Spiderman: Reviews from the USA

The Amazing Spider-Man 2

Reviews from USA:

Review 1:

Aside from the Emma Stone, Sally Field, and the Spiderman side of Garfield's role, the acting was pretty terrible all around. The film in general bases itself around a horrible plot that manages to do a worse job with the villains than the 1st series.
Jamie Foxx's role as Electro was performed adequately at best with the badly written script he was given. The performance of DeHaan as Harry Osborn was atrocious at best. The Actor 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.
Aside from the above average visual effects, and timely one-liners of Garfield's Spiderman persona.. This movie will leave you wanting your time and money back.

Review 2:

I have been waiting 2 years for this movie. 2 YEARS!!!! I finally get to see it. The trailer looked fantastic the 20 minutes of footage they showed us in all of the trailers looked amazing (20 minutes is a small exaggeration). After getting myself over excited I get slapped in the face. Then a blow to the gut. Andrew was pretty good(Not as good as Tobey Maguire but good). Dane Dehann I was shocked by because he played the best performance in my opinion. I didn't like the way he looked as the green goblin but he was the best actor in the whole movie. Electro let me down really bad. They didn't show me enough, it didn't satisfy my hunger for the series. I didn't like the first one much but after watching this I appreciated it a whole lot better. It felt like Spiderman 3, everything was rushed, they didn't have a good flow. Great visuals, but spider-man 3 had just as good visuals.I guess I shouldn't of expected too much, honestly, if I had went into this movie without thinking too much about how good it was going to be then I would think this movie was pretty good. The fight scenes weren't that good either. Advice to everybody, don't get your hopes up.

Review 3:

This fun, emotional, tragic, and iconic tale about Spider-Man/Peter Parker is without a doubt a must watch! But, this doesn't mean its the "perfect" spider-man film. The film revolves mostly around Gwen Stacy and Peter Parker's relationship through out, eventually leading to Gwen Stacy's tragic fate. This is what i've been waiting for since the announcement of Gwen Stacy in the "Amazing Spider-Man" franchise. Even though this story was adapted brilliantly, the plot itself i found to be kind of slow. Not as much slow, as actually clogged up. There was the story of Harry Osborn and how he was trying to live with a disease that runs in his genes, he needed Spider-Man's blood to survive, but Spider-Man refused (leading to the "final battle") Then we had the story of Max Dillon, an older man who is overly obsessed with Spider-Man after being saved once. When he turns into Electro, he feels betrayed by Spider- Man and goes crazy, trying to defeat Spider-Man. Even though this film had 3 villains, it doesn't mean it was anywhere near as bad as Spider-Man 3. But, the over clogged plot took away from some scenes, especially whenever you're getting into the Harry or Max scenes, this is where a random Peter and Gwen scene would come in. Moving on from the negatives, there were also many positives! Like i said earlier, the story was BRILLIANT! The action, the visuals, and the score beat the first film by miles! Hans Zimmer's new theme was magnificent, and i didn't think he would have been able to top Horner's theme. Overall, though "The Amazing Spider-Man 2" had a clogged up plot,the film had amazing acting, spectacular visuals, and an ultimate soundtrack! In conclusion, i would give "The Amazing Spider-Man 2" a 7/10.