Release Date: 2012
Directed By: Marc Webb
Last week I watched the movie, The Amazing Spider-Man, for the first time. I will say that I liked it way more than the first one for a couple of reasons. The main reason is the portrayal of the main character, Spider-Man. I felt that Toby McGuire was trying to hard to have Peter Parker be awkward. The new actor to play Spiderman, Andrew Garfield, plays off this awkwardness so much better. I like the high school crush love interest of Peter Parker/Gwen Stacy rather than the stalkerish love interest between Peter Parker/Mary Jane in the original.
I really enjoyed learning about the history behind Spider-Man. The start of the movie tells you that this is going to be a darker venture than the first trilogy gave us. The movie starts off with the death of Peter Parker's parents and how he came to live with his aunt and uncle. I really liked how intense they made Uncle Ben's death scene in The Amazing Spider-Man. This tells you that the movie is going to be darker than the previous movies have been.
I know that a big problem that some people had with Spider-Man 3 is that it had what people dubbed as "Emo Peter." In this movie it was played off as silly and comical, which I do not believe was the intent of the creators. During this movie Peter Parker does go into a state of extreme sadness and depression, but he has all the reason to. He just found the one person that he thinks could solve the mystery of his parent's deaths, his uncle just died and it was partly his fault, and he just got these new powers and is trying to save New York City, but the police are not too fond of him and they issue a warrant for his arrest.
This leads me into the main reason I loved this movie. Even though it is based on a fictional comic book superhero, it has some realism to it. After Peter Parker becomes Spider-Man he starts targeting criminals that look like the person who killed his uncle. The only problem is that the police do not agree with his actions. They believe that he should leave this work to the police. I think that is what would actually happen if a real superhero popped up in any city. The police would not be thrilled of this person going around doing their work. It makes them look bad because they are expecting a civilian to do their job.
Those are my thoughts on the film, The Amazing Spider-Man. I actually do not watch a lot of movies, but I really enjoyed this one. I liked the realism of it and how much more down-to-earth it is compared to its predecessor. They really play up the idea that Peter Parker is just a normal teenager trying to fit in and get the girl.
I was really impressed with this movie, especially in comparison to the Sam Raimi trilogy, and I agree with almost all of your comments on this film. I don't agree that Andrew Garfield was a good choice to play Spider-man. His look and the way he carries himself were too confident, too preppy, and I felt like the nerdy and awkward moments for the character seemed forced and out of place as a result.
ReplyDeleteI see your point of view. He may have not been the best, but I am not a huge fan of Toby Maguire so anything was better then him.
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