For the record I enjoyed The Amazing Spider-Man 2. I really loved the first one, but like many of you I found myself disappointed by the second film. Even though I was disappointed I think this film gets too much hate. It's like it's trendy or something to beat up on it. It had good acting, great special effects, good action, and great romance. It's a good set up for coming films and answered alot of questions (no one was asking I'll give you.) And Andrew as Peter Parker is just perfect. I have been reading Spider-Man comics for 20+ years and Andrew Garfield nails the character. So what is my biggest complaint about the film no one else is talking about?
Ashley Kofka. A great Spider-Man character was completely wasted. No, scratch that...the character was completely destroyed by this movie.
Ashley Kofka in the comics is a woman who has devoted her life to helping and reforming super criminals. She believes she can help them get to a better life. She is a loving, caring person.
The Ashley Kofka we got on film was a man. A german-mad-scientist who loves torturing/experimenting on his patients. He is almost the complete opposite of the character from the comics. The only simularity is that they are both criminal psychologists named Ashley Kofka. That's it.
Yes the movie had some bad dialogue ("It's time for me to light me candles!") yes the movie had a villain no one cares about (who runs around saying Electro is there favorite villain?) and yes the movie had it's moments of just flat out dumb moments (itsy bitsy spider played by Electro or the entire birthday cake scene) but I still found myself enjoying much of the movie due to Andrew and Emma and the fact The Amazing Spider-Man 2 has the best swing scenes in any Spidey flick by far. But what they did to Dr. Ashley Kofka was and is unforgivable. Why even call the character Dr. Kofka if you are going to change everything about the character? It's like changing who the character was as a person wasn't enough they had to arbitrarily change the characters' gender just to add insult to injury.