Old Spidey VS New Spidey!

Rating: 5/10 (27 September 2012)

Whether it's because I'm a fan or not I don't think The Amazing Spider-Man is a winner over Sam Raimi's Spider-Man in 2002. Of course it may be raking in the profit with a gross income of $696,859,765 (worldwide) and with Spider-Man slightly ahead with $821,708,551 (worldwide) but this has no impact on my overall thoughts for the new movie. Okay, it is professional, it has attractive camera shots, the sound is amazing, and the acting is good, as is the storyline. Considering all the positive things I have just said you are probably thinking, 'Well what is wrong with it then?'. I wouldn't go as far and say that it is wrong however I feel that although the storyline differs this doesn't happen from the start of the film. The structure of the new Spidey follows the old structure from the original Spidey film. For example the mistake that leads Parker to think he was responsible for the murder of his uncle; in Spider-Man, the guy at the wrestling place doesn't give Parker the full amount of money he had won so he let the burglar go who we are made to believe is the killer of Parkers uncle. In The Amazing Spider-Man a similar situation occurs when Peter is trying to buy something from the shop and is slightly short of change but the shop keeper won't let him off so he again lets the burglar go which leads to the same consequence.
As well as the story having similarities I feel that true fans to the movie Spider-Man will be disappointed with the new movie because the original cast who made Spider-Man so successful have changed. Like everybody says that a film is never the same without the original cast, and although the storyline differed from the middle to the end of the film it would have been nice to see this new chapter of the Spider-Man stories with the original cast as Spider-Man 4.
Shantell Sabbar