The international trailer for The Amazing Spider-Man 2 made the film look really good and hyped it up but when initial reviews came in noting with three villains, not enough time was spent developing them as characters, I was a bit wary. In the end, Amazing Spider-Man 2 pulled it off. Similarly with Spider-Man 3, it focuses on one villain, Electro, and the other two villains becomes more prominent at the climax. The structure of the movie also comes off as familiar. You start off with shots of Spider-Man swinging across the city, fighting crime and doing what he does best. This part is fantastic and fun. Next comes most of the movie in which Spider-Man does not appear and we get to see how Peter Parker's life breaks down. A significant amount of time is spent on Peter's relationship with Gwen and while it isn't exactly boring, it's not like you can't tear your eyes away from it. There were also more than a few... odd moments in which the film does some stupid things. Not only is it improbable but sometimes you wonder if the writers were insulting the viewers' intelligence.
After all the romance (where it can be sad and you sympathize for Peter) comes the highly anticipated climax in which is does not disappoint. A minor spoiler here but Spider-Man does not fight all three villains at once. Anyway, they also pulled off something catastrophic and if you didn't see it coming, you would be shocked. They kept it faithful to the source material but it's sad now that something is going to be missing in the sequel. The emotional impact to Peter and Spider-Man at the end of the film felt natural and believable. The ending was such a tease and I wanted more. Once the film's finished, you do feel as though they could have cut some subplots out. The mid-credits scene is disappointing in that it's a cross promotion with the new X-Men movie. Anyway, The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is a much better film than the boring one that came before, with witty remarks by Spider-Man and exciting fight scenes (even if the CGI can be really heavy at times).
