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Movie review- Amazing Spider-man
Jul. 9th, 2012 06:40 amI was a big fan of the Tobey Maguire Spiderman. I can't argue that Spiderman 3 didn't effectively kill the franchise, and a reboot was needed.
Still, Amazing Spiderman suffers for not feeling like anything new. It tells the story from the very beginning, which seems wholly unnecessary (if you didn't see the movie from a decade ago, surely, you could have done flashbacks). The villain is a competent Rhys Ifans who pales to Wilem Defoe's memorable character from the Maguire film. Also, a Lizard enemy seems like one of those things we will look back and mock.
I thought quite a bit of Spiderman was silly, especially the part where he his discovering his powers. I know everyone is saying it's not 'singing and dancing silly', but I am not sure that it isn't just as bad. It doesn't help that this movie tries to be super-serious. The move goes for the angst. Spiderman was always angst-y, but this goes for a post-Twilight seriousness. People also seem to really love the Stan Lee cameo, but I thought it was silly and borderline stupid.
As it's an action movie, there's plenty of suspension of disbelief needed (none more unbelievable than Peter Parker using Bing). There's plenty of great acting- Sally Field, Martin Sheen, Denis Leary- it just seems lost on a movie that doesn't particularly set itself apart.
Post-spiderbite, the movie does pick up, and the Spiderman scenes are mostly good (He's the kind of wisecracker that Brian Michael Bendis writes- always with a quip). The movie promised a plot that features on what happened to Peter's parents, but i felt that plot really never developed like it should (guess what, there's going to be a sequel).
This movie likely will do what it was supposed to (relaunch the franchise), but I have a feeling it will disappoint a lot of people, and although it has had a good first week, I wouldn't be surprised if it drops like a stone, and gets lost under the other summer movies (It's hard to believe people will favor this over Avengers or the upcoming Batman film).
I can't say that one wouldn't enjoy this film, but it's hard to recommend dropping everything to see it. Usually with movies like these, you can say "Well, at least there's the action", but the action scenes and plot aren't particularly noteworthy either (There is one scene I like, but others may think it cheesy). Nor despite the casting is there any particular character you will take home a la J Jonah Jameson (well, no one reads newspapers anymore, so...). If you do miss it, no worry, you likely know the story already and this film only seems to serve as getting a movie out there so we can start working on sequels.
Still, Amazing Spiderman suffers for not feeling like anything new. It tells the story from the very beginning, which seems wholly unnecessary (if you didn't see the movie from a decade ago, surely, you could have done flashbacks). The villain is a competent Rhys Ifans who pales to Wilem Defoe's memorable character from the Maguire film. Also, a Lizard enemy seems like one of those things we will look back and mock.
I thought quite a bit of Spiderman was silly, especially the part where he his discovering his powers. I know everyone is saying it's not 'singing and dancing silly', but I am not sure that it isn't just as bad. It doesn't help that this movie tries to be super-serious. The move goes for the angst. Spiderman was always angst-y, but this goes for a post-Twilight seriousness. People also seem to really love the Stan Lee cameo, but I thought it was silly and borderline stupid.
As it's an action movie, there's plenty of suspension of disbelief needed (none more unbelievable than Peter Parker using Bing). There's plenty of great acting- Sally Field, Martin Sheen, Denis Leary- it just seems lost on a movie that doesn't particularly set itself apart.
Post-spiderbite, the movie does pick up, and the Spiderman scenes are mostly good (He's the kind of wisecracker that Brian Michael Bendis writes- always with a quip). The movie promised a plot that features on what happened to Peter's parents, but i felt that plot really never developed like it should (guess what, there's going to be a sequel).
This movie likely will do what it was supposed to (relaunch the franchise), but I have a feeling it will disappoint a lot of people, and although it has had a good first week, I wouldn't be surprised if it drops like a stone, and gets lost under the other summer movies (It's hard to believe people will favor this over Avengers or the upcoming Batman film).
I can't say that one wouldn't enjoy this film, but it's hard to recommend dropping everything to see it. Usually with movies like these, you can say "Well, at least there's the action", but the action scenes and plot aren't particularly noteworthy either (There is one scene I like, but others may think it cheesy). Nor despite the casting is there any particular character you will take home a la J Jonah Jameson (well, no one reads newspapers anymore, so...). If you do miss it, no worry, you likely know the story already and this film only seems to serve as getting a movie out there so we can start working on sequels.
