{"id":13,"date":"2014-06-16T21:45:07","date_gmt":"2014-06-16T21:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=13"},"modified":"2026-10-14T12:51:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T16:51:16","slug":"review-the-amazing-spider-man-2-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=13","title":{"rendered":"The Amazing Spider-Man 2-2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Amazing Spider-Man 2-2014<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Director Marc Webb<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Starring Andrew Garfield<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Scott&#8217;s Review #2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/70293702.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1421\" src=\"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/70293702-210x300.jpg\" alt=\"70293702\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/70293702-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/70293702.jpg 284w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Reviewed June 16, 2014<\/p>\n<p><strong>Grade: B+<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Superhero movies aren&#8217;t my top genre (though, admittedly, I see many of them).<\/p>\n<p>They are fun, popcorn-type films not to be over-analyzed or taken too seriously.<\/p>\n<p>One thing that confuses me is the seemingly constant rebooting of the Spider-Man franchise and the forgetting of previous installments.<\/p>\n<p>Wasn&#8217;t this series just made with Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst not too long ago?<\/p>\n<p>That said, the strongest part of this film is the undeniable chemistry between Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone, which is great to watch.<\/p>\n<p>Sally Field adds life to anything she appears in.<\/p>\n<p>The film&#8217;s most &#8220;human&#8221; parts are the best.<\/p>\n<p>The special effects\/CGI are admirable. I enjoyed how one &#8220;villain&#8221; is a close friend of Peter Parker&#8217;s, wonderfully played by Dane DeHaan. His character has many nuances.<\/p>\n<p>The other villain, Electro, played by Jamie Foxx, is silly, and his story almost seems botched. His motivations are weak.<\/p>\n<p>He hates Spider-Man and wants to destroy the city because of a contrived misunderstanding.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t want to overanalyze The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014); it&#8217;s a fun, enjoyable summer film.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Amazing Spider-Man 2-2014 Director Marc Webb Starring Andrew Garfield Scott&#8217;s Review #2 Reviewed June 16, 2014 Grade: B+ Superhero movies aren&#8217;t my top genre (though, admittedly, I see many of them). They are fun, popcorn-type films not to be over-analyzed or taken too seriously. One thing that confuses me is the seemingly constant rebooting &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=13\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Amazing Spider-Man 2-2014<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,11605,205,11644,44],"tags":[4889,3005,10871,1923,2116,12888,4886,4887,11526,2807,4791,2512,2761,6171,2031,963,4888],"class_list":["post-13","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2014-films","category-action","category-adventure-films","category-blockbuster","category-superheromovies","tag-aidy-bryant","tag-andrew-garfield","tag-b-j-novak","tag-campbell-scott","tag-chris-cooper","tag-colm-feore","tag-dane-dehaan","tag-denis-leary","tag-embeth-davidtz","tag-emma-stone","tag-felicity-jones","tag-jamie-foxx","tag-marc-webb","tag-marton-csokas","tag-paul-giamatti","tag-sally-field","tag-stan-lee"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24804,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13\/revisions\/24804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}