The Amazing Spider-Meh 2

[Kramodlog]

Long, too many subplots, campy and thin vilains.

[sblock]To much stuff stuffed into that film and too many "how conviniant that happen then (like that I love you when she is in a taxi) moments, plus some unanswered details like "where did Electro get his suit?".

Electro is just a cliché of a vilain and is boring. Does everyone in that universe have to get bitten by some genetically modified animal to become a hero/vilain?

I always crawls into an exosqueleton when I get injected with spider-mutagenic-venom...

What does Paul Giamatti say and does anyone care?

At least Gwen Stacy dies.

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[sabrinathecat]

Kurtzman and Orci were involved in the script.
Of course it is going to suck.

 

[Kramodlog]

They sound like two pokémon.

 

[delericho]

Yep, saw this in the middle of last week, and the thread title is a pretty good summation. My wife even fell asleep for about 10 minutes in the middle. She didn't miss anything.

 

[sabrinathecat]

Just got back from theater. Was with friends who really wanted to see it in spite of the low reviews.
It earned them. The opening scene is so full of shakey-cam I was nearly ready to leave. Gawd-dayum! How are we supposed to see what is going on if the camera is shaking like it's being held by someone with parkinsons during an earthquake?
And Garfield's native accent come out a lot at the beginning. Did he forget that Spider-Man is an American? Granted, they talk about him moving to England, but really... And why are American comic characters being played by Brits now? (Aside from the better talent and training I mean) Seems a strange tone for Hollywood to take up.
Electro reminded me of Wes Craven's Shocker, which was pretty much all around a better movie
Pretty, but sloppy, heavy-handed dialog and wasted potential that didn't quite add up.
Tried to do too much, but didn't have the substance or writing talent to accomplish the goals.

Best part was the mid-credits scene from the next X-men movie.

 

[RangerWickett]

I liked it. Aside from shoe-horning in a second villain just to stick to canon re: Gwen Staci, I didn't have any complaints.

 

[WayneLigon]

I liked it. Aside from shoe-horning in a second villain just to stick to canon re: Gwen Staci, I didn't have any complaints.

That would be my take. I really enjoyed it up until that point. More and more, I wish that some movies were really high-end cable series. You need a season or half-season to really build up that Peter/Harry relationship before things finally go bad. Having Electro carry this movie in it's entirety would have been a perfectly good way to go, which would give you time to introduce Harry and his complications, then expand on them in the third movie. But no, Fox is planning a bunch of spin-off movies to try and build up their own cinematic Marvel-verse, so things were rushed up.

One thing to really take away from it is how Garfield really just nailed both Peter and Spider-Man - the moves, the mannerisms, the joking around, the taunting the villains, all that is the classic essence of Spider-Man.

 

[Homicidal_Squirrel]

I used to think Paul Giamatti was a pretty good actor, then I saw The Amazing Spiderman 2. Seriously, what the hell?

 

[Kramodlog]

I used to think Paul Giamatti was a pretty good actor, then I saw The Amazing Spiderman 2. Seriously, what the hell?

That is the most positve review I've read of his performance.

 

[Zombie_Babies]

I used to think Paul Giamatti was a pretty good actor, then I saw The Amazing Spiderman 2. Seriously, what the hell?

But ... but Sideways ...

Spiderman is a meh hero anyway. Like, I just don't get the fascination and with how terrible the first wave of movies was, I really thought there was a chance he was finally over.