"The Amazing Spider-Man" is pretty good

Rating: 8/10 (19 May 2014)

In honor for the the release of "The Amazing Spider-Man 2," I decided to review this before going to see the sequel. So, with that said, here is my review. Five years after "Spider-Man 3" came out, which it received mixed reaction by critics and fans alike Sam Raimi and the rest of cast of the original three movies decided to leave the franchise, and have Sony reboot it with a new director and a new set of cast. Marc Webb, director of one of my favorite movies of 2009 500 Days of Summer comes in to direct along with Andrew Garfield taking over the role of Spider-Man and his alter ego Peter Parker. I did go see this movie in theaters, and I really like it. However, I don't love it as much as what others say. You want to know why? Well, I wasn't really that much fond of rebooting series and have Sam Raimi along with the original cast leave the franchise, and not do a fourth Spider-Man movie. I understand that "Spider-Man 3" left many comic book fans disappointed, and consider to be the worst of the series. To me, I don't hate "Spider-Man 3" as what they said. I can see what were the problems in that movie, but I still have so fun with it and I do wish if there was a "Spider-Man 4." Raimi did said that he was unhappy with the results, but does not hated it; he also said that he wanted go back to basics like what the original first two movies were. The unmade fourth movie was going to feature the Lizard or Vulture in this movie, and maybe feature Felicia Hardy as the Black Cat; although they were going to make her as the Vulturess instead which it sounds lame, but they can at least rewrite it and make her the Black Cat as the character should be. But nope, the people at Sony decided to reboot the franchise instead of continuing it. So much of the disagreements between Sony and Raimi had. I still would've love see "Spider-Man 4" happening, but nevertheless, I did accepted it as a conclusion for Sam Raimi's trilogy. So that is one of the problems that I had with "The Amazing Spider-Man." Also, I thought James Horner's score along with the Spider Man theme isn't as amazing as Danny Elfman's; its not bad though, but its not one of my favorites. Lastly, we don't need to tell Spider-Man's origin story again. I understand why it needed to be told because we never see Peter Parker's parents in the original movies, and trying to make Uncle Ben's killer right because of what happened in "Spider-Man 3." It is well told, but it still doesn't need to be told again. The movie itself is almost like watching the original first Spider-Man movie all over again, and it makes you wonder what is the point. If they just take out the origin, then maybe the movie would be a little better. So those are my problems with the movie. Despite some of the flaws that I mention, I did thought that Marc Webb had done a terrific job on directing the movie, while Andrew Garfield does a great job to play both Spider-Man and Peter Parker. No need to compare which Spider-Man is better because I enjoy Garfield's and Tobey Maguire's for each of their own take. Emma Stone I will admit is a much better Gwen Stacey than what Bryce Dallas Howard did in "Spider-Man 3." Howard is okay, but I prefer Stone's more. The relationship between Peter and Gwen is quite good, but I rather much prefer Peter and Mary Jane because that is how I remember as a kid growing up when there was the 1994 animated series. Martin Sheen and Sally Field were great as Peter's uncle and aunt, while Rhys Ifans does a fine job as the Lizard. The special effects are pretty darn good. The suit that Spider-Man wore is not bad, but I prefer the old suit in the original movies more. The action scenes were fine, but there is nothing spectacular about it. So that is all I got to say about whats good and bad about it. "The Amazing Spider-Man" is pretty good, and I give it an 8 out of 10. Seriously, I still wish if there was a "Spider-Man 4."