The Amazing
Spider-Man (fantasy) (2012) (2 hrs 16 mins)
The latest instalment of the Spider-Man returns to territory
covered in the first Spider-Man film from Sam Raimi back in 2002, with Peter
Parker a high-school student discovering that he suddenly has amazing powers.
The second and third films were darker and seemed to lose their way by looking
for an emotional depth that the characters just couldn’t carry.
This fourth Spider-Man film returns to the simplicity of the
first film. The director is Marc Webb, who made the innovative film 500 Days of Summer. There is not too much
innovation here but the film has all the ingredients for an engaging superhero
film. The story may be much the same but this time around we have a different actor
playing Spider-Man and a different villain for him to face.
Parker visits the laboratory of his father's friend, Dr Connors (played by Rhys Ifans) and is bitten by a radioactive spider, thus gaining remarkable powers. of strength and agility. Dr Connors injects his withered arm with a lizard DNA-enhanced serum (as you do) and turns into The Lizard. Meanwhile, Parker falls for classmate Gwen Stacey (Emma Stone). whose father, by coincidence, is a police captain convinced that Spider-Man is nothing but a vigilante.
In some ways this version of Spider-Man's origins is better than the first film. Andrew Garfield is an improvement on Tobey Maguire, who just seemed too nerdy to transform into a superhero and lacked Garfield's charm. The script contains enough laugh-out-load moments and Martin Sheen adds some acting weight playing Parker's Uncle Ben. The special effects are also up the usual high standard. The film also has a touch more realism, which particulary works in the romantic scenes.
I’m still not sure that it was necessary to remake the first film. Surely this was a lost opportunity to do something more interesting with an established superhero?
Parker visits the laboratory of his father's friend, Dr Connors (played by Rhys Ifans) and is bitten by a radioactive spider, thus gaining remarkable powers. of strength and agility. Dr Connors injects his withered arm with a lizard DNA-enhanced serum (as you do) and turns into The Lizard. Meanwhile, Parker falls for classmate Gwen Stacey (Emma Stone). whose father, by coincidence, is a police captain convinced that Spider-Man is nothing but a vigilante.
In some ways this version of Spider-Man's origins is better than the first film. Andrew Garfield is an improvement on Tobey Maguire, who just seemed too nerdy to transform into a superhero and lacked Garfield's charm. The script contains enough laugh-out-load moments and Martin Sheen adds some acting weight playing Parker's Uncle Ben. The special effects are also up the usual high standard. The film also has a touch more realism, which particulary works in the romantic scenes.
I’m still not sure that it was necessary to remake the first film. Surely this was a lost opportunity to do something more interesting with an established superhero?
Rating: 7/10
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