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The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)

Directed by Marc Webb

Action | Science Fiction | Romance

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Overview

For Peter Parker, life is busy. Between taking out the bad guys as Spider-Man and spending time with the person he loves, Gwen Stacy, high school graduation cannot come quickly enough. Peter has not forgotten about the promise he made to Gwen’s father to protect her by staying away, but that is a promise he cannot keep. Things will change for Peter when a new villain, Electro, emerges, an old friend, Harry Osborn, returns, and Peter uncovers new clues about his past.

Rated PG-13 | Length 141 minutes

Actors

Andrew Garfield | Emma Stone | Jamie Foxx | Dane DeHaan | Colm Feore | Felicity Jones | Paul Giamatti | Sally Field | Embeth Davidtz | Campbell Scott | Marton Csokas | Louis Cancelmi | Max Charles | B.J. Novak | Sarah Gadon | Michael Massee | Jorge Vega | Bill Heck | Teddy Coluca | Helen Stern | Aidy Bryant | Cal McCrystal | Anslem Richardson | Mark Doherty | James Colby | Kari Coleman | Skyler Gisondo | Charlie DePew | Robert Newman | Adrian Martinez | Thaddeus Phillips | James McCauley | Rachael McOwen | David Shabtai | Greg Connolly | Timothy Adams | Tug Coker | Jabari Gray | Jamie Lynn Concepcion | Pat Kiernan | Jessica Abo | Clem Cheung | Dusan Hyska | Andrei Runtso | Brennan Taylor | Slate Holmgren | Drew Beasley | Matthew Tronieri | Dario Barosso | Salvatore L. Rossi | Peter Tzotchev | Paul Urcioli | David Shih | Daniel Gerroll | Brian McElhaney | Jonathan Braylock | Steven Hauck | J.D. Walsh | Stan Lee | Jessica Shea Alverson | Stefanie Barry | Chris Cooper | BJ Davis | Julia Davis | Frank Deal | Odette Warder Henderson | Denis Leary | Lynn Marocola | Josh Elliott Pickel | Martin Sheen | Rick Bolander | Amyrh Harris | Craig Castaldo

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Viewing Notes

Can’t say I was disappointed because I had already heard enough bad about this going into to it. The screenplay is a mess. For a 2.5 hour movie everything feels so rushed. Probably the kitchen sink effect in having too many pieces crammed in there that none really get the proper development.

The Garfield / Stone stuff is magic and really could have been the centerpiece; focus on their relationship while Spidey contends with Electro and reuniting with Harry. All else should have been saved for the next film, esp. Gwen’s character arc.

Honestly it’s weird how easy it is to size up what could have made this film better, stronger and tighter but was entirely lost on the studio and Marc Webb. Not sure who to blame in the end but this really is a mess.

The watchtower clock homage is also a bad play to reference that sequence. In that moment we shouldn’t be chuckling that we noticed an easter egg. The entire subplot with Peter’s father is still baffling and detracts from all that is good about this character. Such a head-scratcher of a movie.

The set-up for the Sinister Six is dumb.

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