An average movie

Honestly, I was quite impressed by this movie but, unfortunately, not really in a good way. Indeed, I was impressed by the fact that it managed to be even more disappointing than the previous installment. The first Spider-Man movie starring Andrew Garfield was fairly enjoyable but still underwhelming because it was again another origin story about Peter Parker becoming our beloved super-hero and this story was just too similar to the origin story we got with the previous trilogy. This time, since we got the origin out of the way, I thought they would do something new, a real new tale about this guy but the end-result was just not really good, I’m afraid. I mean, once again, they gave us Harry Osborn and the dynamic with him and Peter Parker was once again just way too similar. Furthermore, the way they got rid off of some key characters so they could move on the franchise was really weak as well. So, I could go on and on about what went wrong with this flick but, still, I have to admit it, it was fairly entertaining. At least, visually, it was pretty awesome with some cool action scenes and, of course, Spider-Man remains one of the most entertaining super-heros and I can understand why they want to keep this franchise alive. Furthermore, Electro was a very strong villain, too bad his backstory was terribly weak and unoriginal (it is basically another loser who gets some super-powers and becomes a maniac). Also, there was still a great chemistry between Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone and they deserved a better story than this. To conclude, even though the whole thing was rather disappointing, it still remains a rather entertaining blockbuster, at least if you don’t pay too much attention to the plot, and I guess it is worth a look, especially if you like the genre.

6/10