His Broadway adventure didn't pan out in the end, but Spider-Man's film career is still going strong. His latest film adventure, The Amazing Spider-Man 2 once again has Andrew Garfield in the familiar costume.
Peter Parker's life as the swinging superhero is going well. But his love life with Gwen Stacy (Emma Stone) isn't doing good. He wants to commit to a relationship, but he also wants to honor her father's (Denis Leary) dying wish to keep away from her. Because if any super-villain found out Peter is Spider-Man and he's dating Gwen ...
Meanwhile, nerdy scientist and number one Spidey fan Max Dillon (Jamie Foxx) gets into an accident involving electric eels and becomes the super-villain Electro. Peter's former best bud Harry Osborn (Dane DeHaan) returns from boarding school to take over his father's company, Oscorp. Oscorp is up to no good, as Peter's dead father, Richard (Campbell Scott) realized. And Harry decides to put the no good to (his) good use.
Director Marc Webb's second swing with Spidey looks and sounds good. Spidey's web-swinging is awesome, but Electro's appearance, which combines CGI with makeup, is just as impressive. Meanwhile, Daniel Mindel's cinematography has some amazing use of the color blue. The music department, headed by Hans Zimmer, contributes a pretty good score.
There's a lot going on and that's the film's biggest problem. A few of the plots aren't adequately developed to their fullest extent. Take Electro for example. He starts out as a nice guy before becoming a bitter super-villain. He's defeated like a standard super-villain, rather than a tragic super-villain. There's a large difference between them. Still, a major end twist leaves the audience wondering about Spidey's future.
Book-ending the film is Paul Giamatti as a thug named Aleksei, who gains the super-villain identity of the Rhino. He's delightfully hammy both as bad man and super bad man. But Spidey's wisecracks are the comedic highlights of the film.
As it stands, Spidey's latest film adventure gives the audience a good ride. The plot-line could've used more work, but the amazing set-pieces make it worth it. Let's just see how Spidey's next adventures, which include a super-villain get-together called The Sinister Six, will play out.
Stay tuned mid-credits for a scene from another upcoming Marvel movie, X-Men: Days of Future Past.
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- This is the blog where I talk about the latest movies I've seen. These are my two Schnauzers, Rufus (left) and Marley (right, RIP). As of now, the Double Hollywood Strikes are officially over. May the next strikes not last as long as these ones did.
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