THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS.
Yesterday I rented a DVD of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 from Lot 1. I decided to watch this film after watching Dane DeHaan's performance in Chronicle and also I was curious about his version of Harry Osborn/Green Goblin (yes, I am a Dane bias). Since yesterday I watched this film at late night, I decided to write a review about it and no, no, I will try not to be bias.
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is a sequel to The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) and it is one of the reboot trilogy. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 explored on how Peter Parker tried to balance his ordinary life and superhero life. The film also showed what happened to Peter's parents since he has always been living with his Aunt May and his deceased uncle, Uncle Ben. There were a few tributes to the original trilogy such as Peter Parker's phone ringtone was the theme for Spider-Man. In my opinion, The Amazing Spider-Man 2 has been trying hard to balanced the comedy and serious effect which I have nothing to say. The visual effects looked realistic, except for the movie posters LOL.
The film has brilliant cast including Jamie Foxx who starred as Max Dillion/Electro. This was my first time watching Jamie acting as a fellow who has a syndrome where celebrities are his friend and for that, I will have to praised that since he looked so different. On the other hand, I can't tell whether how well Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone's acting are since in real life, they are both a couple. I liked how Andrew talked which really captured the hyper yet energetic Spider-Man, despite the fact he doesn't seem to look like a high school student graduating. To me, I see him as a college student graduating. As Dane DeHaan had acted as a loner-villain in Chronicle, if I were to choose which villain acted by Dane is my favourite, I would go for this Harry Osborn. I liked the part where he and Jamie as Electro were in the Oscorp Industries's main office. That Harry was a shocker!
And back to the summary of The Amazing Spider-Man 2, the film dealed with the main issue: trust. We can see that Peter Parker wasn't honest with his feelings, Harry Osborn who desperately wanted the spider blood to cure his illness and how the Oscorp Industries was corrupted ever since long time ago. I understand how these characters feel, especially Peter who always seem lost in his decisions unless with the help of Gwen. The sad moment was when Peter Parker's father recorded a video of himself, telling the truth about what happened in Oscorp Industries and the sacrifices he made to save his child, since Peter grew up detesting his father for 'abandoning' him. See how strong family members' feelings are? And also, how Peter lost Gwen Stacy, a companion and listener over a fight with Harry Osborn/Green Goblin who ended up in a mental institution.
At the end of the day, none of the characters are really that bad. It's just that they did things for their benefit in getting back what they want or achieved.
Ratings: 7/10
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