The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is the sequel to 2012's The Amazing Spider-Man in which Andrew Garfield(The Social Network) reprises his role as Peter Parker, the teenage superhero.
Spider-Man 3 tried a 3 villain plotline and it failed pretty hard, this film tries to make it work. Firstly, saying this has 3 villains is almost a lie, it's really like 2 full villains. We have Electro(Jamie Foxx) who is the main bad guy, Green Goblin/Harry Osborne(Dane DeHaan) and Rhino(Paul Giamatti). The last 2 we don't get much of, we get a good amount of the Harry Osborne transformation into Green Goblin but not full villain until the climax of the film. Also they kinda force Peter and Harry's friendship, it's established they haven't seen each other in 8 years yet a few scenes later Peter referes to him as his best friend; some build up in the first movie would've helped this out a bit, kind of how the original trilogy went about it, no real gripe though, just a small missed opportunity. Rhino on the other hand gets about 10 minutes total screen time and is there pretty much to set up the Sinister Six.
The acting in this was great, Jamie Foxx killed it, as did Dane DeHaan who is poised to be the next big actor; Garfield and Emma Stone are perfect for the roles they reprise.
This is without a doubt the most visually stunning Spider-Man we've gotten to date, his web-slinging and all around Spider-maning(not a word) looks beautiful and the fight scenes between him and Electro are truly breathtaking.
I love that the story dove so much deeper into Peter's parents, mostly his father and Aunt May(Sally Field) gets some needed screen time and uses it to her and the audience's benefit.
Overall: The movie was really good, Electro was damn menacing, Green Goblin has a great set up film in this and an actor that can crush it, Rhino was forced as were the Sinister Six plot points. It's easy to feel for Peter in this, with his relationship with Gwen and Aunt May, and his inner struggles as the director, Mark Webb, makes great use of the source material.
Rating: 4/5, this will be part of my DVD/Blu-Ray collection most likely the day it's released.
