Not A Comic Book Guy

Rating: 9/10 (19 May 2014)

I went into this movie not a comic book person. I think it may've been helpful in just letting the story be absorbed. There's something about Marc Webb's storytelling that really hits the adolescent side of me. All the good parts of it. The first love. The lost love. He just is very tuned into the pain of that loss and the ability to move forward. That's how I felt about AMS2. This was an gentle rendition of this series that added a lot more character development in a storyline that is all too familiar. I really enjoyed that Garfield's Peter Parker is an authentic teen. He is trapped in a vortex of whether or not his desire in life can outweigh his responsibility. Something that echoes, without being overbearing, in the voice of his dead uncle. You get that he is a very haunted person.
I feel, for the most part, this isn't really a comic book movie. It's got comic book characters. But it seems to be more a great drama. Very well done and a nice puzzle piece to the new rebooted series. Can't wait to see what's next.