The Amazing Spider-Man is the new Batman Begins

Rating: 9/10 (3 July 2012)

The Original Spider-Man Trilogy ended the same way as the original Batman series did, sort of. Both started off strong (Spider-Man 1&2 and Batman 1&2) and both ended with a bang, and not in the good way (Spider-Man 3 and Batman 3&4). Then, both got reboots. Batman's reboot entitled Batman Begins was a critical and box office success which set up one of the greatest films of all time entitled The Dark Knight which gets its sequel, The Dark Knight Rises, this summer. Spider-Man's reboot has so far closed the deal on at least 2 more films, and in my opinion, Marvel's version of Christopher Nolan's Batman series. The Amazing Spider-Man, just like Batman Begins, used Drama to a great effect and showed the more humane sides of both Peter Parker and Bruce Wayne. Just like Christian Bale did with Batman, Andrew Garfield delivers a great performance as Spider-Man, maybe even better than Tobey Maguire's version. The Acting was very good with Sally Field, Rhys Ifans, Emma Stone, and Martin Sheen all giving wonderful performances as Aunt May, The Lizzard, Gwen Stacy, and Uncle Ben, respectfully. Garfield and Stone share great chemistry on screen and Ifans gives a great performance which ranks him up there with Alfred Molina as one of the best comic book villains portrayed on the big screen ever. The story was very good as was the action and drama. The film definitely sets up a sequel and who knows what could happen. One of my favorite comic book films of all time and a MUST watch. I give it an A+ and a 9/10.