The Amazing Spider-Man 2 - Blu-ray + DVD

My initial reaction to ASM2 after viewing it in the theater was ..... ambivalence. Spider-man has been my favorite comic book character since childhood (I'm in the 50 range now), so ambivalence wasn't the reaction I wanted upon leaving the theater. Despite this, I purchased the DVD/BR disc anyway...hoping that my initial reaction was due to my kids' theater distractions, bathroom breaks, spilling drinks, no subtitles (I'm somewhat addicted to subtitles now), and the inability to pause/rewind for bathroom breaks & dialogue repeating (another comfort of home theater). Now having watched ASM2 uninterrupted, on my 51" plasma widescreen, w/subtitles, surround sound, and remote in hand for pausing/rewinding, I am pleased to state that ASM2 is a very good movie on its own merits, and a worthy sequel to ASM1. The visual spectacle of the Electro/Spider-man battles is on a scale well above that of Lizard/Spiderman battles, and easily equal to the Doc-Oc/Spider-Man battles of SM2. Its just a lot of fun to watch, and also to see how, as the movie progresses, Peter Parker (with Gwen Stacey's help) uses his intellect & science background to figure out how to combat a villain with Electro's powers, which is what he frequently did in the comics. The Peter/Gwen relationship scenes are fine...a little slow for my kids' liking (they just want the action), which to me is a sign that the writers took it more seriously, as with ASM1 ...it's not dumbed down for kids....it's very "adult". To me that is a good thing. Her ending is well handled & pretty much follows the comic book ending (spoilers: that he tried to save her but could not). Also, the scenes with Peter repeatedly "seeing" images of Gwen's father, Captain Stacey, and being haunted by it, and Peter's promise from ASM1 to "keep Gwen out of it", tie in nicely to ASM1. Dane DeHaan as Harry Osborne is great. He gives the movie its dark elements, and punky attitude, as his character should. He is a great contrast to Peter Parker/Spiderman, by the film's end. I think both visually & in the character's writing, this is a darker version of the Green Goblin than Wilem Dafoe's, both in and out of costume. Dafoe's Goblin was made dark by the serum, whereas DeHaan's Goblin was made dark by his desperate circumstances (spoilers: he was slowly dying from the genetic disease which killed his father Norman). Max Dillon was almost like a Frankenstein monster character.....hated, misunderstood, not given a chance, feared. He was brilliant yet childlike at the same time. The Goblin/Electro "team'up", if you will, is much more natural than the forced Sandman/Venom teamup of SM3. In fact, Electro literally gives life to the Goblin, while the Goblin gives freedom & direction to Electro in exchange. It's that desperation and anger/rage in the two villains's lives which makes it believable that they work together against a common enemy, Spider-man. Some have criticized Max Dillon's child-like mindset, but I get this now, as someone has to be in charge, that being the Goblin, which apparently is going to lead us to the Sinister Six, based upon the film's ending scenes. Same with Rhino I guess.....not the brightest bulb. His scene at the end reminded me of The Underminer villain scene from The Incredibles, a bit on the bombastic side, which is where some of the ASM2 humor comes in...the interaction with the Alexi/Rhino character, both at the beginning and end of the film. Although somewhat humorous in portrayal, Rhino was in fact firing bullets & rockets, so there was no doubt he was a killer. There was more humor in ASM2 than in the ASM1. At first I didn't like it,...I expected more of a consistent dark/serious theme through ASM2, as in ASM1. But in hindsight, I think it makes sense now....Peter Parker/Spider-Man is at the height of his game, liked by the public, in love.....it only makes sense that his natural sense of humor should come through. And it exists in the comics, so it's not as though the writers made it up. Also, I think it balances the movie out, as (spoilers) the movie begins with the death of Peter's parents, and ends with Grew Stacey's death. Some heavy stuff you don't always see in a superhero movie. Lastly, beware of the movie trailer for ASM2, as it contains scenes and plot lines which were later cut from the film. This definitely threw me off when I first viewed the movie in the theater, as I had certain expectations/theories going of where it was headed, what would happen, etc. So if you are considering giving ASM2 a chance, then don't watch the trailer, or block it out of your mind. If you do so, then I think you will enjoy what is a solid super-hero movie.

I didn't buy this for the movie, but for the obvious, ELECTRO HEAD!!! Though I am a huge spidey fan and can add that I love the reboot. I know a lot of people hate it, but I think it's pretty good. I am just glad that spidey isn't dead in Hollywood! He was always my favorite super hero, and I'll take some more spidey movies/cartoon series any day. If you are a big fan yourself, be sure and buy the spectacular spider-man animated series on blu ray!!! I recently watched it and would recommend it highly. It's te best animated spidey to date. Way better than the new ultimate junk. That's all I'll say about the movie, it's been out long enough now that you're probably buying this for the same reason I did. On to the review of the ELECTRO head. sculpt- sculpt is pretty cool with a likeness to Jamie foxx. I didn't buy it for that, just bought it for the villain himself. Electro is pretty cool an I think the new look of him in this movie is a good one. The old yellow lighting bolt mask look was weird. Electro is made I some sort of plastic and is hollow throughout. He simply screws off/on to the shoulder/neck base with an easy half turn. The sculpt like I said is cool but to me the real magic only happens when he's switched on. I you saw any video footage of it, you may worry that it doesn't light up good. I can tell you it lights up great! The magic comes from under the hollowed head. They have color changing LEDs on the base that simply shine up inside the head. It sounds simple because it is. The cool thing about it is when the lights come on, the dark color blue turns to bright electric blue and continues to change a lil here and there making a flicker recreating the electricity running through electro in the movie. It does a great job to be such a simple design. I love it and it's proudly displayed on my entertainment center. The price is steep on this however because it's a collector item. I leave it up to you to pay the price. I say if you want it for the look of it, go for it, because it does not disappoint. Who cares about price. Nobody has to know and if you like it, go for it. Is it worth the asking price? Again I leave that up to the collector in you. The materials it took to make the head plus the awesome movie should make you happy with your purchase. I was lucky enough to get it for around 69.00 just before the price went up. I honestly feel like that what you are paying for is the chance to own a cool looking electro display to how your friends. I live mine, and price isn't a factor here. Heck, I just paid 75.00 for an old doc ock action figure at Christmas. I get what I want (responsibly) and forget about value :)

A pesar del poco éxito, a mi me encanta y si deponen de un sistema de sonido surround lo disfrutarán un montón, el sonido estuvo muy currado. Lastima que la gente no le importó la cantidad de detalles que contiene esta película.

Better than the Holland rubbish

3D of this movie is just amazing, good depth, sharp details and immersive experience as expected from grand movie production like this. But most people judge 3D movies wrong because they are not watching the way it meant to be watched at home. After few months of 3D experience on my LG 47" 3D TV, I came up with few points to enjoy 3D movies the way they are filmed. You need following things to have best 3D experience ever: 1) Big screen 3D TV (passive 3D recommended) 47"+ recommended. Bigger the screen, immersive will be experience. If you have 3D projector, you are lucky!! 2) Dark dedicated room for TV OR watch 3D movie at night with all lights turned OFF in room. 3) You need to sit at least 5-6 feet away from TV (my personal observation for 47" TV), no more far from that. Smaller TV screen, closer you need to sit. And you may need to adjust your chair/recliner/sofa the way when you sit, you get maximum view of TV screen and not things around TV. It is mindset of people that you need to have large hall (living room) to have bigger screen TV or you notice pixels when seen from close. It is wrong perception of people mostly because people watch low quality content like SD channels or low quality downloaded videos on their Full HD (or 4K) big screen TVs. But if you watch any movie original Bluray OR video file which high bitrate close to original bluray, it doesn't matter from how far you look at your TV screen. You won't notice a single pixel. So it doesn't matter how close you sit to near to your TV, as long as you and your eyes are comfortable with it. 4) Keep TV's brightness settings at optimum level and don't mess around 3D settings of TV. If you are not getting best 3D effect, you may have already messed up the settings which you may need to reset to original. 5) If you wear prescription glasses, make sure you wear them underneath those 3D Goggles. Because if your vision is not clear without prescription glasses, you won't get good 3D effect too. 6) If you are watching 3D movie with subtitles turned ON, then turn it OFF immediately. It hampers your 3D vision. If you are having hard time understanding movie without subtitles, then watch movie twice one with ON just to understand movie and one without to Enjoy the movie. 7) And last but not least, invest in good home theater system. 3D experience is only 50% effective without good quality audio (at least 5.1 channel) supporting it.

Gran película, pedí la edición Bluray + DVD, pero terminó llegando el 3D + Bluray + DVD, por lo que es aún mejor para mí.

Per chi è amante di The Amazing Spider-Man o in generale del cinema e di come vengono realizzati i film vi consiglio assolutamente questo prodotto. Il film è magnifico per quanto mi riguarda, nonostante sia stato realizzato nel 2013 e pubblicato nel 2014, la qualità è altissima e gli effetti digitali sono incredibili. Il cd possiede un alta qualità e il prezzo è assolutamente giusto. La bellezza in sé e soprattutto la voglia che ti spinge a comprare questo prodotto è il fatto che al interno del cd trovi molte curiosità sul film come per esempio le scene tagliate o appunto le riprese dei set.