We are continuing our Marvel Marathon Madness with 2014 The Amazing Spider-Man 2 the second installment in the two film series directed by Mark Webb and starring Andrew Garfield as the iconic webslinger now in this chapter we follow Peter Parker as he fully Embraces his powers as Spider-Man as well as his role as a hero while also spending time with Gwen Stacy in between protecting New York City from criminals as he investigates The Disappearance of his parents Peter must also confront an enemy far more powerful than any of his previous adversaries with the emergence of the super villain Electro on top of that peters's old friend Harry Osborne returns and reveals that he is dying from a deadly genetic disease and requests his help in finding a cure so let us go ahead and jump straight into the plot we open with former Oscorp scientist and businessman Richard Parker who is recording a video message to explain his disappearance he and his wife Mar tried to flee aboard a private jet but it is unfortunately hijacked by an assassin the jet crashes and the two are killed we jump to the present where it has been two years since his battle with Dr Kurt Connors and Richard and Mary's a son Peter continues to fight crime as Spider-Man and he later apprehends Russian criminal Alex svich Peter is still hesitant about his relationship with his girlfriend Gwen Stacy since making a vow to her late father father to avoid her in order to keep her safe so Gwen feeling that ends their relationship after their High School graduation following that peters's childhood friend Harry Osborne returns home to see his terminally ill father Norman Osborne CEO of Oscorp Harry tells Peter that Norman's illness is genetic and Harry is at the age where it first develops Norman dies and Harry is appointed the new CEO now while working in an Oscorp Laboratory mild-mannered electrical engineer Max Dylan accidentally shocks himself and falls into a tank of genetically engineered electric eels they swarm and attack him and he subsequently mutates into a living being composed of electricity meanwhile Gwen tells Peter that she may move to England if she earns a scholarship to Oxford University now unaware of the extent of his powers Dylan wanders into Time Square accidentally causes a power outage and is stopped by Peter as Spider-Man Dylan is then taken to the ravencraft Institute where German scientist Dr Ashley kfka studies him meanwhile the first symptoms of Harry's illness started showing and he uses information that Norman gave him to deduce that Spiderman's blood could actually save him he asks Peter who has been selling photos of Spider-Man to the Daily Bugle to Aid him in finding Spider-Man Peter is unsure of what effects the transfusion would have and is quite quite wary of the possibility of Harry suffering a mutation similar to Connor's he later refuses Harry as Spider-Man which naturally angers Harry Oscorp vice president Donald Menin frames Harry for covering up Dylan's accident he then removes him as CEO and takes control over Oscorp Harry meets and requests from Dylan who now calls himself Electro to get back inside the Oscar building Electro agrees and kills Dr kfka now Upon returning to Oscorp Harry finds Venom from the now destroyed genetically altered spiders however after he forces manin to inject him with the Venom it accelerates his illness and turns him into a goblin-like creature but the built-in emergency protocol in an armored suit restores his health meanwhile Peter finds Richard's secret lab in an abandoned subway station and learns that he had to flee because he refused to cooperate with Norman's plans to make biogenetic weapons with his research he also discovers that he used his own DNA when he made the spiders so Oscorp cannot recreate them without his blood after leaving the lab Peter discovers that Gwen was offered a scholarship he professes his love for her and they both agree to go to England Electro yet again causes another huge power outage so Peter and Gwen restore the power and overload Electro's body essentially killing him Harry as the Green Goblin arrives equipped with Weaponry upon seeing Gwen he deduces Spider-Man's secret identity and swears revenge for being refused the blood transfusion taking her to the top of a large clock tower and dropping her Peter manages to subdue the goblin but is unable to save Gwen who tragically Falls to her death in a brutal scene guilt-ridden and depressed Peter ends his career as Spider-Man 5 months later Harry is coping with the after effects of his transformation while being imprisoned at ravencroft his associate gusta FS visits him in the pair discuss forming their own team Harry then orders Fierce to start with cavich whom he helped escape from prison equipped with an electromechanical suit of armor sevich dubs himself the Rhino and Rampages throughout the street Peter who was inspired after watching Gwen's heartfelt graduation speech returns to confront him as Spider-Man the two engage in a battle right as the credits roll now box office wise the film did excellently earning a worldwide total of $79 million and while it did earn quite the profit the movie was not the adventure that I was hoping for yet again Sony's obsession with bringing in the Sinister 6 front and center as fast and as soon as possible was clearly apparent in this film yes the cast is wonderful the action is excellent and the effects the CGI and stunts are just phenomenal not to mention that Hans Zimmer as head composer was inspiring but just like with Sam ry's Spider-Man 3 the overabundance of characters really hampered the story and movie overall all the darn foreshadowing and unnecessary plot lines that were just stuffed in the story were so frustrating because you can just feel that Mark Webb had a vision for the film but it was interfered with by the studio was his medling and fixation to bring to screen characters that had no business of being teased without any proper buildup or appreciation of the source material the entire story was Tangled Up in too many directions and it did show but even so Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone brought their aame to the film essentially carrying the entire movie on their backs and the ending well it did Hit me hard I will admit as it was done quite Tastefully I just feel like there were way too many cooks in the kitchen and the film could have worked so much better with one Central villain and a more cohesive plotline to follow all in all I would give this one a 6 and a half out of 10 now the next movie I will cover will be 2018 Spider-Man into the spiderverse and following that is 2023 Spider-Man across the spiderverse so stay tuned and please do consider hitting the like button and subscribing I would truly truly appreciate it I hope you enjoy this video and thanks for spending your time with me until our next adventure you all Stay classy