Cast
Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker/Spider Man
Emma Stone as Gwen Stacy
Jamie Foxx as Max Dillon/Electro
Dane Dehaan as Harry Osborn/Green Goblin
Paul Giamatti as Aleksei Sytsevich/Rhino
Run time: 142 minutes
Director: Marc Webb
Producers: Avi Arad
Matt Tolmach
Budget: $200-$225 million
Box office: $703,666,575
Memorable speeches and dialogues
Gwen Stacy: It's easy to feel hopeful on a beautiful day like today, but there will be dark days ahead of us too. There will be days where you feel all alone, and that's when hope is needed most. No matter how buried it gets, or how lost you feel, you must promise me that you will hold on to hope. Keep it alive. We have to be greater than what we suffer. My wish for you is to become hope; people need that. And even if we fail, what better way is there to live? As we look around here today, at all of the people who helped make us who we are, I know it feels like we're saying goodbye, but we will carry a piece of each other into everything that we do next, to remind us of who we are, and of who we're meant to be.
Aunt May: What happened to your face? It's filthy!
Peter: It is?
Aunt May: Yes!
Peter: Oh, yeah, yeah. I was cleaning the chimney.
Aunt May: We have no chimney.
Peter: Whaaat?
Gwen: I'm coming with you.
Spider Man: No you're not, it's too dangerous. Shut that thing.
[webs her wrist to the hood of a car]
Spider Man: [swinging away] I'm sorry, I love you, don't hate me.
Gwen : PETER!
[covers her mouth realizing that Peter is in his Spider Man suit]
As one of my most anticipated movies of 2014, The Amazing Spider Man 2 has yet again delivered another solid performance at the box office. It was a really good movie however while I was watching it I got that same old feeling of "Yay! This is supposed to be Part 2 and Part 2 movies are always better than the first ones so come on, anytime now, make me excited and jump off my seat?!" kind of thing. One good thing about this film is that we see more web swinging action here especially during one of the opening sequences where Spidey goes after robbers who stole plutonium from Oscorp. Not just swinging from building to building but the CGI effects where nicely done. 'Bout time we had the proper swingin' action for good ol' web head.
The story was good so far. The main villain Electro aka Max Dillon was portrayed by Jaime Foxx. Foxx did a magnificent job of being a genius nerdy obsessed Spider fan boy here. His character was someone who just wants to be recognized for his work and have some friends but people at Oscorp treat him as a nobody. I especially liked the scene when he was down town, already as Electro and Spidey was trying to talk him out and helping him and thought his HERO betrayed him and set him up and be made fun of. He didn't want to be evil, he didn't want to be the bad guy. Like what he said while Spidey was calming him down, "I just wanted everybody to see me." It was his birthday and such a cruel accident happened. Well, I just wished they didn't have to kill his character because I've heard rumors of a Sinister Six movie coming out and as far as I recall, Electro was part of the original group.
So as we were told, there is confirmation from reliable sources and of course a scene from the movie where the mysterious man is shown having a conversation with Harry that there will be indeed a Sinister Six movie. We get to see a quick glimpse of Doc Oc's Tentacles, The Vulture's wings and so Rhino's Armor (well mecha Rhino if you will.) Surely this is not going to be a new case in an all villian movie to me because as I recall, we will have Batman: Assault on Arkham takes on the saying, cheer for the bad guys because this time around they will save the day or something like that. Garfield said in an interview that he has signed for 3 Spiderman films but I hope they do resign him for a couple more because I'd hate to see them replace him after 3 films.
The death of Gwen Stacey has got to be one of the hardest things that have ever happened to Spidey or Peter. The way how Gwen died in the comics was different from the movie, (although we know freakin' hollywood always changes everything, well almost) but in this version at least we know how she died unlike again in the comics for those who don't know, Gwen was thrown over the bridge by the Green Goblin (Norman Osborn not Harry) and Spiderman catches her but finds out she is dead so he is unsure if she was dead when she was thrown or she died like what we saw in the movie. It was such a tragic death I might add and I actually shed some tears (they came pourin' when she hit the floor on impact). Their on and off relationship in the film was good especially given the fact that Peter sees Captain Stacey's ghost and finally which made it more confusing for him to whether or not continue seeing Gwen since he made a vow to keep away from her. This part here kind of reminds me that Superheroes are not made of steel, they are human beings as well. No matter how powerful they are, they weaken when a family member or loved one is taken away. Kind of reminds me of one graphic novel I read a few years back entitled Identity Crisis from DC Comics. But if he had the power to go back in time to save Gwen like what Supes did in the first Superman film which starred Christopher Reeves, that could've been nice but hey, that's just wishful thinking on my part haha. Well, bye Gwen Stacey, Hello Mary Jane Watson come 2016.
My Rating: 4/5
It was a really great film for the Spiderman franchise. Just that the same problem occured here for me, too many villians which were not really utelized properly. They could've focused on Electro more but having Harry Osborn turn into the Green Goblin here was kind of okay. Sam Rami wanted to make a 4th film so badly because he thinks that he needed to end the franchise properly but never got the green light on so I hope Webb knows where he's going with the 3rd installment.But overall the story and cinematography were brilliant. I hope I can soon get my hands on that Spiderman ring tone they used in the movie haha, that would be my ringtone but what I keep getting is a family computer sounded theme. I am definitely looking forward to the upcoming films. Spiderman, Spiderman, does whatever a spider can, dududum dududum dududum dudududududum (^_^)
Your comments and suggestions are very much appreciated. Thank you and have a wonderful day!
My Rating: 4/5
It was a really great film for the Spiderman franchise. Just that the same problem occured here for me, too many villians which were not really utelized properly. They could've focused on Electro more but having Harry Osborn turn into the Green Goblin here was kind of okay. Sam Rami wanted to make a 4th film so badly because he thinks that he needed to end the franchise properly but never got the green light on so I hope Webb knows where he's going with the 3rd installment.But overall the story and cinematography were brilliant. I hope I can soon get my hands on that Spiderman ring tone they used in the movie haha, that would be my ringtone but what I keep getting is a family computer sounded theme. I am definitely looking forward to the upcoming films. Spiderman, Spiderman, does whatever a spider can, dududum dududum dududum dudududududum (^_^)
Your comments and suggestions are very much appreciated. Thank you and have a wonderful day!
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