History Film / TheAmazingSpiderman2

* BittersweetEnding[=/=]DownerEnding: [[spoiler:Gwen dies and [[ILetGwenStacyDie Spider-Man]] [[HeroicBSOD suffers from]] GuiltComplex for five months until he listens to Gwen Stacy's speech (which he missed at the beginning of the film due to being busy fighting crime) giving him the HeroicSecondWind.]]

The movie was envisioned as a launchpad for a SharedUniverse of ''Spider-Man'' characters that would compete with the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse. After the film came below Sony's financial expectations and there were multiple behind-the-scenes issues with the further development of the planned franchise, Sony instead signed a deal that allowed Spider-Man to appear in the MCU, via another reboot. Tom Holland appears as Peter Parker in ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'' and from there stars in [[Film/SpiderManHomecoming his]] [[Film/SpiderManFarFromHome own]] [[Film/SpiderManNoWayHome trilogy]], with appearances in ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' and ''Film/AvengersEndgame''. Jamie Foxx reprises the role of Electro in ''Spider-Man: No Way Home''.

* NotTheFallThatKillsYou: Subverted; [[spoiler:Gwen dies when Peter fires a webline to catch her after she starts falling from the top of the clocktower, and he grabs a pole to stop their descents before Gwen hits the ground. He's able to stop her mere inches off the ground, but her built up momentum results in her neck snapping and head smashing against the floor when the taut web makes her bounce]].

** [[spoiler:In the battle with the Green Goblin, Peter starts the gears of the clock tower moving in order to strangle Harry, which quickly leads to his downfall as the gears begin to whirl round to snap the web that is stopping Gwen from falling. Peter jams his foot in the gears which causes them to explode, both cutting the web that is strangling Harry, and the web holding Gwen. As if that wasn't enough, Peter's attempt to save Gwen is inevitably doomed to failure. He fires a web which grabs her, before grabbing a metal pole while falling at full velocity. The web going taut causes Gwen to suffer an extreme whiplash which breaks her neck as well as smashing her head on the ground floor of the clock tower.]]

* GuiltComplex: [[spoiler:Peter really goes hardcore with this. He's feeling guilt towards himself throughout the whole movie for continuing to date Gwen despite her father telling him to stay away from her out of concern for her safety. He also feels guilty about both Max and Harry, who both blame him for failing to help them. Then when Gwen actually dies because he came back to her anyway after she was moving to England (although granted, she should have listened to his warnings to stay away from the battle), it hits him so hard that he spends five whole months mourning her death and blaming himself over it. He finally snaps out of it when he listens to Gwen's speech again and realizes the city still needs him.]]

''The Amazing Spider-Man 2''[[labelnote:*]]Promoted as ''The Amazing Spider-Man: Rise of Electro'' in some markets[[/labelnote]] is a 2014 live-action film based on the Creator/MarvelComics superhero Franchise/SpiderMan and the sequel to 2012's ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan'', once again directed by Marc Webb and starring Creator/AndrewGarfield as Peter Parker[=/=]Spider-Man. It is the second ([[StillbornFranchise and]] [[FranchiseKiller last]]) installment in ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries''.

The movie was envisioned as a launchpad for a SharedUniverse of ''Spider-Man'' characters that would compete with the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse. After the disappointment of this movie, Sony instead signed a deal that allowed Spider-Man to appear in the MCU, via another reboot. Tom Holland appears as Peter Parker in ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'' and from there stars in [[Film/SpiderManHomecoming his]] [[Film/SpiderManFarFromHome own]] [[Film/SpiderManNoWayHome trilogy]], with appearances in ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' and ''Film/AvengersEndgame''. Jamie Foxx reprises the role of Electro in ''Spider-Man: No Way Home''.

The movie was envisioned as a launchpad for a SharedUniverse of ''Spider-Man'' characters that would compete with the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse. After the disappointment of this movie, Sony instead signed a deal that allowed Spider-Man to appear in the MCU, via another reboot. Tom Holland appears as Peter Parker in ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'' and from there stars in [[Film/SpiderManHomecoming his]] [[Film/SpiderManFarFromHome own]] [[Film/SpiderManNoWayHome trilogy]], with appearances in ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' and ''Film/AvengersEndgame''.

Jamie Foxx reprises the role of Electro in ''Spider-Man: No Way Home''.

** The Green Goblin wears PoweredArmor, like the versions seen in Creator/SamRaimi's ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy'' and the ''WesternAnimation/{{Ultimate Spider-Man}}'' cartoon, [[spoiler:although he is most similar to the New Goblin from ''Film/SpiderMan3'']].

Jamie Foxx reprises the role of Electro in ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome''.

Jamie Foxx reprises the role of Electro in ''No Way Home''.

->''"It's easy to feel hopeful on a beautiful day like today, but there will be dark days ahead of us too. There will be days where you feel all alone, and that's when hope is needed most. No matter how buried it gets, or how lost you feel, you must promise me that you will hold on to hope. Keep it alive. We have to be greater than what we suffer. My wish for you is to become hope; people need that. And even if we fail, what better way is there to live?"''
-->-- '''Gwen Stacy'''

The movie was originally envisioned as a launchpad for a SharedUniverse of ''Spider-Man'' characters that would directly compete with the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse. This plan was discarded when Sony made a deal with Marvel Studios to integrate the character into the MCU via another ContinuityReboot in 2016 with an appearance in ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'' then ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'' in 2017, [[CutShort abandoning all other planned movies]]. As such, this is the last film in the ''Amazing Spider-Man'' Series. Nonetheless, Jamie Foxx was cast as Electro in the 2021 MCU entry ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'', as part of a multiverse story.

* NotTheFallThatKillsYou: Subverted; [[spoiler:Gwen dies when Peter fires a webline to catch her after she starts falling from the top of the clocktower, and he grabs a pole to stop their descents before Gwen hits the ground. He's able to stop her mere inches off the ground, but her built up momentum results in her neck snapping and head smashing against the floor when the taught web makes her bounce]].

The movie was originally envisioned as a launchpad for a SharedUniverse of ''Spider-Man'' characters that would directly compete with the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse. This plan was discarded when Sony made a deal with Marvel Studios to integrate the character into the MCU via another ContinuityReboot in 2016 with an appearance in ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'' then ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'' in 2017, [[CutShort abandoning all other planned movies]]. As such, this is the last film in the ''Amazing Spider-Man'' Series. Nonetheless, Jamie Foxx was cast as Electro in the 2021 MCU entry ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'', as part of a multi-verse story.

The movie was originally envisioned as a launchpad for a SharedUniverse of ''Spider-Man'' characters that would directly compete with the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse. This plan was discarded when Sony made a deal with Marvel Studios to integrate the character into the MCU via another ContinuityReboot in 2016 with an appearance in ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'' then ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'' in 2017, [[CutShort abandoning all other planned movies]]. As such, this is the last film in the ''Amazing Spider-Man'' Series. Nonetheless, Jamie Foxx was cast as Electro in the 2021 MCU entry ''Spider-Man: No Way Home'', as part of a multi-verse story.

''The Amazing Spider-Man 2''[[labelnote:*]]Promoted as ''The Amazing Spider-Man: Rise of Electro'' in some markets[[/labelnote]] is a live-action film based on the Creator/MarvelComics superhero Franchise/SpiderMan and the sequel to 2012's ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan'', once again directed by Marc Webb and starring Creator/AndrewGarfield as Peter Parker[=/=]Spider-Man. It is the second ([[StillbornFranchise and]] [[FranchiseKiller last]]) installment in ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries''.

* RealityEnsues:
** When Electro makes his way to Times Square, it catches the eye of a street cop. Instead of trying to be a lone hero, he immediately and discreetly requests backup and SWAT support and begins to usher bystanders to the side and out of the way until he can clear a line of sight between himself and Electro.
** When Peter goes to reconcile with Gwen, he slowly walks across the road with soft music playing in the background in a classic romantic scene, while cars suddenly stop to avoid hitting him with brakes screeching and a motorist yelling "Hey moron, get out of the road".
** [[spoiler:Gwen's death]], no matter how BadassNormal they are, if an unarmed [[spoiler:young woman]] runs into the middle of a fight between two superhumans, one of them completely insane, in an old and structurally unsound clocktower, they are going to get you killed.

* KilledOffForReal:
** [[spoiler:Norman Osborn dies early on in the film due to the genetic disorder that had left him clinging to life in the last film. Though he is only stated to have [[KilledOffScreen died offscreen]], and [[NeverFoundTheBody the film never actually shows his dead body]]]].
** [[spoiler:Gwen Stacy, in a similar manner as the comics. Except, instead of catching her wrong and snapping her neck, he catches her too late and her head hits the ground.]]

* CharacterDeath:
** [[spoiler:Norman Osborn dies early on in the film due to the genetic disorder that had left him clinging to life in the last film. Though he is only stated to have [[KilledOffScreen died offscreen]], and [[NeverFoundTheBody the film never actually shows his dead body]]]].
** [[spoiler:Gwen Stacy, in a similar manner as the comics. Except, instead of catching her wrong and snapping her neck, he catches her too late and her head hits the ground.]]

* BigBadEnsemble: Electro and Green Goblin, [[spoiler:well at least during the first couple of acts before Electro turns into TheDragon to Harry]]

The movie was originally envisioned as a launchpad for a SharedUniverse of ''Spider-Man'' characters that would directly compete with the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse. This plan was discarded when Sony made a deal with Marvel Studios to integrate the character into the MCU via another ContinuityReboot in 2016 with an appearance in ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'' then ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'' in 2017, [[CutShort abandoning all other planned movies]]. As such, this is the last film in the ''Amazing Spider-Man'' Series. Nonetheless, Jamie Foxx was cast as Electro in the 2021 MCU entry ''Spider-Man: No Way Home'', as part as a multi-verse story.

The movie was originally envisioned as a launchpad for a SharedUniverse of ''Spider-Man'' characters that would directly compete with the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse. This plan was discarded when Sony made a deal with Marvel Studios to integrate the character into the MCU via another ContinuityReboot in 2016 with an appearance in ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'' then ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'' in 2017, [[CutShort abandoning all other planned movies]]. As such, this is the last film in the ''Amazing Spider-Man'' Series. Nonetheless, Jamie Foxx was cast as Electro in the untitled third ''Spider-Man'' movie in the MCU, with it currently being unclear if it's a new take on the character or somehow a CanonImmigrant into the MCU's setting.

* ButForMeItWasTuesday: A rare inverted/heroic version with Max Dillion. Spider-Man saves so many people on a daily basis that he doesn't remember who Max is until Max reminds him of that day. Technically speaking, Spider-Man does in fact remember Max, just not his name, and Max's electric makeover hasn't exactly made him easier to recognize.

* HarmlessElectrocution: Zig-zagged. Spidey gets zapped so much it borders on ridiculous, but just walks it off. At one point he's literally connected to the city's primary hydroelectric power planet and is only sent flying and stunned for a minute. It's possible his rubberized suit shielded him, as a couple of eywitnesses to his first battle speculate, and he has SuperToughness and HealingFactor for an additional handwave. Averted with all the other humans Electro zaps, who tend to die immediately.

Following the fallout of [[Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan the Lizard's attack on Manhattan]], life seems to be going well for Peter Parker - he's graduated at the top of his class, he has a happy romantic relationship with ComicBook/GwenStacy (Creator/EmmaStone), and still has time to help the police deal with crime running rampant in the city. Things take an unexpected turn, however, when Oscorp technician Max Dillon (Creator/JamieFoxx) gets into an accident that transforms him into an electricity-powered freak of nature that quickly becomes Spider-Man's most powerful opponent yet. In addition, there's the matter of the unexpected return of Peter's old friend, Harry Osborn (Creator/DaneDeHaan), who has an infatuation with the web-slinger and is slated to take control of Oscorp as his father ComicBook/{{Norman|Osborn}} (Creator/ChrisCooper) becomes increasingly ill. Unfortunately, Peter learns a truth about his parents that will test his friendship with Harry and transform the world around him as he is posed to fight his greatest battle.

The movie was originally envisioned as a launchpad for a SharedUniverse of ''Spider-Man'' characters that would directly compete with the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse. This plan was discarded when Sony made a deal with Marvel Studios to integrate the character into the MCU via another ContinuityReboot in 2016 with an appearance in ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'' then ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'' in 2017, [[CutShort abandoning all other planned movies]]. As such, this is the last film in the ''Amazing Spider-Man'' Series. Nonetheless, Jamie Foxx was cast as Electro in the untitled third ''Spider-Man'' movie in the MCU, with it currently being unclear if it's a new take on the character or somehow a CanonImmigrant into Marvel's setting.

The movie was originally envisioned as a launchpad for a SharedUniverse of ''Spider-Man'' characters that would directly compete with the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse. This plan was discarded when Sony made a deal with Marvel Studios to integrate the character into the MCU via another ContinuityReboot in 2016 with an appearance in ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'' then ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'' in 2017, [[CutShort abandoning all other planned movies]]. As such, this is the last film in the ''Amazing Spider-Man'' Series. Nonetheless, Jamie Foxx was cast as Electro in the untitled third ''Spider-Man'' movie in the MCU.