The Amazing Spider-Man Sequel Title Sucks - Everything Else Sounds Fine

The Amazing Spider-Man 2.

I was hoping for something cooler.

• The Web of Spider-Man (Easy to see why that wouldn’t fly with its director Marc Webb)
• The Spectacular Spider-Man
• The Ultimate Spider-Man
• Peter Parker: Spider-Man
• Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man
• Spider-Man: It's Better Than the Reboot We Swear

You get the idea. Just plain old slapping a number behind The Amazing Spider-Man sucks. Sony also sent out the official plot synopsis and it reads perfectly fine, crappy title notwithstanding:

"In The Amazing Spider-Man 2, for Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield), life is busy – between taking out the bad guys as Spider-Man and spending time with the person he loves, Gwen (Emma Stone), high school graduation can't come quickly enough. Peter hasn't forgotten about the promise he made to Gwen’s father to protect her by staying away – but that’s a promise he just can't keep. Things will change for Peter when a new villain, Electro (Jamie Foxx), emerges, an old friend, Harry Osborn (Dane DeHaan), returns, and Peter uncovers new clues about his past."

The "old friend" add-on for the new Harry Osborn is intriguing. His presence in the reboot might have helped ease the characterization of Parker as a brooding, self-centered, immature brat. Hopefully Garfield's Spidey nuts up with his pal-cum-eventual-frenemy tagging along.

Knock on wood, Webb & Co. learned from their short-comings first time out. I get the vibe they did. Good on them for listening.