Whenever a long-awaited superhero film hits theatres, the internet instantly transforms into a hot bed for excessive criticism, where debates regarding quality rage on for months and months (sometimes years), with people arguing relentlessly on both sides of the fence until they're blue in the face. The Amazing Spider-Man 2, which was released last week, is no exception to this rule: since making its theatrical debut, the movie has been met with more than its fair share of criticisms, many of which have been quick to call it a bloated, CGI-heavy mess of a movie. Set some time after the events witnessed in the first flick, Andrew Garfield reprises his role as geek turned costumed crime fighter Peter Parker, who - alongside his girlfriend Gwen Stacy, played once again by Emma Stone - must contend with a whole host of new and terrifying villains, including the likes of Electro (Jamie Foxx) and the Rhino (Paul Giamatti), and a new friendship with one Harry Osborn (Dane DeHann). Not only that, but The Amazing Spider-Man 2 also fills in some of the mysterious details we've all been waiting to hear about Peter's enigmatic parents. Of course, with every comic book flick, there are two sides to the story; for all the attention that The Amazing Spider-Man 2 has drawn for its shortcomings and flaws, it has also been praised for a number of aspects, too - and that's what we'll be focusing on here. Join us, then, as we take a look not at the ways in which Marc Webb's Spidey sequel fell flat or proved disappointing, but at the ways in which it was successful. You'll have your own opinions, of course, but these are own our personal picks for those characteristics which make the movie a worthwhile successor... It goes without saying, but this article contains spoilers for The Amazing Spider-Man 2. Although care has been taken to ensure that the spoiler count is kept to a relative minimum, if you don't want to know what happens in the movie, then look no further.
