I thought this movie was pretty good. I was really worried that there were going to
be 3 villains in it – the last time the Spider-man franchise took that on, the
movie was terrible (think Toby Maguire’s Spider-man 3). So I was pretty apprehensive
at their decision to do this. But they
actually handled it pretty well. There
was really one main bad guy, the development into a bad guy, and then the third
one just kind of popped in. The third
one could have been cut completely in my opinion, but I suppose it served a
purpose at the very end, which I’m not sure they could have achieved without
it. But perhaps they could have started
out the third movie with that scene instead?
By the time you hit the third bad guy, the movie feels long. That’s the problem with having multiple villains. You have to set up a plot, and then you have
a conclusion of beating that guy…but JUST KIDDING, the hero has to defeat
someone else now. And when you add a third, people get tired of it – and no
matter how long the movie really is, it makes it feel long and dragged out.
I had been expecting Mary Jane to make an appearance the
entire time. I had seen her billed on
the cast on IMDB. However, the movie
ended and I never saw her. So I had to
do a little research and found out that they cut her from the script due to the
“already sizable cast and variety of themes” (refer to this website for a lot
more info on this movie http://screenrant.com/watch-amazing-spider-man-2-post-credits-scene/). This actually made a lot of sense to me,
because honestly, if they had thrown ANOTHER new character in to the mix, I
would have gotten very overwhelmed. I
think it was a good decision to cut her for now. I expect her to make her appearance in the
next movie.
What I liked about this movie was that it really focused on
Spiderman and Peter Parker. A lot of
time was spent on his relationship with Gwen.
It also focused on his relationship with Harry – who we didn’t even know
existed until this movie. They did a
pretty good job of explaining where Harry has been and setting up that they had
been really good friends before Harry was shipped off to boarding school. Okay – a big contention for me was the actor
they chose to play Harry Osborn, Dane DeHaan! He was
a totally girly, emo version of Harry.
Seriously?? It was weird. The guy was actually a pretty good actor, and
once his personality started changing, he actually made a believable bad
guy. I thought his story was pretty
good. I liked that it was different than the Toby Maguire version. In that version, Harry thinks that Spiderman
let his dad die – but you as the audience know that Spiderman didn’t murder him
– it was an accident and his dad had tried to kill him. I liked what happened in this version
better. It was more emotionally and
morally difficult – you could see both sides and you really watched Harry’s transformation.
Gwen. What can I say about Gwen’s story. I don’t want to say too much and spoil the
ending, but I’m sure there are plenty of people who predicted the ending –
especially with the focus at the beginning of the movie. I really like Gwen’s character and I love Emma Stone. I like that
she’s smart and not willing to be bossed around by Peter. I really liked watching what developed
emotionally for she and Peter in this movie.
I’ll have to stop here so that I don’t ruin the ending – but while I
expected it, I was very upset that they did it – but it might make the third
movie easier on everyone.
I’m not a comic book reader, so I wasn’t sure who Electro
was going to be going in to this movie.
I had no idea how Jaime Foxx would do as this villain. I thought it was actually a unique bad guy. I
like watching people who are really not bad people inside turn evil. Although you have to dispend belief for some
of these comic book heroes and villains, it was still entertaining. I have never seen Jaime Foxx in a role like
that before, so I enjoyed it.
Has anyone been to Universal Studios in Florida and ridden
the Spiderman 3D ride there? I was just
there in October of last year and LOVED that ride. This movie actually reminded me a lot of the
ride. The action scenes really just immersed you and every time you turned
around, there was another bad guy. I
think whenever they are ready, Universal will be able to update that ride to coincide
with this movie. It was great.
Last note: there is a scene about midway through the credits. But be warned: it is not Spiderman
related! It’s a scene advertising X-men.
You might think I’m crazy or that they showed us the wrong credits…but nope.
They had an X-men scene at the end of Spiderman. Very strange. To me, it wasn’t
worth staying for…and once you see it, you can leave; there are no other
scenes. Again, I had to do some
research. Apparently, the Spiderman
related credit scene was cut. If you go
to this website, it explains what the deleted scene was and has some commentary
and speculation about why it was deleted: http://screenrant.com/watch-amazing-spider-man-2-post-credits-scene/
. I feel like they should have just left
the scene in. Even if what was being hinted at might be a few movies away, at
least it was Spiderman related. To add a scene that is not even related to the
Spiderman universe was way worse. I would have even preferred to just NOT have
a credit scene! That was just
silly. Or if they really are not
planning that character for a few more movies, why not film a different scene
to hint at what is planned for the next installment of Spiderman? What is everyone else’s views on this?
In conclusion, I enjoyed this very much. They did a really good job with the
relationships, action, and pace. My only
complaint is that perhaps they should have left the third bad guy out of this
film and moved that part to the beginning of the next film – and not had an
X-men scene in the credits of a Spiderman movie! Otherwise it’s a great movie that I highly recommend!
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