It is inevitable to compare the friendly
neighborhood spidey with the amazing spidey. With that being said we must admit
that The Amazing Spider-Man is a bold attempt from director Marc Webb. It is
not easy to erase Spider-Man series starring Tobey Maguire, from the hearts of
fans across the world but then, we guess director is not trying to do that
either. Hollywood is calling this as a reboot of the Spider-Man franchise.
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Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker aka Spider-Man
has managed to live and breathe the character in a unique way. His character is
funnier, has attitude and is of course amazing! Although it could be
questionable during the climax of the movie.
Unlike
Tobey, this one isn’t a ‘loser’, and in fact enjoys his superhero powers. He
doesn’t have too much trouble accepting his newfound talent and cracks a joke
or two while fighting the bad guy.
Emma Stone as Gwen Stacy is a smart, charismatic
and rebellious girl and does not make you miss Kirsten Dunst as MJ. The story
is more meaningful with the writer telling us how Peter Parker lands up with Mr
& Mrs. Ben or be it how Spider-Man shoots web from his hands. Director Marc
Webb has really tried hard in re-presenting iconic dialogue of uncle Ben about
great powers and responsibility with a paragraph long advise which fails to
leave an impression however the famous kissing scene between upside down
Spider-Man and MJ has been replaced with more likeable situation and gets
applauded by the audiences.
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So, with the movie tweaked here and there its a
familiar story that you can look forward to. Antagonist Dr. Connors (Rhys
Ifans) as The Lizard is the key scientist who is amputated at Oscorps' and has
been working all his life to develop a formula that can help in regeneration of
human body. Finally, he gets the formula thanks to Peter Parker and does a
human trial on himself and things go terribly wrong and transforming him into a
Lizard. Comparing him to Goblin as super villain, you will feel Goblin was
definitely far better but who cares? There are other stuff in the movie that
keep it engaging and worth watching for example chemistry between real life
(speculations!) couple Andrew and Emma.
If we remember, Irfan khan was touted as the
villain in the next Spider-Man movie but unfortunately his role is even shorter
than that of Anil Kapoor in Mission Impossible 4. None the less, the kind of
amazing actor Irfan is, he has definitely left a mark even with the short
screen time given to him.
The visual effects are mind blowing specially
during the climax of the movie and watching it in IMAX or 3D just adds more to
it.
The Amazing Spider-Man has already raked in
moolah last weekend and if you missed it then its time to go-watch-get amazed.
