The Amazing Spider-Man 2

[rosscoe(au)]

The film opened in Australia a couple of weeks back and caught it last night. This would have to be one of my favourite Marvel super hero films. It went places I never thought it would, and the last thirty minutes turn very dark ( bravo for the producers to do what they did! )

Saw it in 2D and apart from a moment about 30 minutes from the end ( amazing scene ) that would have been worth the extra price for 3D.

Really enjoyable film, and as with every marvel film stay half way into the credits for a sneak of Xman, but no need to stay till the end as no extra scenes appear.

[FindingNamo]

I sure hope they take some time to explain the origins of this mysterious and unexplored character. I mean, how did this kid get the characteristics of a spider but still remain a human guy????????

[SNAFU]

I am really tired of this franchise.

[rosscoe(au)]

SNAFU, I only went cause I had seen everything else, went in thinking this will be another damn awful Spider-Man movie and really enjoyed it. That moment thirty or so minutes from the end is what will sent this apart.

[tazber]

I have not enjoyed any of the Spider Man films, but like a lemming lured in by whiz-bang trailers I dutifully pay to see them and regret it every time.

The reviews I've read from the U.K. have not been kind to this one, in particular they have almost all panned Jamie Foxx (Garfield and DeHaan have both gotten praise however).

[rosscoe(au)]

Finding Namo, they do go in to why it affects Peter the way it does, and why it won't work for others.

Jamie Foxx adds nothing to the film, I think the bigger question is, has Jamie foxx added anything on value to any film?

[strummergirl]

In the states, the X-Men films are owned by Fox (and they own Fantastic Four) and Spiderman by Sony/Columbia while everything else is owned by Marvel Studios/Disney, so the X-Men whatevers tacked on to Spiderman are only available for those overseas.

"Jamie Foxx adds nothing to the film, I think the bigger question is, has Jamie foxx added anything on value to any film?"

His work with Michael Mann is more than enough. B-side Spiderman villains aren't always going to be applicable to film. The always reliable Paul Giamatti apparently didn't fare well in the film either.

Saw enough spoilers to know about the ending. Not surprising they stuck to a certain famous storyline, whereas they stupidly turned to Peter Parker's parents as spies to set up this franchise somehow, and it turns out to be the only thing worth a damn in this film, according to people I know who have seen it.

**SPOILERS**:
Good for Emma Stone to chose a character she knows would have a hard out. Such a waste of her career to be in this.

[Tom1071]

I enjoy Andrew Garfield so more than I ever liked Toby McGuire.

[rosscoe(au)]

Strummer, thanks for the info about X Men (I will spell it right this time ) . Having never read a single marvel comic in my life, I had no idea that was a famous storyline. But for what it's worth I liked it more than Captain America .

[Borstalboy]

America deserves better superheroes...why a straight, white Spider-Man is no longer a real underdog

[rosscoe(au)]

Any one catch it tonite ?

[Kad]

Remember the last Spider-Man sequel and how gosh-darn good it actually was?

[Roscoe]

I called it quits after the first SPIDER MAN 2.

[tazber]

It's getting mixed to poor reviews over here, especially on websites that tend to be more forgiving to such genre fare.

I'm gonna wait for this one to hit BD.

[Mr Roxy]

No matter how bad the reviews are, we all know when all is said and done it will do monster business.

[tazber]

The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Overall Metacritic rating (1-100): 53
Rotten Tomatoes: 56 percent
Link

[Roscoe]

As of right now ASM2 is down to 55% on Rotten Tomatoes, which means it is doing worse than the unspeakable MAN OF STEEL.

[ClydeBarrow]

Thanks for that riveting insight, Roxy. I bet no one else had that exact thought. Sorry that these aren't movies aren't your cup of tea since they're not based on the comics you grew up with.

[Mr Roxy]

Take an extra sarcasm pill today did we?

I have seen all the Spiderman films. Will see this one as well. Sorry to burst your bubble

As the saying goes "Never Assume...." You know the rest

[FindingNamo]

The sarcasm pill paid off cuz that post made me LOL.

Of course the greatest thing about Roxy lately is that he's been using this phrase:

As the saying goes "Never Assume...." You know the rest

which is perfectly perfect in every way and he doesn't even realize it.

[tazber]

I read that the other day and thought he was making a pretty clever joke.

But the fact that he was unaware of the humor is delicious.

[FindingNamo]

Since he always explains his jokes, I think it's likely he doesn't know how funny it is.

[SNAFU]

I always thought he had just forgot the ending.

[strummergirl]

"But for what it's worth I liked it more than Captain America ."

I'm quite indifferent to Spider-Man and these Spider-Man films even if I grew up with so much of the 90s era imagery of the comics. As much as people fault the Disney/Marvel with now becoming a bland/generic brand in the superhero genre with an aesthetic that makes every film look all the same, I would say they have done a pretty solid job in picking actual story-lines for the films. The Winter Solider is one of the best Captain America stories, written by cool, righteous liberal Ed Brubaker, who helped modernize this superhero to mainstream comics fans. So needless to say, Cap 2 already has me line and sinker.

To me even just taking 25% of story from The Winter Soldier is more interesting than cramming in several different story-lines, images, and villains into this Spider-Man film, and not one of them involving my favorite villains in the Spider-Man universe. I also find Sam Raimi to actually have a much better cinematic identity than Marc '500 Days of Summer' Webb. I don't care how dated and product placement/synergy filled the earlier films are, they are Sam Raimi films. Plus I think of Spider-Man 3 as Raimi throwing up the middle finger at Sony because he was forced to do lot of changes from his original conception. Give him credit, not many franchise films currently, even Kevin Feige's infallible Marvel Studios/Avengers universe, would have made the Harry Osborn arc 3 films long- but Sony wanted Venom so there went Franco as the central villain.

I also am wildly indifferent to Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone (at least in this kind of film, for her). I don't get it. They are too old for these roles. It's like watching the 90210 kids at West Beverly High when Luke Perry looked like his hair was thinning.

[rosscoe(au)]

Strummer, when I get back to Australia on sunday, I am going to re watch Captain America. Maybe I will see something in it the second time around ( I did see it after a 15 hour flight from LAX MEL )

[Borstalboy]

Maybe for the next sequel they'll put Amazing in quotations.