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Early Buzz: 'The Amazing Spider-Man 2'

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By Germain Lussier/

In the U.S. we have to wait until May 2 to see Marc Webb's The Amazing Spider-Man 2, but it opens next week, April 16, in the U.K.. Tuesday night, the first full screening of the film was held across the Atlantic and the reactions were all over the map. Most agreed the sequel, which stars Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Jamie Foxx, Dane DeHaan, Chris Cooper, Paul Giamatti, Sally Field and others, is much better than the first. Some said it lived up to it's title as "Amazing" while others felt it was a mess. Read a bunch of early buzz on The Amazing Spider-Man 2 below.

Here are a bunch of exit reaction tweets from the first U.K. screening of The Amazing Spider-Man 2:

Overall, those tweets seem pretty positive but then there's that one tweet from a writer on The Playlist which combines all our worst fears.

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 opens May 2 in the U.S. and April 16 in the U.K. Here's the official plot description:

We've always known that Spider-Man's most important battle has been within himself: the struggle between the ordinary obligations of Peter Parker and the extraordinary responsibilities of Spider-Man. But in The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Peter Parker finds that a greater conflict lies ahead.

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 he. 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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