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| Mara Jade Skywalker wrote: |
Finally saw The Amazing Spider-man today. You know...considering I never heard a bad thing about it, I really wasn't impressed. It's hard to compare this to the original, as they're honestly rather different. But I heard someone say, and it's what I've been trying to figure out how to say, this lacked the heart of the originals.
The Amazing Spider-man was better made, I'll give it that. But the villain wasn't very interesting, and the plot seemed choppy and not entirely well thought out. The romance seemed explosively there all of a sudden, also Flash becoming Peter's best friend. Spider-man went after Uncle Ben's killer, but never seemed to find him. So that was left, and Uncle Ben's responsibility speech was kind of lame. Gwen's dad is suddenly all buddy-buddy with Peter, whom he never liked much in the first place, even though he's discovered he's Spider-man, whom he practically hates. Spider-man and the Lizard have an epic battle in the school, tearing it to shreds, but everyone returns to school a few scenes later, and all is well. No damage whatsoever. Peter also waltzes into Oscorp with no security whatsoever. Grab a badge, no need for ID. Most implausible scene for me. Not that it needed to be entirely plausible, as it's a superhero movie, but let's try for a little credibility.
So...I didn't mean to bash it quite so much, as I enjoyed it. But there was just something about it that left me...disappointed. I thought I would watch this and decide it was better than the original, considering the lower budget and sometimes horrific special effects in the first movie. Also Mary Jane's occasional annoying scene. But I didn't. It almost made me appreciate the original more. 
Anyway, not sure where all the hype came from. I think the biggest things about the film were that I had no interest in the villain, and I never empathized with Peter. I did cry when Uncle Ben died, so kudos for the emotional scene. But I just never connected with Peter Parker.
Ah, well. Maybe I haven't given it time. The original did end up with a trilogy. So we'll see. |
Haha a lot of your complaints about the movie are some of my loves!
1. I loved Garfield as Peter. He made him less pathetic and more connectable, plus I love the actor.
2. The Lizard was botched a bit, I'll agree to that. One of the biggest things in the comics about the Lizard is that he is still a genius but is unaware that he is Kurt Conners. Conners knows he is the Lizard, but not vice-versa.
3. I thought the adorable little romance worked. It is similar to things I've seen amongst high schoolers before when working with them, the romances blossom quickly and some even occasionally have something to them.
4. Flash was less Peter's buddy and more less antagonistic towards him. It all had to do with Ben dying, no one really wanted to be THAT much of a monster with that situation.
All in all your other complaints are some that I had, but I still liked it better than Raimi's first movie. Toby MacGuire was pathetic as Peter Parker, and Peter was always supposed to be more human, funny, AND pathetic. I thought Garfield nailed that pretty well and Emma Stone will make a good Gwen if given more time.
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