Peter however has been having visions of Gwen's father reminding him of the promise he made to not date his daughter in order to keep her out of danger. His Aunt May (Sally Field) is the only family he has left, but she's there for him like she's always been. Somehow Spider-Man manages to take care of business and arrives in the nick of time to receive his degree as Peter Parker. In the midst of all the action he receives a call from his girlfriend, Gwen (Emma Stone), who is reminding him that he's going to be late for their graduation. After a short flashback where we see what happened with Peter's parents, the camera follows Spider-Man (Andrew Garfield) swinging across NYC as he tries to stop a Russian mob criminal, Aleksei Sytsevich (Paul Giamatti), who has stolen something from OsCorp.
It makes most other recent rom-coms look ridiculous and unbelievable. The film works better as a romantic comedy than an actual superhero movie but that was fine with me because it was a really good one. At times the CGI took me out of the film as it looked more like a video game, but there were some interesting shots as we got to follow Spider-Man swing across the New York City landscape. Spider-Man 2 might not be as good as this year's Captain America, but it does have its solid moments and clever one-liners. For a film that runs at 140 minutes it went by really quick and that is always a good sign. They don't crowd the film like the trailers led me to believe, but they really don't seem to menacing until we reach the final third act. The flaws are actually the villains in this film. The sequel is entertaining and has some great action scenes, but I could've watched this film for the romance alone. Webb knows a thing or two about young romance and it is the film's strongest asset. Garfield and Emma Stone are incredible together and I loved their scenes. I can't think of any other superhero film with such a great love story and believable chemistry than this one. I began my review by mentioning that Webb directed 500 Days of Summer because for me the heart and soul of this film is the love story between Gwen and Peter. His natural charisma and confidence translated really well to the character and his sense of humor makes him the perfect candidate to play Spier-Man. However the film did work thanks to Andrew Garfield's portrayal of Peter Parker. He went from that to the huge production of the Spider-Man franchise which I thought didn't necessarily need a reboot so soon. "Let's go catch a spider." Marc Webb's first feature film, 500 Days of Summer, was a successful small indie romantic film with a lot of heart.
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