A short review

Rating: 10/10 (8 July 2012)

I really do not understand why so many people are hating this movie, it is a lot closer to comics and generally much better than the original Spider-Man trilogy. I enjoyed Spider-Man 1 and 2 but I have always hated how they changed the story so much and the acting. Tobey Mcguire is a good actor, he really is, but he was a pretty bad Peter Parker/Spider- Man and Kirsten Dunst as Mary-Jane (who I have always hated in the comics as well) was so incredibly annoying and bland. Andrew Garfield is a perfect choice for Peter Parker and Spider-Man and played the role very well. Gwen Stacy is my favourite romantic partner in the comics (because she actually does something as opposed to Mary-Jane who was useless and moaned at Peter for being Spider-Man) and Emma Stone was also perfect for the role. Admittedly, the Lizard is not my favourite Spider-Man villain, in fact he is one of my least favourites, and also I wasn't particularly fond of the design of the Lizard in the movie, he turned out to be an interesting and decent villain, plus Rhys Ifans is a fantastic actor so it couldn't have gone wrong there. Overall, the Amazing Spider-Man is definitely the best of the Spider-Man films and I know it wouldn't get half of the complaints it is receiving if the Raimi trilogy didn't exist as people can't just seem to move on. They would not have been satisfied if they had just made Spider-Man 4, look at how much the 3rd film changed the entire story and how badly it ruined the trilogy, giving THAT a sequel would have been awful, just look into what Sam Raimi said he would have done. Vulture I could have dealt with, but having Felica Hardy not as the Black Cat but turning her into a super powered villain that doesn't even exist? It makes me wonder how Sam Raimi was even allowed to make Spider-Man films in the first place, no wonder Sony wanted to reboot the franchise. Anyway, coming back to the Amazing Spider-Man, it truly does live up to it's name, good plot, believable acting, and just a brilliant Spider-Man film.