EXTREME SPOILER ALERT! I’ve warned you.
- ★ (out of 5 stars)
Remember the time when Spider-man was cool and awesome? Remember the time when the story was so strong, it made you cringe? Remember the time when Spidey was effortlessly funny? Remember the time when the love story of Spidey and a girl was really getting into your feels? And remember the time when a line in a Spider-man movie was so memorable?
To sum it all up, all of those hypothetical questions above were seemingly not present in The Amazing Spider-man 2.
I am a huge fan of Spider-man, and ever since this reboot of Sony; I’ve never been impressed. The first film failed horribly, and to be honest, it’s going downhill.
What is obvious in the movie was that the story was not strong, after the movie; my partner and I concluded that there was no story AT ALL. It was all over the place! It was all falling apart… It did bore me 2 hours running (Except for part where Spidey and Electro faced off in time square between the boring two hours) and the last 30 minutes of it was the only interesting time/s.
I was wondering if the entire build-up time was only for the (EXTREME SPOILER ALERT) death of Gwen Stacey? Peter Parker’s father was not even the highlight of it all, when in fact it should be his. Not even the entre of the movie gave justice to Peter’s father.
But on the positive note, the action scenes were cool; there were some fun moments and comic reliefs. The visual effects were really stunning; it really looked good on IMAX 3D. And also, the exceptional acting of Dane DeHaan who played Harry Osborn. But that’s all.
I also had an issue with the ending of it.
Gwen Stacey died because of a broken spine caused by Peter himself… Peter mourned for seasons, but revealed it was only 5 months, and then he’s back being Spidey… just like that.
What I mean to say is that, it was so insensitive for the filmmakers to revive Spider-man very quick when in fact there’s loss and it’s the loss in which you are not capable of coming back to your own self in just a short amount of time. He’s Spider-man, everyone knows he’s got responsibility, but c’mon, he’s human after all. The entire boring 2 hours was an emotional build-up (even dark), and why would they stray away that emotional tone by the end?
I’m really sure about this, but it was a bad, bad movie. It was so disappointing that even the news that there’s a preview of X-MEN: Days of Future Past in the mid-credits WAS NOT EVEN PRESENT.
This was like Spider-man 3 all over again, so many villains, so packed action scenes, but the story is non-sense. Minus the fun and comedy.
Compared to Captain America: The Winter Soldier, there was only one main villain and that’s the Winter Soldier himself. All of the other hydra people were back-ups, but there was an uncertainty in every character, whether they’ll make it or not, the tension was in the midst of the movie which were lacking in The Amazing Spider-man. CapAm was all pumped up while Spidey 2 was not.
This just goes to show that a Spider-man story can never work with a dark tone. Or is it just Andrew Garfield that missed being a true Spider-man that’s why it’s lacking? Or was it the directing over-all? Trust me; nothing beats the Spiderman series where the (AWESOME) Tobey Maguire starred.
The Amazing Spiderman 2 is directed by Marc Webb and stars Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Dane DeHaan, Jamie Foxx and Paul Giamatti. The film was released April 30, 2014 in the Philippines and distributed by Columbia Pictures.
