Re: The Amazing Spider-Man
Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 10:58 pm
Anung wrote:Seen this tonight. Thought it was really good. Andrew Garfield is an excellent Peter Parker and Spider-man and much better than Tobey. Emma Stone is lovely and Martin Sheen made an excellent Uncle Ben. Ifans was a good as Curt Connors and the Lizard wasn't as bad as I expected.....his body looked good, should have kept him in rags though and his face was super gooseberry fool. Nailed Spideys powers though his web swinging and agility were amazing.
Flaws were that they obviously messed with the story and took some of the aspects out parents angle with his powers and Dr. Ratha they should have used the line "With great power...etc etc" and it would have fitted in perfectly with uncle bens phone speech bit I thought that Peters character arc was much better explored in this and am genuinely looking forward to a sequel.
EDIT: thought the score was underwhelming and American Flags
Agree with all this. I thought the 3D was pretty great, though. Really quite noticeable in places and definitely added to some of the web-slinging bits. Neat shot at the end where he zips out of the screen, too.
One other thing I'd mention is that there were a few tonally jarring moments. When things got a little more serious, Spidey was still cracking wise, and his quips sounded out of place. I'm not saying all superhero films have to be The Dark Knight, but The Avengers seemed to know when to unleash the gags and when to put its serious face on. A decent start, but it was curiously unexciting at times. One or two set-pieces fell slightly flat, but Garfield and Stone had real chemistry and the acting was great pretty much across the board.