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<\/a><\/p>\nCongratulations to the two\u00a0hacks (Orci and Kurtzman) who helped JJ Abrams crap all over\u00a0Star Trek<\/em>! They managed to make same error faster with the Amazing<\/em>\u00a0Spider-Man<\/i> franchise by recreating the exact same gripe I had with Sam Raimi’s\u00a0Spider-Man<\/em> films\u2026too many villains\/plot lines. I can’t wait for Sony to reboot again.<\/span><\/p>\n If this incarnation were an ongoing TV series, what happened would work better. Have the multiple stories come together at different paces and resolve in separate episodes, as it should be with episodic television. Instead\u00a0ASM2<\/em> is a shotgun of too much in the face: the Oscorp conspiracy involving Peter Parker’s parents, Electro, the Rhino (an under-utilized Paul Giamatti), the Green Goblin and Gwen Stacy. It culminates in overload and disappointment.<\/span><\/p>\n There were some positive elements so this review isn’t a total dump on Spidey. I think Jamie Foxx did a great job as Electro. An explanation on why Spider-Man can take an excessive amount of damage made sense plus why Oscorp did all that research involving spiders. Stan the Man’s traditional cameo.<\/span><\/p>\n However, I just don’t like Andrew Garfield as the lead character. He and Emma Stone have no chemistry. He isn’t as plausible as Toby Maguire in the role neither. Garfield just wanders around, moping and pondering. Rather two-dimensional.\u00a0Peter and Harry Osborn’s long-term friendship is another glaring hole. After being away in boarding school, etc. for a decade they pick up where they left off\u2026weak.<\/span><\/p>\n Save your money. Wait until Netflix or just re-watch Raimi’s movies. I should’ve figured it was going to be mediocre based upon the theater being less than half full when I went on opening weekend.<\/span><\/p>\n Alamo Extras:<\/strong>\u00a0The old Electric Company<\/em> bits with Spider-Man helping out; the\u00a0Ramones music video from the Saturday Morning Cartoon album; the late Sixties\u00a0Bashki cartoons; the live-action Spider-Man TV show from\u00a0the Seventies; a\u00a0Hot Wheels Ad; Spider-Man doing a PSA for voting in 1992; Spider-Man’s PSA for fitness; Mego toy commercials;\u00a0clips from Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends;<\/em>\u00a0a foreign-language version of Bashki theme (Spanish I think); Spider-Man rapping to smaller version of himself; what do the\u00a0Japanese and Turkish versions of\u00a0Spider-Man look like; a funny movie of him grocery shopping<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong>;\u00a0a gag with a Queen song and Bad Lip Reading<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong> of the previous movie.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Congratulations to the two\u00a0hacks (Orci and Kurtzman) who helped JJ Abrams crap all over\u00a0Star Trek! They managed to make same error faster with the Amazing\u00a0Spider-Man franchise by recreating the exact same gripe I had with Sam Raimi’s\u00a0Spider-Man films\u2026too many villains\/plot … Continue reading