Emma Stone
Rhys Ifans
Denis Leary
Not so amazing, but as you get over the first 30 minutes bore of, “I
have seen this before…” you get sucked into the fun and the bumpy drive of
Spidy getting started all over again.
The movie to me is more of a money-making franchise and a
keep-the-character-right scheme than a plan to entertain. But if I look at what
is being dished out this year, some movies have been more on a making-money
agenda than entertaining.
Sony debunked the Spider-Man 4 idea, maybe because of cast or
could it be because the story would cost too much to make. The trio of Tobey
Maguire, Kirsten Dunst and Sam Raimi (as director) has been replaced with
Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone and Marc Webb (as director). Now, Emma Stone plays
Gwen Stacy in this flick.
Sony decided to reboot the Spidy series with Garfield as Peter Parker /
Spider-Man. The movie goes back a little as we get to see Dr. Curt Connors
(Rhys Ifans) and with Connors comes “The Lizard,” something I was eager to see,
and I have to give credit to the CGI as the Lizard had a lot of close-ups and
still looked good.
A little change in things concerning the web slinger and some more
addition in story that was never there before, that is why the 30-minute intro
will make you feel, “what the heck!”
Another thing I have to give credit to the director for is the
well-choreographed introduction to the web slinger’s powers. He discovered his
power in a train, which led to a series of accidents that saw him beat guys up
and keep apologizing each time.
Unlike the conventional shy and laid-back Parker of Maguire, Garfield’s
Parker is a little sly and dark and wears a hood as many times as possible.
He is left behind by his parents and his father could be alive, as Dr.
Connors somehow knew him.
Conventionally we know the story. Peter lives with Uncle Ben and Aunt
May, he gets bitten by a radioactive spider and voila! But here Peter actually
disobeys rules and sneaks into the lab where he got bitten, and after Ben was
gone we get to see a dark Parker walking around in a hood.
Then when the director got bored I guess he throws down the hood, puts
aside the revenge persona and changes into a hero.
And as usual, Dr. Connors was trying to grow back his hand which led to
"The Lizard." He then decides to turn the whole city into creatures
like him, and then he was stopped by our hero. (Sorry, Spoiler)
Was Marc Webb better than Raimi as the director?
Well, wouldn’t say so because Webb had to make me like what I have seen before,
and in a way he did.
Was Garfield better than Maguire? That I will leave for you to point out
yourself and you can then tell me what you think.
But the movie is not a total waste, though it is obviously unnecessary. I still say go see it.
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