Brilliant action film with a lot of Emotion

Rating: 9/10 (4 July 2012)

Saw this film last night on the first showing, and I loved every minute of it. I went into the film excited and did not come out disappointed. With a very strong cast and great director the Amazing Spider-man mixes emotion and action extremely well. Andrew Garfield is a perfect choice for Peter Parker/ Spider-man and he brings a whole new style to the character which was very well received. Emma Stone is a great female lead and brings Gwen Stacy to life the way she was meant to have been. The rest of the cast also bring strong performances and make us believe these characters are real. The story plays out well although there is some plot holes e.g the uncle Ben murder story is dropped very quickly and the lizard is not given enough screen time. Other than that the plot is brilliant and brings something new to the origin story. Some reviews have complained that there were no stand out scenes like the first spider-man but i have to disagree. the scene were Dr. Connor's arm grows back is well done as is the Lizard transformation. One scene in particular stood out to me and it was the Crane scene. It was beautifully done and quite emotional as all of New York teamed together to provide a clear path for Spider-man in his time of need. The uncle Ben death is also played out far better than in Spider-man 1 and shows Peter dealing with it in a different way. the action sequences may have been short but were beautifully played out and the last 40 seconds of the film really highlight Spider-mans agility and powers. This movie may not be a game changer but it certainly out does the first 3.