Friday, 21 December 2012

Films in 100: The Amazing Spiderman (2012)

The Amazing Spiderman (Marc Webb, 2012)
Starring: Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Rhys Ifans, Denis Leary, Martin Sheen, Sally Field.

The teen romance plays well due to the chemistry between Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone. Superhero wise, however, the film is not great. The use of the same air solvent concept as Batman Begins (2005) leaves a feeling of familiarity and removed threat. This threat is further removed by a terrible villain, a CGI Lizard, leaving the audience pining for Raimi's version. Garfield puts in the best performance he can, but still seems to end up talking about algorithms, leading me to wonder why I wasn't watching The Social Network (2010). Distinctly mediocre.

2.5/5

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