"The Amazing Spider-Man 2" has officially been released to theaters.
The film stars Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker, Emma Stone as Gwen Stacy, Jaime Foxx as Max Dillon/Electro, Dane DeHaan as Harry Osborn, Paul Giamatti as Aleksei Sytsevich and Chris Cooper as Noman Osborn. Check out the reviews and the trailer for "The Amazing Spider-Man 2" below.
The Washington Post gives the film 2 out of 4 stars:
"Can Spider-Man go that distance? So far he's been the easiest Marvel superhero to love, but in 'The Amazing Spider-Man 2,' some cracks are showing in the character's internal dynamic. Spider-Man's cheeky one-liners have always carried the ring of giddy liberation, the gee-whiz expressions of a shy teenager in the throes of newfound power and freedom. In 'The Amazing Spider-Man 2,' they just sound snarky. Similarly, when Peter makes a dramatic entrance at his high school graduation, he looks less like a goofy adolescent than a cocky, self-entitled jerk."
The Chicago Tribune also gives film 2 out of 4 stars:
"When Garfield and Stone aren't working through their issues, the film's essentially an extended electrocution montage, and electrocution, that bloodlessly nasty way to injure or kill someone and still retain a PG-13 or lower rating, rates among my least favorite means of injury or death. Movies get you thinking along those lines, especially when it's superhero time, which is all the time, i.e., too much of the time. Raimi's second 'Spider-Man' ranks high among our best summer-season sequels."
Rotten Tomatoes audiences rated the film 77 percent fresh:
" 'The Amazing Spider-Man 2' suffers from too many plot points, even though the main story of the film far surpasses the original. I cannot in any way say that this is a better movie than it's predecessor, because it surely is not, but in scale and spectacle, it feels much more like a Spider-Man movie. It almost goes into 'Spider-Man 3' territory with too many things going on and too many villains, but there was more of a purpose this time around."
