THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN - "A younger, dark, slick and funny re-incarnation of the franchise. With it's quick wit, fresh take and special effects, it's definitely a hit."
After three Spider-man movies in the recent times, one may have thought one more movie that tries to re-start the franchise would be just another re-make. But I guess any movie that is made well and with the right elements can click. I guess that's what happened with this movie.
Andrew Garfield's take on this masked superhero is different from Tobey Maguire's portrayal that he makes the character his own. This Spider-man is really a teenager with an amazing intellect and camera skills, but he's not just some geeky boy with glasses who gets stung by a spider, this guy has a personal story to his evolution into Spider-man.
The introduction of his parents into the story adds a very slick layer of complexity which helps marry his story with genetics and his curiosity to to unravel his history and of course a chance to show him grow from just the teenager into a guy who realizes his responsibility. But as usual, Uncle Ben had to die for Peter Parker to become Spider-man, but this movie added a lot more depth to his character, to show where he gets his morals and what drives him down the road he goes. The bad guy in this movie is also bears a notable mention - the Lizard, who's fights and spars with Spidey provide a sense of reality to something that is so deep in science fiction that it could never be real.
What's the one thing that takes away points from this movie? Well that would be Irrfan Khan's portrayal of the Oscorp flunkie who wants to test out the miracle cure on the world. In the entire movie, it was only his performance that was flat and bereft of any emotion or connection to any of the other characters.
But eventually, the big question is if this movie worked? I think it went beyond worked, it surpassed the previous version and has created for itself an opportunity to sit right below the Dark Knight in terms of super hero movies, but all that depends on how they follow this movie up.
My Rating - 4 on 5
- Rahul
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