Director:
Producer:
Avi Arad, Laura Ziskin, Matt Tolmach
Cast:
Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker / Spider-Man
Rhys Ifans as Dr. Curt Connors / The Lizard
Denis Leary as Captain George Stacy
And Stan Lee has his cameo appearance!
Music:
Based on The Amazing Spider-Man by Stan Lee & Steve Ditko
Story:
Peter Parker finds a clue that might help him understand why his parents disappeared when he was young. His path puts him on a collision course with Dr. Curt Connors, his father’s former partner.
Review:
Let me start by saying that the new spider-man was truly amazing. And who better to direct the reboot of the spidey series that Marc WEBB. A spider-man movie being directed by a person with last name Webb! The story was great. It was a slightly darker take on the spider-man story. In this, we get to see Peter’s parents. Which was missed in the Tobey Maguire one.
The movie starts off with Peter being left by his parents with Aunt May and Uncle Ben. Through out the movie, there is a question looming- Why did they leave? And after the end we have another question looming– Who are Richard and Mary Parker. But of course those who read the comics and know the fictional history of spider man, know the answer to that question. They were recruited by Nick Fury to be in the C.I.A.
The bad part in the movie was that, Uncle Ben never said ‘With great power, there must also come great responsibility’ (Amazing Fantasy #15). And the way he dies was also completely different. In the comics, he dies due to a burglar in their house. And he dies in the hands of his wife. But in this he dies due to a thief from the department store. The movie had a lot to like. The acting, Emma Stone, the story and the absence of Tobey Maguire. Tobey, throughout his role as Peter Parker, he looked as if he was going to cry any second. The other thing I liked about this film was that Peter Parker didn’t just suddenly become Spider-man. It took him half the movie to do so. That was an awesome decision. They got a chance to explore Peter Parker in general before going into Spider-man. But sadly the suit wasn’t too good looking. On the bright side, The Lizard looked awesome! He had that scariness, which was missed in the other movies. I didn’t understand Irfan Khan’s role in the movie, and what happened to him after the bridge incident? Did he just disappear in thin air?
The end of the movie was awesome and the actions scenes were nicely directed. We actually see that Spider-Man requires the help of the common people. He is still grounded. He doesn’t think of him self as greater than others. And we see that he is not bullet proof either. All in all the movie was great. I had fun watching it. It was so much better than the Sam Raimi ones.
But sadly we all know that Gwen Stacy dies at the hands of the Green Goblin. The good thing abou this movie was that they started with the first villain in the series i.e. Lizard.
Final Verdict:
7.5/10
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