Some Improvements, Some Non-improvements.

Rating: 1/10 (20 October 2014)

I knew right from the get-go that these movies would not at all be as good as the Tobey Maguire movies. But watching previews and trailers for this actually made it look promising: something the first one never had. Did the movie turn out to be as good as it looked? Not at all. What really hurt was that it had potential to be great. I knew it would not be as good as the old ones, but pretty close. I was fooled.
Not much has changed from the first. Peter and Gwen are still in a relationship that makes Channing Tatum look like Cary Grant. Peter himself is still a wannabe cool kid from One Direction and still looks for answers about his parents. Like the first, the story is forgettable. I don't remember if all the answers are given, and frankly I don't care. All subplots are forgettable too. But what makes the subplots different from the first was that they fell flat on their faces. The first one actually had good development and did not fall. Take Electro: totally awesome villain with a great build-up, then just goes away. Then there is Harry Osborne. I thought Dane DeHaan was a better Harry than James Franco and a better outcast than Andrew Garfield. Funny thing was, he was underdeveloped! How can an underdeveloped guy outdo so many people? Watch and see. When he became the Green Goblin, I thought he was nearly as good as Willem Dafoe. Just as Goblin/Harry were heating up, him too was tossed! Instead, they focus on Peter and Gwen. Peter delivers cheesier and stupider "wit" that make Jean-Claude Van Damme look like Humphrey Bogart. And Gwen's death? I laughed. Then I decided to re-watch that scene and I actually felt remorse. In theatres, I thought Garfield's crying was awful. It was good the second time. Other than that, all emotions failed by Garfield and Stone. I can't wait for the next movie Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone do that is not Spiderman and actually serious.
As I mentioned before, Electro and the Green Goblin where great. They saved the movie. Plus the general action and special effects were awesome too. Maybe there was too much computer effects, but the way it enhanced the action and made it look all cartoony, yet real was great. It also improves on the shakiness and no-focus that the first one had.
So, the action, special effects and villains improved. The story, subplots, and main characters failed.
1.5/4