Pretty Good Remake

Rating: 7/10 (11 November 2012)

I hate to admit this but I watched this movie and caught myself quietly cheering, 'Toby! – Toby! – Toby!' Alas Andrew Garfield did a fine and I was cheering for his version of Spiderman as well. Did he do as well as Toby – I won't tell – and that is not fare. My feelings on Martin Sheen and Sally Field are all over the board – both are great actors in their own rights – but tend to wear their political affiliations on their sleeves like arm-bands. That being said, I am surprised that there wasn't any in-your-face-and-not-so-hidden-hidden message in the movie. Well I guess there actually were some. Let's see there was an anti-science - anti-business themebut that is the definition of a 'safe' bad guy. The evil big bad scientist or businessman – phew – as long as real criminals are not offended – we are just plain swell. Oops, sorry, back to the movie. The special effects were very well done, but did not override the storylinetoo much. The actors all did a good job and the story did keep my interest. I would recommend this movie – highly.