Aside from the point that director Marc Webb's take on Spidey is far too soon after Sam Raimi's hit & miss series of films, The Amazing Spider-Man is a most welcome addition to this decade's run of comic book adaptations.
Webb's confident direction and the impressive cast, particularly Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone, give the film a bigger heart, funnier & sharper dialogue, a more emotional impact and an underlying darker edge compared to the previous Raimi efforts. Unfortunately the main villain is a bit of a snooze and there's a scenes that do nothing but serve as "pop song" moments that hurt the narrative flow a bit. We've seen it all before but that's all right, granted there's more on the way...'cuz it's really going to hurt come Gwen Stacy's *spoiler*...as if you don't all ready know, True Believer.
4 non-great powers or responsibilities out of 5
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Just got around to this one. Felt flat and rushed. I didn't think the relationship had any weight behind it and the Denis Leary dad angle was misused and resolved in an incredibly cheesy way. The more emotional weight should have come from of course Uncle Ben's tragedy and Peter's guilt about it which wasn't even there in this version. There's barely any acknowlegement of it at all after the initial police investigation. I did like the web slinger though. Why didn't Peter show a pic of Fred to the police? Might have helped his case. Totally just a rush job so Sony wouldn't have to let the character rights go back to Marvel.
2 Just bang her once the corpse turns cold out of 5
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