Starring Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Rhys Ifans and Denis Leary. Written by James Vanderbilt et al. Directed by Marc Webb.
I watched it for Emma Stone. Here I said it. I saw the superhero flick for the chick in it. After Sam Raimi Spider Man trilogy's eventual slide to mediocrity, the world of spider man had convinced me that it's not for reasonably aged. Rebooting any film requires at least a decade of fermentation from its last serving, but The Amazing Spider-Man caught all of us unaware by returning in half of that period.
Toby Maguire's cuddly looks and cry-baby melodrama was still fresh and salty when Andrew Garfield stepped into his shoes. I thought the film wouldn't work, not at the conception level, not at the casting level and not at the release level. I was wrong... to some extent.
This film takes the zest factor a notch higher than before. The love angle is definitely a sigh of relief. Peter Parker, in this installment, really stepped up to his guts, understood his responsibilities as much as a high school chap would be expected to and of course had fun with the whole thing. He realized that Gwen isn't going anywhere and it's not end of the world to focus on bigger things. After watching this film, I am confused with what makes a love angle interesting - it's constant bickering into every scene or a soothing scent in the backdrop. You probably know what.
My beef with Raimi's series was that Parker really didn't party with his doppelganger. I mean if we had all those powers at Parker's peppy age, crying in Mary Ann's longing and regurgitating the big time responsibilities that come with being "so cool" would be the last thing on our mind. Webb's Parker is just like that and that's what made the first half so hip, funny and kinda cool.
But the second half was a letdown. It was watchable of course but only in the capacity of special effects high dosage dripping all over the screen. I wish the film had given some more time to Peter Parker, his pet peeves and flaws. We had so much fun exploring and abusing the powers to some extent without caring about hardcore moral philosophy. That's what people do when they are entitled to such a privilege. They take some time to evaluate but first they party!
Despite the two plus hour length, I didn't get enough of Parker's metamorphosis into his sassy alter ego - the egoistic, the arrogant and the more confident Peter Parker with powers. Having said that, I am not disappointed in any capacity. This film has definitely brought some much needed spice after the lackluster finale of Raimi's series. Yes, the film didn't change much as far as the story goes but the characters have been brought to their senses!
I watched it for Emma Stone. Here I said it. I saw the superhero flick for the chick in it. After Sam Raimi Spider Man trilogy's eventual slide to mediocrity, the world of spider man had convinced me that it's not for reasonably aged. Rebooting any film requires at least a decade of fermentation from its last serving, but The Amazing Spider-Man caught all of us unaware by returning in half of that period.Toby Maguire's cuddly looks and cry-baby melodrama was still fresh and salty when Andrew Garfield stepped into his shoes. I thought the film wouldn't work, not at the conception level, not at the casting level and not at the release level. I was wrong... to some extent.
This film takes the zest factor a notch higher than before. The love angle is definitely a sigh of relief. Peter Parker, in this installment, really stepped up to his guts, understood his responsibilities as much as a high school chap would be expected to and of course had fun with the whole thing. He realized that Gwen isn't going anywhere and it's not end of the world to focus on bigger things. After watching this film, I am confused with what makes a love angle interesting - it's constant bickering into every scene or a soothing scent in the backdrop. You probably know what.
My beef with Raimi's series was that Parker really didn't party with his doppelganger. I mean if we had all those powers at Parker's peppy age, crying in Mary Ann's longing and regurgitating the big time responsibilities that come with being "so cool" would be the last thing on our mind. Webb's Parker is just like that and that's what made the first half so hip, funny and kinda cool.
But the second half was a letdown. It was watchable of course but only in the capacity of special effects high dosage dripping all over the screen. I wish the film had given some more time to Peter Parker, his pet peeves and flaws. We had so much fun exploring and abusing the powers to some extent without caring about hardcore moral philosophy. That's what people do when they are entitled to such a privilege. They take some time to evaluate but first they party!
Despite the two plus hour length, I didn't get enough of Parker's metamorphosis into his sassy alter ego - the egoistic, the arrogant and the more confident Peter Parker with powers. Having said that, I am not disappointed in any capacity. This film has definitely brought some much needed spice after the lackluster finale of Raimi's series. Yes, the film didn't change much as far as the story goes but the characters have been brought to their senses!
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