#AMAZING SPIDERMAN 2 REVIEW MOVIE#
Thanks to the new addition of cinematographer Daniel Mindel ( John Carter, Star Trek Into Darkness), Webb's Spider-Man movie sequel is not just an improvement on its predecessor's visual palate, it also offers the most impressive action shot compositions in any Spider-Man film released to date.īetween that and the brazenly eclectic score - combining Hans Zimmer's more traditional instrumental elements with modern pop-music sounds by The Magnificent Six (a group that includes Johnny Marr and Pharrell Williams) in a way that truly does enhance the film's storytelling - it's pretty easy to recommend seeing Amazing Spider-Man 2 in IMAX 3D, for the larger visual canvas and heightened acoustic presentation offered by the theater-viewing format. Mirroring how young Peter has changed from gawky teenager to a more confident young adult between movies, Webb's direction is steadier and bolder on Amazing Spider-Man 2, giving rise to an overall enthralling (and, in some regards, better) installment with elements of greatness - but, like the eponymous superhero, is still guilty of committing mistakes that are too significant to overlook.Īmazing Spider-Man 2 sets a new bar for what can be considered a big and splashy comic book blockbuster, forgoing a so-called grounded filmmaking approach in favor of unabashedly flashy stylistic choices and brush strokes. Here, Webb has created a world that feels like a proper live-action cinematic interpretation of a Saturday morning superhero cartoon universe - a place where colorful laboratory-born monsters feel just at home as ordinary people walking the streets. It could be argued that the first installment in Sony's rebooted Spider-Man cinematic franchise, Amazing Spider-Man, is a film at odds with itself: one-half is director Marc Webb's grittier retelling of Peter Parker's origin story, while the other half is a shiny, yet empty, comic book movie blockbuster. This leads Peter to learn more about his parents' disappearance so many years ago, while starting to uncover the truth about what is going on behind closed doors at Oscorp Industries.
Meanwhile, down-trodden Oscorp electrician Max Dillon (Jamie Foxx) is accidentally transformed into the dangerous force of nature that is Electro, forcing Pete to yet again battle a science experiment-gone-wrong birthed by his dad's old workplace. Things become even more complicated when Peter's old childhood friend, Harry Osborn (Dane DeHaan), returns to our hero's life - carrying some dangerous secrets with him. Upon his graduation from high school, however, Peter finds this delicate balancing act to be too much, forcing him to reconcile his own desire to keep his love Gwen Stacy (Emma Stone) in his life, with the knowledge that he will forever be putting her life in potential jeopardy by doing so. In The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield) has settled into his hectic double life of battling crime on the streets of New York as Spider-Man, while keeping up with his everyday responsibilities as Peter Parker. All in all, this movie feels like a step in the right direction for the rebooted Spider-Man franchise - hopefully leading to better installments in the future.
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