Director: Marc Webb
Writers: Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci
Starring: Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Jamie Foxx
So Spiderman is graduating… is his movie doing the same?
Hell yeah!
If you can name something that was in the first Amazing Spiderman, then that thing has been imploded and transformed into itself but far better. Richard Parker’s backstory is further explored (the conclusion to this story was rather underwhelming though) and more villains have been introduced. I feel like we’re making baby steps towards getting the real green goblin. At least he’s kind of deformed now but you could have at least made his suit purple!
If I could pick one thing from this utter treasure trove of delectable scenes I would have to choose every single action sequence. What is the most important thing about action sequences? Fluidity… and this movie has so much fluidity you’d think you’re looking at petroleum jelly. Every single scene is extremely fast and looks fantastic. The special effects used in the movie looks like the namesakes of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles all got together to create the best looking entity ever put to film.
Not only were the visuals absolutely electrifying, the soundtrack was immensely atmospheric. Anytime the music started thumping away at your eardrums it simply intensifies the situation the movie has immersed you into.
While the visual and audio effects were astounding, the movie decides to rather labouriously drag you through scene after scene of Peter’s unnecessarily failing Romance with Gwen. There’s probably two too many scenes like this.
Speaking of a few too many scenes, I’m not sure when this movie was going to decide that it wanted to finish. After (insert major spoiler here), the movie feels the need to cram in as much setup for the sinister six as it possibly can before Peter decides to quit moping around.
These problems can easily be overlooked as the entirety of the rest of the movie is utterly fantastic watching. Andrew Garfield is even more Spiderman than in the first movie and I actually find it possible to like Peter Parker now! Honestly, any recollection of weak scenes will be completely eradicated from your memory due to all the fantastic ones. Amazing Spiderman 2 is a solid 8/10.
If you can name something that was in the first Amazing Spiderman, then that thing has been imploded and transformed into itself but far better. Richard Parker’s backstory is further explored (the conclusion to this story was rather underwhelming though) and more villains have been introduced. I feel like we’re making baby steps towards getting the real green goblin. At least he’s kind of deformed now but you could have at least made his suit purple!
If I could pick one thing from this utter treasure trove of delectable scenes I would have to choose every single action sequence. What is the most important thing about action sequences? Fluidity… and this movie has so much fluidity you’d think you’re looking at petroleum jelly. Every single scene is extremely fast and looks fantastic. The special effects used in the movie looks like the namesakes of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles all got together to create the best looking entity ever put to film.
Not only were the visuals absolutely electrifying, the soundtrack was immensely atmospheric. Anytime the music started thumping away at your eardrums it simply intensifies the situation the movie has immersed you into.
While the visual and audio effects were astounding, the movie decides to rather labouriously drag you through scene after scene of Peter’s unnecessarily failing Romance with Gwen. There’s probably two too many scenes like this.
Speaking of a few too many scenes, I’m not sure when this movie was going to decide that it wanted to finish. After (insert major spoiler here), the movie feels the need to cram in as much setup for the sinister six as it possibly can before Peter decides to quit moping around.
These problems can easily be overlooked as the entirety of the rest of the movie is utterly fantastic watching. Andrew Garfield is even more Spiderman than in the first movie and I actually find it possible to like Peter Parker now! Honestly, any recollection of weak scenes will be completely eradicated from your memory due to all the fantastic ones. Amazing Spiderman 2 is a solid 8/10.
