It's Amazing!

Rating: 9/10 (3 July 2012)

When I first heard that Spiderman was being rebooted, I was like, "Why?" But I'm happy to report that this turned out to be an INCREDIBLE film! I just don't know where to begin.
Let's start with the performances. WOW! The story had a lot with this one, but I hadn't been this emotionally invested into characters since.... well, I don't know when. For a comic book movie, the performances were powerful this time around. For once, we have a Peter Parker that really felt like a Peter Parker. Tobey Maguire was okay, but Andrew Garfield just nailed it. Emma Stone as Gwen Stacey, well, I just don't know who could play that part better. The real show stealer is Denis Leary as Gwen's dad. But then again, I love Denis Leary anyway.
The story is almost essentially the same as the first Sam Raimi Spiderman movie but just replace Hob Goblin with The Lizard and, well, okay, there are a few differences here and there but the way the story was handled, it felt fresh. It felt more human this time around, almost darker. The film even took some chances like how Spiderman goes into the sewer and makes this web concoction thing and just waits. While I'm at it, I really like the touches with the lizards foreshadowing that Lizard is around and the spider that follows Peter.
If there are some things I didn't like about The Amazing Spiderman that would be the fact that whenever Lizard talks, he's less menacing. He also looks like one of the Goomba characters from that Super Mario Bros movie. Also, why would Peter Parker plant stuff around with his name on it? For a genius, that's pretty stupid.
But besides that, this is a great movie! It's a comic book movie with emotion and solid performances. It may even beat out The Avengers. That's a tough call since Robert Downey Jr. is awesome. Dark Knight Rises better be good, because the competition is fierce this year!