Secrets have a cost. They're not free. Not now, not ever.
-Aunt May (The Amazing Spider-Man)
-Aunt May (The Amazing Spider-Man)
The Amazing Spider-Man's storyline showed Peter Parker on a quest to discover about the disappearance of his parents when he was young.The plot was fresh and justified the film's tagline (The Untold Story Begins) and it took the plot into deep places that Sam Raimi's Spider-Man never took.Well,what I mean is,TASM plot deepened and became serious because of the "discovering the past" theme and somehow,I liked that plot point better now than Spider-Man's plot that dealt with responsibility.But I really don't know,both plots from the 2 films are great but for me it's hard to decide which is the superior one.Maybe it's Spider-Man's because it is very valuable,but still,TASM's plot is still valuable because of the other theme that dealt with discovering who you really are.Despite the freshness of The Amazing Spider-Man's storyline,it still managed to homage some of Spider-Man's plot points such as "the scientist turning into a creature" scheme,The killing of Ben Parker,Peter hunting down Uncle Ben's murderer and so on and so forth which still felt like watching Spider-Man only darker in tone.And since I noticed those redundancies,the plot was still fresh but still managed to represent some plot points from Spider-Man.
In The Amazing Spider-Man,we are reintroduced to Peter Parker,only this time played by a new actor in the name of Andrew Garfield.Andrew Garfield played a moody and emotional Peter Parker.Spider-Man's Tobey Maguire was also emotional,but occasionally.If you're asking who's the better one in portraying Peter Parker,I would say both.Both were fresh in those times,both are great and both have wonderful acting.But IMO,Andrew's performance just ties in with Maguire's.'Nuff said.I really didn't knew he would become one great Peter Parker until I saw him act as one here.And he was so happy he landed the role.From what I read in an article,playing Spider-Man was his dream and his dream became a reality.And he was really great,seeing him act.In this film,we also reintroduced to Gwen Stacy only this time,instead of being portrayed by Bryce Dallas Howard,she's played by the vivacious,amazing Emma Stone.In my opinion,Emma Stone's performance was even better than Kirsten Dunst in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy in playing Peter's love interest.But,Kirsten did a good job too in Raimi's Spidey trilogy but I just thought that Emma was better in playing the hero's damsel.Rhys Ifans plays Dr.Curt Connors/The Lizard here and I thought he was good.He was strong in his performance.But I thought Willem Dafoe's performance as Norman Osborn/Green Goblin in Spider-Man was a tad better.But still,both were good and the 2 did well.But what I did like in both of the actors' performances is,that even though they played villains,both had heart somehow.Denis Leary plays Capt.Stacy (Gwen's dad) and he did a good job in playing the role.He had a cop's bad-ass virtue and also,a soft heart.And he was somehow,heartwarming and also reminded me of Norman Osborn's last words in Spider-Man.Meanwhile,Apocalypse Now veteran Martin Sheen plays Uncle Ben,who then again gets shot.Well,between the two Uncle Bens (Martin Sheen & Cliff Robertson's) I would vote for Cliff Robertson's because he was more emotional during his death scene and he brought a better message to the viewers.Well,Martin Sheen made a good Uncle Ben too,but Cliff was better.If you noticed how I tackled the performances and how I compared them is because almost all of the actors here were both superior and inferior to their Raimi Spider-Man trilogy equivalents.But all along the way,both of the performances in both films are just good.
The Amazing Spider-Man's cinematography felt more realistic this time and it felt more close-up.And one of the best things I loved in the cinematography was the dark tinting.If Raimi's Spider-Man had a light,orangey tint,this one had a dark bluish tint that made the film better since the film had a dark plot.Albeit having dark tinting,the film's color palette still looked vibrant because of the flashing lights of NYC specially during the film's climax.And speaking of cinematography,Spider-Man's web-swinging through the busy streets of The Big Apple never looked better and sharper.It felt like during Spidey was swinging,he brought a video cam with him.Taking over Danny Elfman in the score was James Horner (Titanic).The eeriness of Horner's score improved the film's dark vibe.But if I would compare the two great scorers,I would say both.Both of them did a tremendous job in scoring both films.Horner's score was dark and intense while Elfman's was comic-booky and cheesy.The Amazing Spider-Man was (In My Words) Spider-Man only more intense and deeply emotional but still managed to balance the dark and light.And you could feel TASM's dark vibe better thanks to Horner's score and the dark tinting.
Marc Webb's direction on The Amazing Spider-Man was brilliant and somehow,outdone Sam Raimi's direction on the first Spider-Man.It's because he tried to experiment Spider-Man taking a dark direction and a deeper plot.Which thankfully succeeded.He was a great director for this film.And I loved the fact that even though the film was dark (like what I said above) he was still able to mix light into the dark.
The Amazing Spider-Man is a great remake/reboot that lived up to the original even though it was fresh and different.Marc Webb was a great choice as the new director for the new Spider-Man film.I can't wait to see the results of him directing the sequel.But it will be definitely great and might outdo the first film.
The Amazing Spider-Man is dazzling and captivating thanks to Marc Webb's great directorial efforts,the incredible visuals and James Horner's dark,eerie,and sometimes emotional score and also because of the amazing acting talents of the fresh cast.Therefore,The Amazing Spider-Man gets an amazing 7.8 stars over 10.
*Its' sequel,The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is swinging into theaters May 2014.
**The Amazing Spider-Man is available to own on DVD & Blu-Ray distributed by Magnavision Home Video.Also available on DVD are Sam Raimi's Spider-Man Trilogy also distributed by said distributor.
Anyway,why not check out this funny clip from the film:
*Video clip courtesy of Movieclips.com & Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.
(c) 2012 Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
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