The Amazing Spider Man 2 (2014)
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Very nice. Although I'd switch Bale Batman for Keaton Returns Batman if it were me.
Well, in this one they were crap. I mean that part where Harry goes to free Electro and tries to entice him to his side by saying ''You want Spiderman dead'' or something to that effect I was like ''ok wait a minute. What? Since when does Electro want Spiderman dead?'' I really don't feel that that was made clear beforehand. In fact it seemed to me he wanted to be friends with Spiderman and that could have happened too if the police didn't start shooting him.
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Best not to think about this one.
That's another good thing about the movie, they throw so much at you with all the different scenes, characters and plot points that it sort of distracts you from the story problems as you're watching it. It was only when I was coming out of it that I was like, "eh, that really doesn't make sense".
That's another good thing about the movie, they throw so much at you with all the different scenes, characters and plot points that it sort of distracts you from the story problems as you're watching it. It was only when I was coming out of it that I was like, "eh, that really doesn't make sense".
Something else I couldn't help commenting on to my brother while I was watching it - the part where Peter goes to Harry as Spiderman knowing that Harry is desperate to get some of his blood to cure himself of his condition. He goes there as Spiderman....just to say no.
Yeah, I'd consider that quite the slap in the face too. I absolutely don't blame Harry for being pissed. Now....was that the intention?
Yeah, I'd consider that quite the slap in the face too. I absolutely don't blame Harry for being pissed. Now....was that the intention?
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Meh, at least it was fun.
I'll take brolectro, vogue goblin and riddick rhino over bane, talia and zod any day of the week.
****, I enjoyed it even more than IM3.
I'll take brolectro, vogue goblin and riddick rhino over bane, talia and zod any day of the week.
****, I enjoyed it even more than IM3.
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True, atleast this movie didn't make me want to kill myself and others.
jye4ever
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Yup, I didn't go looking for the nearest tornado after the movie.
jye4ever
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On the business side of things:
ASM2 will be the lowest grossing Spiderman movie in the US.
But its doing good to great overseas.
Oh, and this:
There was also an expectation that The Amazing Spider-Man 2 would be propped up by its Summer kick-off release date. Unfortunately, Captain America: The Winter Soldier seems to have stolen some of its thunder there. Reviews didn't help either, as it wound up being the worst-reviewed Spider-Man movie yet.
Captain America: The Winter Soldier added $10 million for a new total of $442.7 million. It has now earned nearly $680 million worldwide, which puts it ahead of 2013's Man of Steel ($668 million).
https://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=3837&p=.htm
ASM2 will be the lowest grossing Spiderman movie in the US.
But its doing good to great overseas.
Oh, and this:
There was also an expectation that The Amazing Spider-Man 2 would be propped up by its Summer kick-off release date. Unfortunately, Captain America: The Winter Soldier seems to have stolen some of its thunder there. Reviews didn't help either, as it wound up being the worst-reviewed Spider-Man movie yet.
Captain America: The Winter Soldier added $10 million for a new total of $442.7 million. It has now earned nearly $680 million worldwide, which puts it ahead of 2013's Man of Steel ($668 million).
https://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=3837&p=.htm
jye4ever
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Good thing, that was the best movie, it deserves it.
What sucks is, SM 3 could've been really great. I liked the use of the symbiote as a storyline , and venom looked pretty cool. The love story was garbage and too many villains obviously killed it along with a lame topher grace as venom and ****** Parker. I already have 0 interest in this movie, but will prolly go see it. If the next spiderman film tried to do justice to the symbiote story, I would be really interested cause I think venom and/or carnage are the coolest spidey villains.
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Unfortunately.. Amazing Spider-Man 2 left me well...pretty flat.... too much going on.. bad editing, strange loud music choices and the Rhino was a complete waste of celluloid...I seriously walked away dumbfounded at how awful this was.....still shocked at how much I didn't enjoy my # favorite superhero....What happened Marvel/Sony????? What happened.....
Unfortunately.. Amazing Spider-Man 2 left me well...pretty flat.... too much going on.. bad editing, strange loud music choices and the Rhino was a complete waste of celluloid...I seriously walked away dumbfounded at how awful this was.....still shocked at how much I didn't enjoy my # favorite superhero....What happened Marvel/Sony????? What happened.....
Did you like the first one? Besides the cool new costume, this one has looked as lame as the first one to me? My fav superhero too, but ive turned towards iron man since those movies have been so great for me.
attom44
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I liked parts of the first, but this one left me scratching my head going what the hell.. Sorry.. I'm a huge Spider-man fan and hardly ever feel this strongly about a movie, but wow what a dud for me.. they ruined the lizard, Rhino, and the green goblin.... Electro looked cool, but had no substance.....please save this franchise somehow.. I see it flushing down the drain moment by moment.....
I actually really enjoyed and liked this movie. But like other reviews have said, they tried to pack too much into too little and it didn't allow much substance and growth overall because this really was a fantastically talented cast in my opinion. Thankfully it wasn't a BAD "too much" like Batman & Robin and Spider-man 3. They just could've cut some stuff completely out or shortened to allow for better character development. I give it a 8.5/10.
The movie NAILS Spider-man in my opinion. This is finally how the character should look like on-screen. The costume is nothing short of perfect and is the BEST comic-to-live-action translation of a costume. Everything about it works. Andrew Garfield is also GREAT in both roles. His Spider-man is humorous, funny yet still gives that "Friendly Neighborhood Spider-man" vibe that grabs an assist from several heart-warming scenes that show Spidey SAVING EVERYDAY PEOPLE. Something that lacks in a lot of superhero movies as of late. You can tell when the graphics are CGI, but the action is so much fun, colorful and dazzling that you feel like you're reading a Spider-man comic. The Web-slinger moves EXACTLY like he goes in the comic books and the film crew does a good job of making sure you can follow the action during the intense CGI scenes with some "slow-mo" parts that I personally liked. There's not too much of the "shaky cam" we've seen in previous films.
Once again, the chemistry between Garfield and Emma Stone is off-the-charts. It helps that they're actually a real-life couple and that translates well on-screen with the scenes between Peter and Gwen. Some reviewers mentioned being confused whether they're together or not and let's just say that if you've ever been in that sort of "limbo" stage in a relationship, that's what they're in...but not in a bad way, more so confused about their lives and their directions. They're high school graduates, so of course any romantic drama is going to be confusing.
The supporting cast is amazing. However, the shoe-horned RHINO scenes and Richard Parker scenes make me wishing they trimmed them or completely cut them from the film to make room for the rest of it. The Richard Parker scene in the beginning was TOO long and I feel they could've cut it in a way which made everyone recognize that Oscorp had a hand in their death. Perhaps show them boarding the plane and the co-pilot conceal his gun or something. Next show the plane crash and that's it. The Rhino scene did well for a "Spidey return" but for a character so heavily marketed, he had a small role and wasn't really overly necessary.
And this is where I think the bulk of the movie should've focused on: Dane Dehaan's Harry Osborn and Jamie Foxx's Electro. Though Electro gets a fair share of the movie, spending a little more time rooting his "over-the-top" nerdy character's angst and insanity would've helped a bit. It's sort of like Jim Carey's Riddler in BATMAN FOREVER. But it's cool because once he becomes Electro, he is 100x more intense. The real shame is that we don't see much of Dehaan's Harry Osborn develop. Because Dehaan's Osborn is MUCH better than James Franco's in my opinion. Dehaan has that underlying evilness and insanity look to him and he performed VERY well in the scenes that he did have. Showing the friction between him and his father would've helped as well (Chris Cooper is in the flick for about two minutes...really?). I also like his GOBLIN much better. It's a character that you can get the PERSONALITY right for (which I think Dehaan did) but comic fans never seem to be satisfied with how he looks.
A lot of this I think is pushed aside because of how fresh this reboot is off the heels of the Raimi trilogy, in which we had THREE movies to see Parker and Osborn form from best friends to hated rivals. So I feel they sort of rushed through all that dynamic because they probably felt audiences are familiar enough with Peter and Harry to know about their friendship. However, in my opinion I would've liked to have seen more because I feel Dehaan is a MUCH BETTER Harry Osborn just as Andrew Garfield is a better Peter Parker/Spider-man.
Overall it's a great movie. Spider-man looks "right" on-screen and looks like he dived right out of the comic books. It's definitely better than Spider-man 3, but has TOO MUCH packed into it's 2+ hrs. time-frame. The good thing is that it isn't snore-worthy and there isn't any ridiculousness that Spider-man 3 had. Webb definitely captured the drama and emotion that you would expect in a Spider-man flick, but giving more time to the MAIN CAST as opposed to book-end characters (Rhino, Richard Parker mostly) could've helped the MEAT of the story and the character development much more.
Once again, the chemistry between Garfield and Emma Stone is off-the-charts. It helps that they're actually a real-life couple and that translates well on-screen with the scenes between Peter and Gwen. Some reviewers mentioned being confused whether they're together or not and let's just say that if you've ever been in that sort of "limbo" stage in a relationship, that's what they're in...but not in a bad way, more so confused about their lives and their directions. They're high school graduates, so of course any romantic drama is going to be confusing.
The supporting cast is amazing. However, the shoe-horned RHINO scenes and Richard Parker scenes make me wishing they trimmed them or completely cut them from the film to make room for the rest of it. The Richard Parker scene in the beginning was TOO long and I feel they could've cut it in a way which made everyone recognize that Oscorp had a hand in their death. Perhaps show them boarding the plane and the co-pilot conceal his gun or something. Next show the plane crash and that's it. The Rhino scene did well for a "Spidey return" but for a character so heavily marketed, he had a small role and wasn't really overly necessary.
And this is where I think the bulk of the movie should've focused on: Dane Dehaan's Harry Osborn and Jamie Foxx's Electro. Though Electro gets a fair share of the movie, spending a little more time rooting his "over-the-top" nerdy character's angst and insanity would've helped a bit. It's sort of like Jim Carey's Riddler in BATMAN FOREVER. But it's cool because once he becomes Electro, he is 100x more intense. The real shame is that we don't see much of Dehaan's Harry Osborn develop. Because Dehaan's Osborn is MUCH better than James Franco's in my opinion. Dehaan has that underlying evilness and insanity look to him and he performed VERY well in the scenes that he did have. Showing the friction between him and his father would've helped as well (Chris Cooper is in the flick for about two minutes...really?). I also like his GOBLIN much better. It's a character that you can get the PERSONALITY right for (which I think Dehaan did) but comic fans never seem to be satisfied with how he looks.
A lot of this I think is pushed aside because of how fresh this reboot is off the heels of the Raimi trilogy, in which we had THREE movies to see Parker and Osborn form from best friends to hated rivals. So I feel they sort of rushed through all that dynamic because they probably felt audiences are familiar enough with Peter and Harry to know about their friendship. However, in my opinion I would've liked to have seen more because I feel Dehaan is a MUCH BETTER Harry Osborn just as Andrew Garfield is a better Peter Parker/Spider-man.
Overall it's a great movie. Spider-man looks "right" on-screen and looks like he dived right out of the comic books. It's definitely better than Spider-man 3, but has TOO MUCH packed into it's 2+ hrs. time-frame. The good thing is that it isn't snore-worthy and there isn't any ridiculousness that Spider-man 3 had. Webb definitely captured the drama and emotion that you would expect in a Spider-man flick, but giving more time to the MAIN CAST as opposed to book-end characters (Rhino, Richard Parker mostly) could've helped the MEAT of the story and the character development much more.
Been reading the last several pages... LOL so many of us went back and watched SM 2. I watched it last night. Still enjoyed it. SM 2 is the best IMO because it had by far the best Villain of all the films. However for me it has not aged as well as it has for some. It's still good but there has always been something missing in the Rami Spidey films that I can't put my finger on.
I will have to give ASM 2 another viewing before I can give it a true ranking in the series. The one thing I did notice more in the new film then an of the others is that I thought it was a little boring. I hear some calling it ADHD Spider man... But I thought the film was sort of dull. But I blame that on the dull Villain Electro and the dull fight scenes with him ( I did enjoy the one in time square though).
I will probably go see it again on Tues. 5.00 night at the Regal
I will have to give ASM 2 another viewing before I can give it a true ranking in the series. The one thing I did notice more in the new film then an of the others is that I thought it was a little boring. I hear some calling it ADHD Spider man... But I thought the film was sort of dull. But I blame that on the dull Villain Electro and the dull fight scenes with him ( I did enjoy the one in time square though).
I will probably go see it again on Tues. 5.00 night at the Regal
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