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10th Anniversary of Marc Webb’s ‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2’
Revisiting One of the Forgotten Spider-man Movies of All Time
2014 — a year when superheroes were slowly ascending to the throne of the box office after the earth-shattering The Avengers (2012). Movies such as Guardians of the Galaxy, X-Men: Days of Future Past, and Captain America: The Winter Soldier were critically and commercially successful making it clear that superhero fans should be ready and excited for what’s next. However, one 2014 superhero movie that had huge expectations and buzz has been forgotten at the test of time. Sony’s The Amazing Spider-Man 2 was met with mixed reactions from critics and fans. The film had huge expectations but failed dramatically resulting in disappointing responses. Soon, the live-action series was rebooted and the Web-slinger was integrated into the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) with Tom Holland taking on the titular role.
Director Marc Webb’s no-hold-barred approach to the friendly neighborhood pop culture icon had the good intention to amplify the drama and action as live-action superhero films were picking up in business. Fox already had the X-Men series, Marvel started taking over with the MCU, and DC started building up their own DCEU. Sony, with the rights to…
