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Movie Review - The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)

2012 saw an unnecessary reboot of the Spider-Man franchise. With a new cast and new director things could have really gone either way for the film. Financially it performed quite well and audiences seemed to like it despite many similarities to the first Spider-Man film. As for me I thoroughly enjoyed The Amazing Spider-Man , it had some good aspects to it but was flawed in a lot of ways as well, most of the flaws involving the villain The Lizard. Sure enough a sequel was definite thing and while it does have some fun moments it ultimately disappoints more than anything. This time around Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield) has a lot on his plate. He's graduating from high school, still trying to figure out his relationship with Gwen Stacey (Emma Stone), trying to maintain a decent homelife with his Aunt May (Sally Field) and take down any criminals as his alter ego Spider-Man. One of a few villains Spidey must stop is troubled Oscorp worker Max Dillion (Jamie Foxx) who transforms in...