So after seeing it again today I have to Say I really liked the movie a 2nd time around so much so I pre ordered this fig. from BBTS! While it is nowhere near Spiderman 2 it is almost as good as the original, but in a very different way, and I think most of us will agree it's better than Spiderman 3! Anyways here is my review of the film.
Movie review: The Amazing Spiderman (4 out of 5): (Re-rate/original rating 2.5 out of 5): When I first saw the Amazing Spiderman on it's opening night July 3rd as most of you know I really didn't like it, in fact it left a bad taste in my mouth. So with so many people, a lot of them being big Spidey fans like my self telling me how much they liked it I decided to give it one more chance. After a second viewing I really enjoyed it, I thought Marc Webb did a great job giving us a Spidey with a very different tone, much like Brian Michael Bendis gave us when he started Ultimate Spiderman, same great character just a different side and tone to and for that Iconic character. Now before Ultimate Spiderman fan boys freak out I am not saying this is anyway an Ultimate Spiderman film, it just represents a different side and take on a classic character much like that book did. In fact this movie does a good job of blending things from all of Spideys background (Ultimate and 616), while at the same time having its own feel, much like the Raimi film's did. Now I will go ahead and admit there are things in this movie that I will never get over like Spiderman Skate boarding, too much left on the cutting room floor, not enough heart in the Rhys Ifans ok, but not great performance as the Lizard/Curt Conner's, No J. Jonah Jameson (I will get over this pretty fast as long as Sony and Webb allow J.K Simmons to reprise his role from the Raimi films in The Amazing Spiderman 2, I know this is unheard of in comic book movies having the same character played by the same actor in two different versions of the film, but hell as far as I'm concerned J.K is Jonah at this point! LOL), and not developing Peter and Ant May's relationship enough! However Webb does makes up for this mainly in the form of truly bringing to life the greatest love story in the history of comic books Peter Parker and his first love Gwen Stacy (Emma Stone performance as Gwen is probably the best of the film!) for the whole world to see! It was also really good to see Captain Stacy get a true treatment in the form of a solid performance by Dennis Leary. Whatever Sally Field's portrayal of Ant May leaves to be desired, Martin Sheen's version or Uncle Ben more than makes up for! As far as Andrew Garfield their were times in this film (Tiny Knives scene, Car Thief scene, and the school fight scene) were Webb and Garfield get Spiderman exactly right, but then there were times where Garfield was solid, but never really captured the essence of Spidey like he did in those 3 scenes. While this keeps this film from reaching its full potential, it also gets me really hyped to see what Garfield and Webb and company can do in The Amazing Spiderman 2 come May 2, 2014!
