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In fact the filmвЂ™s opening вЂ“ which tackles the back-story to Peter Parker/Spider-ManвЂ™s parents - is a case in point.

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 comes close to losing its way due to its overly-plotted baddies and the need for spectacular pyrotechnics, and while it recovers its momentum in the last third (and does a great job in setting up the next sequel) there is a rather unwieldy sense to its structure as characters slug it out for screen time. In the not-so-distant era of the Tobey Maguire/Sam Raimi Spider-Man, the initial stab at the franchise came un-stuck with Spider-Man 3, which was over-laden with villains and lost the heart of the character. The Spider-Man character has always been a favourite with comic-book fans simply because he is the angst-ridden, slight of frame, anti-hero who is beset with ordinary problems, and while some of those elements are still intact there is a whole lot of bluster and padding here. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 opens in the UK on April 16 before rolling out through parts of Europe and other key international territories, and opening in the US in early May.Д«ut while this lengthy (much too lengthy in truth) sequel delivers plenty to enjoy there is a niggling suspicion that it succeeds thanks to goodwill and the charm of its leads rather than a smart script and controlled sense of direction.

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The action, effects, angst and destruction (boy does New York suffer at the hands of Marvel super villains) may be the movie gloss, but their relationship carries the film.

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His chemistry with the ever-delightful Emma Stone вЂ“ who sports an improbably stylish series of coats for a presumably impoverished intern вЂ“ is the glue that holds the film together.

Its predecessor topped $750 million at the box office worldwide, and with a welcoming audience already primed to lap up some more web-slinging action this new addition to the re-booted franchise looks likely to be a healthy spring hit for Sony.ДЄndrew Garfield nails the blend of gawky charm and low-key sex appeal that defines Peter Parker and while he delivers the expected Spider-Man quips with skill somehow he is always more interesting as the man rather than the superhero.Д«ritish actor Andrew Garfield has slipped nimbly into the old Spidey suit, convincing as both troubled and tormented Peter Parker and as a genial wisecracking superhero. Even the lovey-dovey scenes don't stink.The sheer good-natured charm of the Spider-Man character and the delightful on-screen chemistry of Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone combine to make superhero sequel The Amazing Spider-Man 2 an enjoyable вЂ“ if rather unwieldy at times вЂ“ adventure romp. A rich vein of Raimi-style humour also pervades we learn that the Spidey suit isn't colour-fast and there's a showstopping tuneless version of the old Spider-Man theme. More than a quarter of the $US200 million ($NZ296m) budget was spent on special effects (the weak point of the first outing), and the effort shows with swooping cameras and seamless CGI cranking the action factor up to 11.Дespite a total of four writers and filming beginning before an official script was completed, Spidey 2 contains more coherent drama, action and character development than a dozen of the usual Hollywood blockbusters. Returning after his successful first-up adaptation two years earlier, Raimi, like Tim Burton's second stab at Batman, displays more confidence in his surroundings and serves up a super supreme slice of blockbuster action. Right from the graphic-novel-style opening credits reminding us what happened in Part I, director Raimi ( Evil Dead, A Simple Plan) perfectly captures the mood of the Marvel-lous world of Spidey.

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