The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)Director: Marc Webb
Leads: Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Rhys Ifans
Oh, man, see this movie.
Spiderman Reboot. Why? Didn't the one with Tobey McGuire come out just a couple years ago?
Try 2002 (that's 10 years and enough time to make two highly grossing sequels.) Start again?
I loved the film. Good pacing, less cheesy than the earlier ones - also less a comic-book film - and more a movie. I wasn't sure how well it would do distancing itself from the Sam Raimi take on Spidey, and while watching I had several 'Aha - I recognize this. I like (this one/the first one) better' reactions to certain things, but I think that made the experience more engaging. I haven't read the comics, but am growing to appreciate how writers and directors can take a long-standing franchise and choose to stay true to, give nod to, or utterly ignore the originals.
The Lizard makes his appearance here, a large reptile with regenerative properties and slack moral code. This one has wicked gymnastics from Spidey; some really satisfying moves and camera work that make it more engrossing and dynamic than the plodding and often drama-laden Raimi version.
Andrew Garfield, whom you'd recognize from The Social Network and Never Let Me Go, is a totally endearing teenager with family issues and enjoys his powers more than the previous incarnation.
Emma Stone rocks her part as Gwen Stacy because she's the best thing since sliced bread, inhabiting the skin of Peter Parker's love easily, with humour and sincerity.
Absorbing, with great special effects, appearances by Martin Sheen, Sally Field, and Dennis Leary, and some really cool fights scenes, there's only two hours to love here. (Stay after the credits.)
Budget: $230mil
Gross: $697mil
On IMDb: www.imdb.com/title/tt0948470/
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