Then there are the villains of ASM2; this is where the film suffers begins. Multiple villains isn’t what drags the film down, it’s that they either lack substance or are simply too over-the-top to be taken earnestly.

After a lab accident transforms electrical engineer Max Dillon (Jamie Foxx) into Electro, he becomes the dominant physical threat for Spidey. Foxx’s acting is not to blame; it’s the odd choices for his character that are the issue. Pre-sparkles Max Dillon is an awkward social outcast, complete with the external appearance of Jerry Lewis’s Nutty Professor, and the camp you’d expect from a Schumacher bat-baddie. As Electro, he comes off very one dimensional, lacking any real personality or purpose other than creating havoc.

Paul Giamatti’s small role as Aleksei Sytsevich aka Rhino is well… a bit silly really. On the one hand, it’s nice to see him hamming it up; unfortunately, I think he may have taken the mirth a little too far.

Dane DeHaan’s Harry Osborn is a bit of a mixed bag. Like with Foxx, performance is not the issue here. Harry starts-off well enough. He’s resentful of his father and you do get a sense that he and Peter were once tight years ago. But, by the second half of the film he becomes more and more despairing, resulting in his becoming the Goblin. The hiccup here is that Harry’s change from friend to foe is just too quick. This would have been better suited for another installment, giving viewers some time to get better acquainted with his character, and therefore care about his dilemma.