The Amazing Spider-Man 2 The Amazing Spider-Man 2 General Discussion - - - - - Part 70

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[The Joker]

http://ie.ign.com/articles/2014/04/09/amazing-spider-man-2-review

IGN's review. 6.9/10.

Verdict: "The villains of Amazing Spider-Man 2 disappoint in this over crowded superhero sequel"

 

[Spider-Ock]

Should we be worried now?

 

[TeeKay]

http://ie.ign.com/articles/2014/04/09/amazing-spider-man-2-review

IGN's review. 6.9/10.

Verdict: "The villains of Amazing Spider-Man 2 disappoint in this over crowded superhero sequel"

 

[Morbius]

IGN also gave Spiderman 2 a 7/10, when to me it's at least 8 or 9/10:

http://ie.ign.com/articles/2004/06/29/spider-man-2-10

Perhaps in that same vein, their 6.9/10 for TASM2 will also be an 8 or 9 for me. One would also argue the difference between 6.9 and 7 is negligible, where film reviews are concerned.

 

[Ashes2Phoenix]

http://ie.ign.com/articles/2014/04/09/amazing-spider-man-2-review

IGN's review. 6.9/10.

Verdict: "The villains of Amazing Spider-Man 2 disappoint in this over crowded superhero sequel"

Well now this is getting confusing ! Is it a good film or is it not ? Some are saying it is and some are saying it is not.

Need to see this bad boy for myself to form my own review !

 

[Bullseye1]

I really do wonder if they read that line and agreed with it. I will see for myself but these complaints were never leveled at Avengers.

 

[The Joker]

Should we be worried now?

We haven't even racked up a dozen reviews yet I don't think. Most of them have been mixed. You can see a trend starting: http://moviepilot.com/posts/2014/04...an-2-1329448?lt_source=external,manual,manual

But I think it's still too early to say definitively what way the wind's blowing.

 

[Bullseye1]

http://ie.ign.com/articles/2014/04/09/amazing-spider-man-2-review

IGN's review. 6.9/10.

Verdict: "The villains of Amazing Spider-Man 2 disappoint in this over crowded superhero sequel"

The verdict actually state:

The Verdict

As the credits rolled, all I could think of was the cover of Amazing Spider-Man 33. It’s one of the most famous, and a defining moment in the history of the character. Spider-Man’s being crushed under the weight of a collapsing lab. He needs to escape in order to cure his dying Aunt.
Amazing Spider-Man 2 does something similar: in order to set up future films and potential spin-offs, it puts so much machinery into motion that it threatens to crush our hero. Too much screen time is devoted elsewhere, which is definitely a concern going forward. But ultimately, due to strong performances by Garfield, Stone, and DeHann, and some great action and sincere moments, Spider-Man is strong enough to survive. Just.

 

[TeeKay]

I didn't feel like the film was over-crowded, sure, there's a lot happening but it blends everything well. I really need to see the final cut now, I'm so anxious as to what it's like.

 

[The Joker]

The verdict actually state:

I was talking about the very final one at the bottom beside the score. You know where it says "6.9. Okay. The villains of Amazing Spider-Man 2 disappoint in this over crowded superhero sequel".

 

[TeeKay]

I really do wonder if they read that line and agreed with it. I will see for myself but these complaints were never leveled at Avengers.

Unless Marc added more scenes in the final cut, that IGN verdict is invalid imo.

 

[CyclopsWasRight]

Quite disappointed in the reviews thus far. Though it wasn't unexpected.

I dislike any attention made for it being a reboot. It is, it happened, just move on and evaluate the movie on it's content alone while leaving pre-conceived notions and other films at the door.

Some of them fail at that and carry over opinions on the others films so they can't objectively and effectively evaluate this as it's own movie.

 

[LizardMan07]

Yeah that's a really good point, the avengers cut the screen time of a lot of major characters, Tony Stark only got 45 minutes of screentime in a 2 and a half hour movie.

Overcrowded is something they need to define more. Thank God that Emma and Andrew are such great actors or we'd be looking at a total bomb out.

 

[Spider-Ock]

We haven't even racked up a dozen reviews yet I don't think. Most of them have been mixed. You can see a trend starting: http://moviepilot.com/posts/2014/04...an-2-1329448?lt_source=external,manual,manual

But I think it's still too early to say definitively what way the wind's blowing.

I think we have a dozen reviews. 8 have already been posted on rotten tomatoes.

Apart from those, we have a mixed to positive review from denofgeek, a similar one from cinevue, negatives from mirror, indievire and ign

 

[Spider-Ock]

And I guarantee you guys that screencrave will give it a really really negative review

 

[The Joker]

I think we have a dozen reviews. 8 have already been posted on rotten tomatoes.

Apart from those, we have a mixed to positive review from denofgeek, a similar one from cinevue, negatives from mirror, indievire and ign

So we have. You're right. I missed out on a couple of those as I haven't been on since last night.

Ok mixed reaction then is the way it's leaning so far overall. But don't let that dash your hopes. Just because some reviewers feel that way isn't a guarantee you will.

 

[LeagueOfBats]

Quite disappointed in the reviews thus far. Though it wasn't unexpected.

I dislike any attention made for it being a reboot. It is, it happened, just move on and evaluate the movie on it's content alone while leaving pre-conceived notions and other films at the door.

Some of them fail at that and carry over opinions on the others films so they can't objectively and effectively evaluate this as it's own movie.

Dude, you have no idea how much it pisses me off when people go into a film with such a pretentious attitude. I enjoyed the original trilogy too, but I have accepted and embraced this new story as its own thing and so far, it's been awesome. Also, in regards to the IGN review.....this is IGN we're talking about....IGN(orant) as people call them.

 

[Nemeres]

Electro doesn't sound like the most compelling villain. Funnily enough, it's DeHaan's Harry who's getting the most praise, go figure.

 

[HanShotFirst]

IGN gave SM1 and SM2 7 but SM3 gets 8 ?! That's a bunch of BS.
You can't spell ignorant without IGN.

 

[Spider-Ock]

Let's see...perhaps the us critics really like it. I dunno anymore. But I do know my expectations have been slightly tempered

 

[GENERAL RAAM582]

IGN also gave Spiderman 2 a 7/10, when to me it's at least 8 or 9/10:

http://ie.ign.com/articles/2004/06/29/spider-man-2-10

Perhaps in that same vein, their 6.9/10 for TASM2 will also be an 8 or 9 for me. One would also argue the difference between 6.9 and 7 is negligible, where film reviews are concerned.

They gave SM2 a 7/10? Whaaaaaaaaaaat?
And they gave the reboot of Friday the 13th like 5/5 stars and they gave SoV like a 4/5 stars. There is one critic at IGN who I do like; I don't know his name at the top head though.

They gave SM3 an 8!? Oh God! What did IM3 get?

 

[TeeKay]

Electro doesn't sound like the most compelling villain. Funnily enough, it's DeHaan's Harry who's getting the most praise, go figure.

Mostly because

Spoiler

he kills Gwen.

He's the main villain, I never thought once during the film, Electro is the main villain at all especially towards the end.

 

[The Joker]

Mostly because

Spoiler

he kills Gwen.

He's the main villain, I never thought once during the film, Electro is the main villain at all especially towards the end.

I thought Webb was promoting Electro as the main villain though? Or did I read him wrong?