the most cheesy ones making them even more cheesy and underdeveloped. An awkward attention-seeking genius electrician finds great power and with it an even greater opportunity to seek attention! It has absolutely no logical sense and is insulting to intelligent people all over the world being reduced to ugly attention-seekers. Always with the misunderstood genius goes bad, it's tiresome.
What I truly felt was good is the last 20 minutes of the movie. Gwen Stacy does die, it is Peter's fault and it crushes him even more so but this is the truly defining moment of Peter Parker/Spider-Man. He carries on, always guided by what he has promised to himself, and to his uncle Ben, but now reinforced with what had happened to Gwen. From now on he will stand at nothing but to be the best super-hero the world has ever seen. Also I like how the connection between him an Aunt May was established. It's not reaaaally that believable but they're on the right track.
Last thoughts, and the only necessary thing really:
Music:
Captain America: Winter Soldier ----> Marvin Gaye - Trouble Man
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 ---> Alicia Keys - It's on again?!?!?!?!?!
It's on again? Damn right it's on again, on and off again to make money on ruining people's dreams and hope of a good life. Thanks Sony!