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The Amazing Spider-Man 2 [Blu-ray] [2014] [Region Free]

Andrew Garfield (Actor) Format: Blu-ray
4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 33,021 ratings
Format DVD, NTSC, PAL
Contributor Andrew Garfield
Language English
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It’s great to be Spider-Man (Andrew Garfield). For Peter Parker, there’s no feeling quite like swinging between skyscrapers, embracing being the hero, and spending time with Gwen (Emma Stone). But being Spider-Man comes at a price: only Spider-Man can protect his fellow New Yorkers from the formidable villains that threaten the city. With the emergence of Electro (Jamie Foxx), Peter must confront a foe far more powerful than himself. And as his old friend, Harry Osborn (Dane DeHaan), returns, Peter comes to realize that all of his enemies have one thing in common: Oscorp.

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  • Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 2.40:1
  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.31 x 0.59 x 6.77 inches; 3.6 ounces
  • Audio Description: ‏ : ‎ English
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ B00K80QHT0
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ DVD, NTSC, PAL
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Andrew Garfield
  • Dubbed: ‏ : ‎ French
  • Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ Dutch, Norwegian, Finnish, Danish, English, Swedish, French, Hindi, Arabic
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English (DTS 5.1)
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00K80QHT0
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 33,021 ratings

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4.7 out of 5 stars
4.7 out of 5
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Not "New" condition, but seems okay.
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Not "New" condition, but seems okay.
Stated as new without sleeve. Did have sleeve, but was not new. Seal wasn't on DVD, plastic was torn but in tact. Like it was resealed. 3D disc plays fine. There were fingerprints on 1 disc. I'm fine with it, but advertised as new condition.
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george
5.0 out of 5 stars Exelent
Reviewed in the United States on May 8, 2024
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Very good, i was very satisfied
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Veronica
5.0 out of 5 stars Spider-Man is my two grandsons favorite character
Reviewed in the United States on May 3, 2024
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My grandsons will actually sit there and watch the whole movie
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Em
5.0 out of 5 stars LOVEEEE
Reviewed in the United States on May 4, 2024
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I love this movie
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Malaya Person
5.0 out of 5 stars Good
Reviewed in the United States on May 3, 2024
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Love it
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BrooklynZoo
4.0 out of 5 stars I like it
Reviewed in the United States on April 11, 2024
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Garfield is a great Spiderman but the MAN part was ignored in this instalment.
Clearly the actor grew physically. Had they set him and Gwen up as seniors in college, it would've worked better. Furthermore, I hate what they did with the Gwen character. Apparently some feel for a woman to assert strength and independence, she must act like tempestuous moron. No way Gwen, the precocious teen who handled the bully Flash like he's a kindergartner in need of a time-out, would insist on going to the electric plant thus placing both herself and Spiderman in danger. They could've set up her death without making it seem like her enthusiasm to help is what lead to her demise.
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Jonas James
5.0 out of 5 stars Fun
Reviewed in the United States on May 3, 2024
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sasesq
5.0 out of 5 stars Much better after watching at home again
Reviewed in the United States on November 16, 2014
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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.
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CH Gorog
5.0 out of 5 stars The Amazing Spider-man 2: Complex, Mature, Emotional, and worth every minute of your time
Reviewed in the United States on August 5, 2014
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I will never understand the hatred this movie has accumulated, not because there are FAR worse superhero films out there, but because The Amazing Spider-man 2 is an honest-to-God outstanding exploration of the themes of abandonment and hope that has fantastic character arcs, stunning action sequences, and a great narrative that's surprisingly complex in its structure.

In this sequel to the also-underappreciated "The Amazing Spider-man," Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone return as Peter Parker and Gwen Stacy, respectively, and, once again, their chemistry lights up every scene with joy, honesty, and love (it doesn't hurt that they were actually dating in real life). Peter is having difficulties adjusting to his life of happiness with Gwen as his girlfriend given that he had promised to honor her dying father, Captain George Stacy (played by Dennis Leary), and his last request to keep her out of his life for fear that she would suffer the violence Peter attracts as Spider-man. Though Gwen believes that it's only her and Peter's decision to be together, Peter is conflicted morally and ethically about continuing their relationship, despite completely loving her. Already, the movie gives us a complex emotional core that isn't going to be simply solved with a bad-guy/good-guy fist fight (it's that complexity which I think most detractors of the film don't like).

Alongside the main (no pun intended) thread of the film, Harry Osborn (played outstandingly by Dane Dehaan), Peter's buddy from his childhood returns to New York to run his recently deceased father's business, despite his hatred for the company and for his father's strict, cold upbringing. Harry is dying of a rare genetic disease that will eventually kill him like it did his father and needs Spider-man's blood (for reasons that are well-explained in the film) to save him. This also brings in a fresh set of moral/ethical complications for Peter since the last time he had given someone the key to his genetics, he helped create a monster that terrorized the city. There's also the sub-plot of Peter's Aunt May (Sally Fields) who is struggling both with the finances of their living situation (that Peter tries to help with) and her fear that Peter's dedication to find out more about his parents means that she will be left behind.

Peter's narrative arc runs parallel with Harry's desperate search and Max Dillons' (Jamie Foxx) turn from rabid fanboy into supervillain. Mentally unstable and tragically pathetic, Max is a firm believer in the good of Spider-man ever since he was personally saved by the hero, giving him a delusion that he and Spidey are best friends. Due to an accident, Max is turned into a electricity-laden superpowered individual who views Spidey's attempts to stop him as a betrayal for his own personal glory (though this is a far more complicated matter in the film than how I'm explaining it). ALL of those story threads together AND Paul Giamatti delivering a fun, chewing-the-scenery performance as the Russian mobster Alexsi who actually becomes the important narrative bookends for the story that I won't go into here out of spoilers.

There are some elements that feel a little off, like the overly-villainous Dr. Kafka, the rather quick ending to Peter's search for his parents, and the underutilization of Felicity Jones as Felicia Hardy, but all of the choices (even the ones that don't entirely "click") are done for the sake of telling the story and character development. I had been unfortunately spoiled on a "big scene" in the film that's an emotional roller-coaster, but the film is so expertly written that, watching it, I felt as though I were experiencing it as freshly as someone who had never seen the film before.

This film (moreso than any other superhero film or Spidey movie) portrays Spider-man as the common man's hero. A guy not only willing to foil a robbery or save people from a car crash, but intrigued and happy to talk with the people on the street. The filmmakers show that it's more than his responsibility to protect the citizens of New York - it's his joy. It's also important to note that with the evolution of the series, the character of Peter Parker has become more confident and thoughtful without losing any of the charming every-man quality in the previous film. With more confidence growing up as a man, we also get a Spider-man who FINALLY nails the dramatic/comedic balance that the hero has been synonymous with over the years. Andrew Garfield performs Peter Parker with boundless charisma, enthusiasm, and effortless humor that, if not THE defining iteration of the character, is one of the best realized adaptations of the character in the history of the Spider-man franchise.

As clichéd and tired as this sounds, "The Amazing Spider-man 2" lives up to the adjective in its title by being emotional, complex, thrilling, mature, and thought-provoking in a way that we don't see in superhero films, all while showcasing the need for true optimism and hope even in the face of overwhelming despair.

To Marc Webb, the crew and cast of the film, the studio execs who took a risk on this material, and everyone who helped get this movie done and into theaters, I say, "Thank you." You've given me the Spider-man film that reminded me why Peter Parker is one of my favorite characters of all time, and why Spider-man is my favorite superhero.
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Dominique J
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent
Reviewed in Canada on December 28, 2023
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Arrivé rapidement et en excellent état
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Angelo
5.0 out of 5 stars Bello
Reviewed in Italy on March 2, 2024
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Ottimo film/cartone
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MARCOS MALDONADO DURAN
5.0 out of 5 stars Chulisima
Reviewed in Spain on February 12, 2024
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Para mi este actor es el mejor de los tres interpretando a SPIDERMAN!!!
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Markus
5.0 out of 5 stars „The Amazing Spider-Man 2: Rise of Electro“ – jetzt hat es Spider-Man gleich mit 2 Gegnern zu tun …
Reviewed in Germany on January 7, 2022
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… nachdem er im Vorgänger mit „The Lizard“ ein echt schuppiges „Echsenproblem“ hatte.

Da mit Tom Holland nun inzwischen schon der dritte Spider-Man erfolgreich und klasse die Leinwand rockt und es mit „No Way Home“ ein Crossover mit der Spider-Man-Trilogie von Regisseur Sam Raimi und den beiden „The-Amazing-Spider-Man-Filmen“ von Regisseur Marc Webb gibt, habe ich endlich mal die beiden bereits seit Jahren gekauften, aber immer noch nicht angeschauten Filme mit Andrew Garfield als „Peter Parker“ alias Spider-Man in den Blu-ray Player gelegt und feinstes Popcorn- und Bombast-Kino zu Hause erlebt.

Während im ersten Film noch die Geschichte, wie Peter Parker zu Spider-Man wird und der Kampf gegen „The Lizard“ im Vordergrund steht, wurde mit „The Amazing Spider-Man 2: Rise of Electro“ die Actionschraube noch mal angezogen und mit dem von Jamie Foxx gespielten „Max Dillon / Electro“ ein im wahrsten Sinne des Wortes elektrisierender Gegner für Spider-Man gefunden. Daneben gibt auch noch „Der Grüne Kobold (im Original: Green Goblin)“ ein kurzes, aber für Spider-Man sehr schlimm ausgehendes Gastspiel.
Gerade die Szenen mit „Electro“, der ganz New York den Strom entzieht, sind klasse gemacht neben den Szenen wie Spider-Man quasi durch die Schluchten von New York fliegt sowie dem Kampf in einem Glockenturm mit dem „Green Goblin“.
Als kleines Schmankerl empfand ich auch noch die Szenen mit dem von Paul Giamatti verkörperten „Alexei Sytschewitsch“, der zum Schluss zum stählernen „Rhino“ wird.

Die Bildqualität von „The Amazing Spider-Man 2: Rise of Electro“ auf der 4K Blu-ray vom September 2014 im anamorphen Format 2.40:1 ist während der ganzen Laufzeit des Films hervorragend ebenso wie die Tonqualität.
Daneben sind noch massig Extras auf der Blu-ray enthalten. Neben der über 100 Minuten langen Featurette „Der Lohn des Heldentums: Das Making of von "The Amazing Spider-Man 2“ sind vor allem die entfallenen und alternativen Szenen sehr interessant (23 Minuten, deutsch untertitelt). Diese sollte man sich dann auch noch mal mit dem zuschaltbaren Audiokommentar des Regisseurs ansehen (ebenfalls deutsch untertitelt). Hier ist zu erfahren, dass angesichts der ohnehin schon sehr langen Laufzeit von 141 Minuten einige Szenen allein schon deswegen entfallen mussten, damit der Film nicht noch länger wird. Einige Szenen sind aus finanziellen Gründen nicht vollständig fertiggestellt worden und zwei Szenen mussten nach Reaktionen des Testpublikums (vor allem von Eltern) entfallen, weil diese für Kinder zu erschreckend waren.

Von meiner Seite aus 4,5 Sterne für „The Amazing Spider-Man 2: Rise of Electro, der trotz der langen Laufzeit von Anfang bis Ende sehr unterhaltsam ist mit hervorragenden CGI-Szenen.
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CityHunter07
5.0 out of 5 stars Une suite spectaculaire et un très bon blu-ray
Reviewed in France on May 11, 2015
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"The Amazing Spider-Man 2 : Le destin d'un héros", sorti en 2014 et réalisé par Marc Webb (Le réalisateur de "The Amazing Spider-Man" et "500 jours ensemble" entre autres...), est un excellent film de super héros dynamique et spectaculaire, issu des studios Marvel, qui n'a malheureusement pas rencontré le succès escompté lors de sa sortie au cinéma, malgré un score honorable en France, au point que Marvel a décidé de ne pas offrir de troisième volet à l'homme araignée et qu'un Reboot (Encore un!) est prévu pour 2017. Il s'agit pourtant d'une suite toute aussi réussie et spectaculaire que le premier opus, sorti deux ans plus tôt, et qui possède beaucoup de qualités. Dans ce nouvel épisode, Peter Parker, alias Spider-Man, doit combattre deux redoutables ennemis, le terrible Electro et le Bouffon Vert, qui sèment la terreur en ville. Il va aussi tenter de percer le mystère qui entoure ses parents et également de tout faire pour convaincre sa petite amie Gwen Staci de ne pas partir faire ses études à Oxford. L'histoire est très intéressante à suivre et ne manque pas de suspense ni d'humour et d'émotion. Le film possède des décors et costumes superbes ainsi qu'un rythme soutenu, on ne s'ennuie jamais. Les scènes d'action sont nerveuses et efficaces et les effets spéciaux sont très spectaculaires. Le casting est parfait, en particulier le charismatique Andrew Garfield, qui campe toujours à merveille, et donc pour la dernière fois, un Spider-Man drôle et émouvant, bien que certains préféreront la prestation de Tobey Maguire. C'est clairement lui l'atout majeur du film! Le reste du casting n'est pas mal non plus, on retrouve avec plaisir la ravissante Emma Stone et Sally Field et on notera également la présence de Dane DeHaan dans le rôle de Harry Osborn, Paul Giamatti, Colm Feore et de l'excellent Jamie Foxx, à la fois touchant dans le rôle de Max Dillon et terrible dans le rôle de son alter ego Electro. Bref, "The Amazing Spider-Man 2" est une excellente suite très spectaculaire et prenante, aussi réussi et haletant que son prédécesseur. Un divertissement efficace et de qualité qui ne vous laissera pas le temps de souffler! A voir absolument!

Le blu-ray offre une superbe qualité d'image, digne du support HD. Les couleurs sont belles et l'image est très propre et nette. Rien à dire, c'est bien meilleur que le DVD. Au niveau du son, la VF est proposée en 5.1 DTS-HD MA, tout comme la VO. Un son d'une qualité irréprochable, merci Sony!

En bref, si vous avez aimé le premier "The Amazing Spider-Man", alors "The Amazing Spider-Man 2" devrait également vous plaire. Une suite toute aussi réussie et spectaculaire qui va vous en mettre plein la vue, dommage que Marvel ai décidé de ne pas donner de suite à cet opus. Le film contient tout ce qu'il faut pour passer un agréable moment devant la télévision : Une histoire intéressante à suivre et riche en suspense et en rebondissements, des décors et costumes superbes, un rythme soutenu, des scènes d'action nerveuses et bien menées, des effets spéciaux spectaculaires, un casting impeccable, de l'humour et de l'émotion. Un très bon divertissement qui comblera les amateurs du genre. Le blu-ray est exempt de tout reproche. Un achat sûr.
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