Saturday, April 6, 2013

The Amazing Spider-man



The Amazing Spider-man (PG-13) 2012


Directed by Marc Webb


Starring:   Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Rhys Ifans, Denis Leary, Martin Sheen, Sally Field, Irfan Khan, Campbell Scott, Embeth Davidtz, Chris Zylka and Max Charles


Here We Go:  I wasn't really into the Tobey Maguire version of the films so this was a nice start to the reboot of the series.  Andrew Garfield is good as Spidey and not as whiny as Tobey Macguire's Spider-man was.  Emma Stone is also an upgrade over Kirsten Dunst for the female lead.  Other than the new actors, we also get a new costume for Spider-Man and a new "villain" but we are still set in Spider-Man's New York City with the same basic Spider-Man story (although there are a few tweaks to it that I won't reveal here).  Garfield's Spider-Man seems to have more of an edge to him than Tobey Maguire's which, I think, makes him more like the version from the Comics.  Overall, this was a good direction to take the series and I'm looking forward to the sequel.  


Bottom Line:  Watch it.  



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