5 Things Andrew Garfield"s Amazing Spider-Man 2 Got Right
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 has its problems, which have been widely talked about over the years, but the Andrew Garfield movie also has some of the best Spider-Man moments in live-action. Garfield had the difficult task of stepping into the role after Tobey Maguire's Spider-Man 4 was canceled. The actor was then cast to lead Spider-Man in a new direction in the reboot, with a portrayal that included a few departures from the comics, like skater Peter Parker, but also many incredible moments that perfectly translated Spider-Man's long history from the page to the screen.
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 decided to go bigger than its predecessor, with a more ambitious story that planned to set up a whole universe of movies at Sony. That ambition is what ended up leading to the movie's downfall, with the sequel's plot being overstuffed. The Amazing Spider-Man 3 was canceled, just like Maguire's Spider-Man 4 had been. While the negative aspects of the movie are real, The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is so much more than its flaws. The film has some of the most emotional live-action Spider-Man scenes, a perfect lead in Garfield, and is a visual spectacle like no other movie of the wall-crawler.