Amazing-ish

Rating: 7/10 (21 November 2014)

I enjoyed The Amazing Spider-Man 2 for the most part. Andrew Garfield once again proves to be a great Peter Parker/Spider-man and the wondrous Emma Stone returns as Gwen Stacy. These two are my saving grace for the film, the chemistry between the two was superb, snapping between fun chit-chat to romantic interests was easily the biggest strength of the movie.
With that being said, Spider-Man is about the VILLAINS, with such a wide universe of material and villains to choose from Sony opted to go with Max Dillon a.k.a Electro, with Jamie Foxx leading the role. Foxx is chilling as Max, he is twisted, disturbed and straight up weird, unfortunately his performance as Electro isn't quite as impressive ... There are some great scenes involving Spider-man and Electro specifically the Times Square sequence, but his character is let down by some awfully cheesy dialogue, "It's my birthday, time to light the candle" *cringe*
But aside from this scene there isn't much more of them both. This leads on to the films biggest weakness, it's convoluted plot. Director Marc Webb tries to set up an entire Spider-Man universe by creating plot points which will be resolved in future films in one film. This makes the movie seem as just a prelude of what is to come, Harry Osborne and Peter barely get any development as friends and instead become sworn enemies by the end.
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 isn't a 'bad' film like some people say ... It definitely isn't Spider-Man 3! In fact it's far from it, a couple of key issues revolving plot and villain let the film down, but it is still a fun experience.