Far from Amazing

Rating: 6/10 (4 May 2014)

While The Amazing Spiderman boasted a good storyline and well developed characters, the latest offering of the franchise has little to offer except for the number of villains.
The story is weak, the characters under-developed and at one point of time you are just waiting for the movie to finish.
The main villain, as portrayed in various posters and trailers, Electro has been provided with a weak background story and doesn't get the kind of screen presence a main villain should get. The main focus (intentionally or unintentionally) shifts to the other bad guy, Green Goblin played by Dane DeHaan who plays it quite convincingly. Paul Giamatti playing Rhino has been totally wasted.
It feels like Mark Webb wanted to send as many villains against Spiderman as possible without developing even a single one. If the movie had been any longer he might have added a dozen more villains.
The only plus point of the movie would be Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone's Chemistry and their scenes together provide the movie its much needed charm.
I watched the 3-D version and found it to be much better than many recent movies.
Overall The Amazing Spiderman 2 may have its moments but it fails to prove as 'Amazing' as promised by the title.