I have to admit when I first heard about the remake of Spider Man, I was a bit skeptical. However, when I watched the Amazing Spider-Man it was well…amazing! The story begins when young Peter Parker is left to live his Uncle Ben and Aunt May by his parents, while they leave to sort out an undisclosed ordeal. They promise to return to him, but they mysteriously disappear. His uncle and aunt step in as his parents and they become a tight knit family.
They guide him through the growing pains of adolescence such as bullying, love and finding himself. In a different scene, he goes through his basement and he finds his father’s personal belongings. One of the items in particular, connect him to his father’s colleague of Oscorp, Dr. Curt Connors. As the story progresses, the two become the alter egos of themselves: Peter Parker as Spider-Man and Dr. Connors as the Lizards. With their new found powers they hold their fate as well as the fate of the citizens of New York City.
There was not a lot of special effect in this movie, like the last one. That’s fine though. Sometimes, too much CGI kills the movie and takes away from the actual story. Audiences got to see Spider-Man in a different light: the man behind the mask. You see Peter Parker as this unpopular teenager and deal with his grown pains. Then upon that get bitten by a mutant spider and still have to understand his new mutant powers. So, he has to find himself again. Forgive me if you have not watched the movie yet, but in one scene you see Peter Parker don his suit for the first time and he trying to save a little boy from falling to his doom. The boy is scared, because he’s never seen a creature like him before. Then, Parker took off his mask to reveal to the boy he was human. After revealing his face, the boy trusts him and Parker/Spider-Man saves him. What is great about the movie is the human connections. You witness whether these Spider-Man characters are mutant or human, they have contributed to their society for better or for worse. To refer to Uncle Ben’s quote, “If you have a good talent, use it to do good.” Everyone from Spider-Man to an ordinary person helped to save the day from the clutches of Mr. Lizard/ Dr. Conners. Yet even in this movie, you see Mr. Lizard/Dr. Conners, an archnemisis of Spider-Man struggle with his own human frailties and moralities.
Director Marc Web did a great putting this movie together and the actors of for this remake were well chosen. Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone portrayed Peter Parker and Gwen Stacy very well. I liked in particularly how Garfield captured this character and made him relatable.
Martin Sheen and Sally Field did a great job playing as Uncle Ben and Aunt May. And Rhys Ifans was superb as Dr. Conner/Mr. Lizard. A little Dr. Jerkel and Mr. Hyde thing going on in his character.
There were a few unsolved things in the movie. Will Peter ever know what happen to his parents? Does he ever find his Uncle’s killer? If there is a sequel, it will hopefully be unrevealed there.
The previous Spider-Man movies will always be in heart, but I have to say I enjoyed this movie too. I will give this show 5/5 reading glasses.
