The Amazing SpiderMan 2: Indeed, amazing

The Amazing SpiderMan 2
Starring:  Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Sally Field, Jamie Foxx
Rated: 7/10
If it is Spidy, it has to be amazing. After all, it’s the web that he draws you into from which there is no escape. In this one too, Spiderman is his usual sure self — indulging in aerial antics that take your breath away, saving the city of New York as if there is no tomorrow, palpitating with romance of a girl whose father has strictly asked him to stay away, angsting about his past and going all out for friends in need.
Never mind if his secret nightmares around his parents and his relationship with his aunt May (played to perfection by a very controlled Sally Field) take some time out from the real story behind Amazing 2, because in this one Spiderman tends to be a little self indulgent and to some good emotional effect.
The director has done well to weave in the romance as beautifully as he has webbed in the action sequences much of which show you Spiderman taking the aerial route amid highrises that are so typical of the New York skyline. A friend here and an enemy there keep you engaged in a saga that is neither languid nor intensely paced but carries enough of both to draw you into the proceedings slowly but surely. The human touch Spiderman enjoys in this superhero movie keeps it apart from the other American heroes that Hollywood has so often minted money from. Andrew Garfield’s chemistry with his on-screen girlfriend Emma Stone sweeps you off your feet as it does her most of the time. Jamie Foxx as the villain by default does good as the electronator out to annihilate. 
Source: Sunday Pioneer, 4 May, 2014

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