The Amazing Spider-Man Review
After the third Sam Raimi film it was said that there was going to be a forth Spider-man movie. Two years past no news about it, then another year and no news, then I learned that Spider-man would get rebooted. Spider-man 3 was very cluttered and messy so it was probably right for the series to have a break and get rebooted, all be it a bit fast.
This new Spider-man is played by Andrew Garfield, a good choice, he looks like a Peter Parker with an innocent face and a head of brown hair and he plays him less like a nerd and more like a rebel with a chip on his shoulder (a performance that I feel will connect with more a the youths of today than the more stereotypical comic nerd). I couldn't help but noticing that he takes off the mask very frequently throughout the movie, there isn't a real reason for it except that Andrew Garfield is a very hansom man and they wanted the audience to be aware of that fact.
One choice that I knew I'd have some disagreements with in the movie is the inclusion of his wed-shooters. I always thought that Spider-man just made the webbing straight from his wrists and when I learned about the shooters I thought "...um... OK?". It always seemed unnecessary, think about it. If Peter Parker could actually make these devises then surely he wouldn't have any financial troubles, but there here and there's nothing I could do about it so what the hell. But in the action sequences they do use the webbing in unique ways that we haven't seen in the other Spider-man films so that's a bonus.
The love interest is not Mary Jane but Gwen Stacey played by Emma Stone, as a very quick smart and of course very attractive fem-me fatal as must be in these movies. Gwen Stacey is plucky, spirited and so smart that she is an intern at a super fancy science lab, she is clearly a fantasy rather than a reality but she plays her well enough so that we can kid ourselves.
One of the big merits that I give this movie is it's representation of Flash Thompson (Chris Zylka), here he is not just a cardboard cut-out of generic soulless school bullies, he doesn't obsessively torment Peter Parker, he has humanity and after Peter suffers frrm his tragedy he goes easy on him and shows sympathy. This is one of the best representations of the character, even though there's not much competition.
In the directing chair is Marc Webb (heh-heh Webb), who's only other feature film is 500 days of Summer (no I haven't seen it), he brings more of a real feel to the characters and situations. These aren't exaggerated archetypes they are more pointed to reality, which is the way to handle live action superhero movies (I feel).
This movie seems to take a page from Batman Begins. It takes it's time with telling the origin story which helps to flesh out the characters and their motives. As well as this it has a theme that runs through the story and have something for the pendekar to tackle, in this movie it's secrets. Spider-man's mask covers his whole face which was unheard of when he first appeared and it shows that he is hiding something.
Rather than the big smooth swooping shots that were in the Raimi movies, when Spider-man swings the camera is closer and shakes a little as if there's a camera man also swinging behind him. The costume was something that I wasn't enthusiastic about when I first saw it but it grew on me the more I saw it, it's still Spider-man just altered to distinguish itself from the other movies and that's good.
The Amazing Spider-man grounds itself more than the more fantastical Raimi movies and it learns from the successes and failures from the superhero movies to deliver a more than well rounded package, not as good as Batman Begins but better than the Hulk. Until now I would have said that Spider-man 2 was the best Spider-man movie but now I'd say its a tie with this movie, both excellent and true to the spirit and feel of the character.
Rating: 3 1/2 stars out of 4
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