The Amazing Spiderman

Rating: 9/10 (5 May 2014)

I loved this movie. What people seem to forget is that Spidey has been a superhero for a while now. and that everything is basically a day to day for him. What the focus of the movie is, is the promise he made to Gwen's father, and his relationship with Gwen. It is basically a love story. They want to be together, but they have all these obstacles in their way. Spiderman is torn between letting her go, keeping her safe, and away from the dangerous life of being a superhero. and being with her. what we learn in this movie is that Peter was meant to become Spiderman, his father genetically linked it to him. I don't think he intended for Peter to become Spiderman, that's not what I am saying, but it does feel a little as if Peter went looking for it. It was his destiny. The action sequences/special effects is just a bonus. The story is quite simple. not over stuffed like some critics are saying, or that the story is disjointed, also not true.
You get two kinds of critics, those who walk into a cinema, thinking about what they want to see, and then they judge every second, how they can use whatever happens to write a negative review. and then you get people who watch a movie with no expectation, and just get taken by the story, they later reflect on what they saw, and judge the movie as a complete package. The Amazing Spiderman was a great story. I was on the edge of my seat, and the ending was shocking and beautifully done. The Spidey-web-hand reaching out will join my list of best movie moments of all time. like the pear in the road in City of Angels, the hand on the screen in Armageddon, the red shoelaces in Up Close and Personal. The white handkerchief in Braveheart.