THE AMAZING SPIDER MAN
I avoided this film for quite a while due to the short
time since the last trilogy and that the advertising made Peter Parker not look
like the nerdy character that both the previous films and comics which made the
character unique because he wasn't the standard popular super hero alter ego.
But when I saw the film I was glad to see that they hadn't done what the adverts
made me think and that he was still this nerdy kid who wasn't liked by his
fellow pupils. Which brings me to another good thing about this film that they
put in minor characters like flash the person who bullied Parker before he
became spidey. They also delve more into the comic book backstory of peter’s
parents and what happened to them and how it affects him. They also handle
uncle Ben's death really well, you know what’s coming but you still feel the
emotion and how it puts more weight on Peter's shoulders. and with all that he already has to deal with the police in this film how a more batman attitude towards spidey. meaning that he has to prove to them that hes a good guy and is needed, which puts a more realistic tone to the film which the previous trilogy lacked.
the only thing that annoyed me in the end was the amount of times he takes his mask of and somehow nobody knows who he is still.
I was also pleased that Lizard was in this film due to
wishing that he was in the last films. Although I was slightly disappointed
with the look of the villain thinking that it could have been more reptilian
and least human. But unlike the previous films the villain Dr. Curtis
"Curt" Connors (the Lizard) has a lot more character and character development. He isn't just going around braking into bank vaults and/or wanting to take over
the world but actually wants to do something that he believes is the right
thing which makes you sympathise with him. Although his plan is a little bit to
for fetched it’s still an interesting idea which leaves wanting to see how
spider man will be able to stop him.
With the introduction of Gwen Stacy as the main romance was
a clear separation from the previous trilogy. But it does leave me asking will
they keep to her fate in the comic book or break away from it and create a new
ending to the character.
Over all I really enjoyed this film and even those who
don’t know much about the spider man comics would be able to follow and enjoy
the story. I would like to see where they take the backstory of Peter Parker's
parents and what happens to the main characters in the next film. I give this
film a score of 8 (great).
Scoring system: 1- didn't get though the first few minutes,
2- will never watch again, 3- awful, 4- below average, 5- average, 6- above
average, 7- good, 8- great, 9- brilliant, 9.5- almost perfect, 10- perfect
(impossible)
I would like to say that whilst I did very much enjoy this film, I still felt that there is a way to improve it. It was great fun and a fast paced, action packed story but for me it still lacked something that the previous trilogy had, Andrew Garfield wasn't able to bring the emotion out of Peter as well as was previously achieved by Tobey Maguire, we all know Peter Parker is fueled by his neurotic self doubt and guilt in regard his paternal figure Uncle Ben. Whilst the film had an element of revenge this was not as well addressed as was in the Sam Raimi Trilogy. I would given your rating system mark it as a 6.
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