The Amazing Spider-man 2 Review - Is it Really Amazing?

Rating: 7/10 (3 May 2014)

Watched this without any expectations as the previous outing wasn't very much to my liking. The best way I can describe this is it's a cluster****! The film as a whole is not better than its sum of parts. Here's the breakdown:
+ 3D Effects are Amazing! This must be the strongest point of the movie. If you love Visual Spectacles and don't care much for anything else, you'll love this. + Dane DeHaan is without doubt the best actor in the movie portraying Spidey's arch nemesis Green Goblin once again in the form of Harry Osborne + Andrew Garfield is again solid as Peter Parker with his quick witty jokes + Emma Stone! + The Action Sequences (especially with Electro) are unique and cool in the sense they are like straight out of a comic book or a video game!

Plot is the weakest point of the movie. It's filled with too many characters and strays in too many directions some of them setting up future movies than trying to make this one better. Peter's Parents which was supposed to be the focus of the reboot turns out to be too cliché. Romance feels forced and awkward. - Electro, the supposed main villain turns out to be not so amazing. He was always ridiculous in the first place IMO. Even this re-imagining does exactly nothing to change my opinion. - Rhino is a complete joke! Nothing more to say. - Soundtrack was a mixed bag, while the songs were good, the BGM was too loud and distracting and sometimes out of place. - Climax was overwhelmingly disappointing (talking about the final action sequence and its consequence, not the childish scene that happens later)

This obviously leaves me with less interest in the sequel, but I'll be keeping an eye on the spin-off Sinister Six movie!
★★★☆☆ 3.5 out of 5 stars