The Amazing Spider-Man 2 U.K Steelbook [Blu-ray]

ASM2 is a movie that can easily spilt people. On one hand it's disappointing and on the other it's beautiful. The first Amazing Spider-Man introduced a Peter Parker that had real likeability, a romance with genuine connection and a visually accurate Spider-Man. ASM2 had so much potential to build on and the trailers looked amazing. After my first viewing I loved it, but something was off about it, I spent to summer convinced it was a terrible movie. I gave it another chance and realised what the issue was. Amazing Spider-Man 2 is a great movie but a terrible Spider-Man movie. The plot has has too many subplots and the villains aren't fleshed out at all. The on again off again relationship spoils the chemistry created in the first movie. That said all the actors play the parts really well and Andrew Garfield is great as Spider-Man. The film feels a bit like an introduction into a Spider-Man movie universe (which is what it is). In trying to get so much story into one film they kind of fail in making a satisfying story arc and make a lot of the plot twist feel very forced. Visually a great film, with some amazing set pieces, action and great acting. Let down by the fact it tries to do too many things and doesn't do all of them very well. Hopefully with 4 years before part 3 they can write a tighter script.

I loved the action and Spider-Man’s jokes were awesome! The fights were super cool, especially with Electro. But the ending made me really sad. Still, it was really fun to watch and I want to see it again!

Despite the complaining from certain critics and fans concerning another entry in the Spider-Man reboot, I was really looking toward to the sequel to the highly underrated The Amazing Spider-Man. Thankfully for me, it delivered.Andrew Garfield is once again on top form as Spider-Man/Peter Parker and his chemistry with Emma Stone is stronger than ever, who is absolutely perfect as love interest Gwen Stacey. Introduced to the franchise is Jamie Foxx as Max Dillion/Electro a scientist who idolises Spider-Man who finds himself turned into an electric-powered monster after a horrific accident. Also introduced is Dane DeHaan as Harry Osborne/Green Goblin, an old friend of Peter's who finds himself dying due to a supposed family curse.Some may complain about the characters of The Green Goblin and Rhino playing minor roles in this film, but since they were basically introduced to play bigger roles in future movies (unlike Spider-Man 3 where multiple villains were introduced and disappeared forever in the blink of an eye), it is perfectly set up to lead to the build up the group known as Sinister Six.So in conclusion, this is a highly worthy sequel, and makes me look forward to the future of the franchise.

I have cherished this movie since I was a kid. It is incredibly well made unlike marvel films these days.

I have watched this movie soon many times. I stopped counting at 50. Both amazing spiderman hold a good place in my heart. Even though I've watched it so many times, I still cry at the sad bits. Especially the aerial shot of Peter stood on the top of the building with the light from the helicopter shinning on him. He raised his head

I apologise in advance for this long review, but after seeing 'The Amazing Spider-man 2' at least three times now, I feel that I can finally say my thoughts in a non biased way with constructive criticism.I'm not a fan of Spider-man, but I do have a soft spot for the character and enjoy most fantasy or superhero movies. The Amazing Spider-man 2 is a switch off your brain and enjoy the child's ride fantasy movie, but it's not a solid story driven, strong villain, definitive Spider-man movie. It's one of those movies where you appreciate what they were aiming for, it's fun and impressive in places, but on more than one viewing you can see and realise where all the weak points which bring the movie down are.The villain Max Dillon/Electro was impressive to watch when he used his abilities on screen, he was fun, but if you compare him to Alfred Molina's Doctor Octavius from 2004s Spider-man 2 you can see how much substance the Electro character lacks. Octavius was by far the best example for a villain, not caring about Spider-man and only taking care of that 'little chore' as he put it when the time came.Unlike the typical villains of this movie and many others, neither Doc Ock or Conner's Lizard from 'The Amazing Spider-man from 2012 wanted revenge on Spider-man, or wanting him dead, he was either only a small obstacle for them or merely a hindrance for their bigger goals. It seems that Electro on the other hand wanted to kill Spider-man just because of a misunderstanding. Even Rhy's Ifan's Doctor Curtis Conners/lizard was a more solid and better acted villain. Electro spent too much time being held captive at Oscorp to be a serious major villain. There's also the problem with having him obsessing over his birthday and being upset at not being noticed or having friends, some can relate to that, however, they aren't the kind of things your going to care for with a strong villain in a major blockbuster movie such as this.It seems that Sony are desperate to hold onto the Spider-man franchise since it's their golden ticket, not that they need it. You don't use a sequel as the foundation for a bigger universe in a franchise, you only focus on that particular movie, making it as substantial as possible.They did get a few things spot on with this sequel, improving on small things from 'The Amazing Spider-man,' better webshooters, improved comedy, incredible web swinging acrobatics from the webbed wonder, plus brilliant special effects with the fight scenes, & terrific acting from the main leads. Unfortunately what works in some comics just doesn't always work for a movie.In a few comics Spider-man would have to face small villains such as the 'Shocker' or the 'Rhino' on his way to school or college, however, you can't just add a small extra villain/s like them into a main movie and expect it to work. One main villain is all you need, maybe.......'maybe' 2 villains if the film makers can get both to work, but it's usually better to not take that risk. Harry Osbourne didn't work in that regard, he wasn't a strong enough character, it seemed like the new Goblin was added at the end just to kill of Gwen Stacy which in itself was a mistake.But here's the big reason why this movie wasn't strong enough.........Uncle Ben Parker, Peter Parker's main reason for being Spider-man in the over 5 decades since the start of the character was only briefly mentioned. He was Peter's father, guardian and raiser from being a child, and taught Peter that 'With great power must also come great responsibility.'As nice as it was to know about his parents, it was only a small story arc in the grand scheme of things, one small piece of a large jigsaw puzzle which has pieces which all fits awkwardly together.Marvel Enterprises may be making huge amounts of money with their large movie franchise, but it's because they care about the movies they make, they aren't focused on money, but they are focused on what will work, and what will help to draw a larger young and old audience.I was really happy to hear that Marvel made a deal with Sony, and Spidey is great in Captain America: Civil War, and next year we get the new Spider-man in Homecoming, it's about time because the Amazing series just wasn't doing the wallcrawler justice. Here's hoping that we get the definitive Spidey movie in 2017. We should now that producer Avi Arad who produced this one isn't part of Homecoming and Marvel studios now has complete control.3 stars for Amazing 2.5 stars for blu-ray picture quality and sound with some nice extra features.