Spider-man has always been my favorite Marvel superhero in
the comics. They always combined the
perfect amount of humor, drama and action.
The previous films tried to capture those elements with mixed
results. So when I heard Spider-Man was
being rebooted I had high hopes that they could finally get the character
right. And they partially did.
The first thing you notice about The Amazing Spider-Man is
that the film is highly centered on the origin story again. This probably wasn’t the best approach as we
had already seen the origin story in the previous films and though there were
some changes it’s pretty much the same thing.
Focusing so much on the origin of the hero tended to make the pacing of
the film feel inconsistent and often times too slow. Thankfully the character interactions really helped those slow
times still feel entertaining for the most part, but a little more action would
have greatly helped this films pacing problems big time. Cutting the origin story down a little would
have been a good idea.
Speaking of action it looked GREAT. Seeing Spidey swinging and flipping around
was much more exciting than in previous films and fighting a villain that had
superior strength (A giant lizard man) was a lot of fun. The romance between Peter Parker and Gwen
Stacy was also pretty enjoyable and humorous.
Speaking of humor…they finally got Spider-Man right for once. In this film the webslinger is much more
funny and slings just as many jokes as he does webs. Which is a good thing because the tone of the film is a bit
darker than the average Spidey comic.
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