Movie Review
Review The Amazing Spiderman 2
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Peter Parker, in his eternal search for the balance between being a hero, and being a human, bleeds emotion and quirky humor like the fun yet deeply relatable character that he's become so well known to be. The dialogue scenes with him and Gwen are some of my favorite moments. Beautiful chemistry between the two of them.
Andrew Garfield plays the part with absolute perfection. He eliminates the idea that Spider-Man and Peter Parker are the same person by giving the two characters their own layers and depths worthy of respect and admiration. As Spider-Man, he's the classic trash-talking, sarcastic mischievous hero while as Peter Parker, he's the relatable teenager struggling with everything life throws at us all. Stone is smart, fearless and a welcome addition to what is usually a thankless role for most women in these types of movies. She doesn't have the powers of Peter Parker but her existence in the film is more than just damsel in distress. The performance of DeHaan as Harry Osborn was atrocious at best. He seemed to be in a rage induced stupor the entire movie, leaving little room to promote his back story with Parker & The Green Goblin on the other hand. Somehow they have managed to destroy the character more thoroughly than the 1st series ever has. Poor acting and horrific costume design make the character more of a laughing stock than the James Franco version at the beginning of Spiderman 3.
There are 3 villains: The Green Goblin, Electro and Rhino. However this movie is really just about Electro. The Green Goblin is only seen 15 minutes from the end and he has a little scuffle with Spiderman then he is gone, we only see him later when he is in a psychiatric prison. The action is great, and the special effects superb. At some point though, they have to start equipping the cops with decent weapons since they know the danger levels they are facing and handguns are no-longer appropriate. Also maximum security prisons seem to be stupidly lapse in security. That scene was a joke. The story is slow due to too many sub-plots
Lastly, the movie expresses all kinds of emotions from the audiences that really make the viewer invest into the story and characters alike; making you love and relate to them.
Towards the end there is some indication of what might be featured in the next film, and I'm very much on the edge of my seat to find out exactly what that will look like!
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