This version, The Amazing Spider-Man shows a slightly different side to Peter Parker and his story while still keeping some aspects of the original trilogy. Peter is still a geeky teenager, this time with a skateboard in tow. He’s still into photography, he’s still a geeky science lover (due to what his father does/ did) and he doesn’t have friends and gets picked on at school. However, there is no Mary Jane in this film and instead we have the love interest in the form of another girl.
As I didn’t like Toby Maguire, I was just as unsure of Andrew Garfield who I had never heard of before this film, maybe that was why I was so unsure. However, I liked him a whole lot more as Peter. While he played a geeky character, he was not quite as strange as Toby Maguire. I found his character (even though it was the same character) to me much more likeable and I warmed to him quickly. I also thought he showed a much braver and stronger side to him than I was expecting which I thought was a good addition to him. I also found the way in which he became Spider-Man to be more interesting, although again, pretty much done in the same way.
I think a lot of this was due to the plot differences. I loved the inclusion of Dr. Curt Connors who was played by Rhys Ifans. As Dr. Connors was Peter’s father’s partner, there was a background story to discover. Although I think this could have been done in a bit more detail, I think it gave Peter a great reason for going to Oscorp in the first place. He wanted to find out more about his parents and he knew that only Dr. Connors could have explained anything about what happened/ about what his father was like. I felt a real connection between these two characters early on in the film which was a nice touch. Ifans was fantastic as Dr. Connors who later turns into Lizard.
In comparison to the other Spider Man film, I preferred this villain due to there being a sort of awkward friendship between the two characters, which wasn’t there in the other film. When Dr. Connors becomes Lizard, he changes completely into an angry and resentful person (?). I loved how this showed exactly what the effects of untested drugs could do to a person, along with the obvious problem of being turned into a lizard. Ifans was able to be a nice character and show sympathy and empathy whilst also playing someone who was mean and hateful.
I absolutely loved Emma Stone as the love interest Gwen. She was one of the biggest reasons why I wanted to see this film to begin with as I have loved her in everything she has been in. Her character is slowly brought in to Peter’s life as he begins to get to grips with his abilities. She has an interesting family relationship, which affects Peter very much as he becomes Spider-Man. These things mixed in with her personality and likeability, made her a great character and one which really made the film better overall. I do think that she could have been used more in a few places but I’m hoping the next film brings in her character more.
Yes, there will be a sequel. Or a few. If this first film is anything to go by though, I think this will be a fantastic series overall and I can’t wait for the next release in 2014 now.
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This review is from: The Amazing Spider-Man (Blu-ray 3D + UV Copy) [2012][Region Free] (Blu-ray)
No need to talk about plot as plenty of reviews on here already.
I wanted to comment on the 3D transfer on this film and the quality.
Audio DTS HD is very impressive
3D quality not so good.. Its hit and miss, some parts are good and yet some parts are completely out of focus.
This film was used using a new 3D camera and as such smaller 3D rigs and set ups were required. But they’ve added too much depth to some scenes which results in poor focusing on the focal point. Also they’ve not adjusted the colour or brightness on this to compensate for the 3D screens, the films looks dark.
The massive use of CGI has also not worked well, some CGI looks dated – helicopters in CGI are just stupid , why not use real ones!
When you see the quality of Promethius and then see this, you think this film is 2 years old. Even Avengers which was converted to 3D from 2D looks better.
Some stuff looks good, but on the whole a very disappointing 3D transfer.
Also there is a scene when Spiderman is attacking the car thief where either some frames have been dropped or the editing team messed up the scene change.
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Have to say having watched previous versions of Spiderman Movies I was keen to watch the Amazing Spiderman as I was not a big fan of Spiderman 2 and 3. I found the last 2 Spiderman movies extremely boring and had lost my love with this superhero. I can say though that after watching this movie my love affair with Spiderman has been reignited especially due to Andrew Garfield. He captured the essence of Spiderman perfectly and I loved the whole script. Can’t wait for the 2nd one!!!!!
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This Spider-Man is Amazing,
This version, The Amazing Spider-Man shows a slightly different side to Peter Parker and his story while still keeping some aspects of the original trilogy. Peter is still a geeky teenager, this time with a skateboard in tow. He’s still into photography, he’s still a geeky science lover (due to what his father does/ did) and he doesn’t have friends and gets picked on at school. However, there is no Mary Jane in this film and instead we have the love interest in the form of another girl.
As I didn’t like Toby Maguire, I was just as unsure of Andrew Garfield who I had never heard of before this film, maybe that was why I was so unsure. However, I liked him a whole lot more as Peter. While he played a geeky character, he was not quite as strange as Toby Maguire. I found his character (even though it was the same character) to me much more likeable and I warmed to him quickly. I also thought he showed a much braver and stronger side to him than I was expecting which I thought was a good addition to him. I also found the way in which he became Spider-Man to be more interesting, although again, pretty much done in the same way.
I think a lot of this was due to the plot differences. I loved the inclusion of Dr. Curt Connors who was played by Rhys Ifans. As Dr. Connors was Peter’s father’s partner, there was a background story to discover. Although I think this could have been done in a bit more detail, I think it gave Peter a great reason for going to Oscorp in the first place. He wanted to find out more about his parents and he knew that only Dr. Connors could have explained anything about what happened/ about what his father was like. I felt a real connection between these two characters early on in the film which was a nice touch. Ifans was fantastic as Dr. Connors who later turns into Lizard.
In comparison to the other Spider Man film, I preferred this villain due to there being a sort of awkward friendship between the two characters, which wasn’t there in the other film. When Dr. Connors becomes Lizard, he changes completely into an angry and resentful person (?). I loved how this showed exactly what the effects of untested drugs could do to a person, along with the obvious problem of being turned into a lizard. Ifans was able to be a nice character and show sympathy and empathy whilst also playing someone who was mean and hateful.
I absolutely loved Emma Stone as the love interest Gwen. She was one of the biggest reasons why I wanted to see this film to begin with as I have loved her in everything she has been in. Her character is slowly brought in to Peter’s life as he begins to get to grips with his abilities. She has an interesting family relationship, which affects Peter very much as he becomes Spider-Man. These things mixed in with her personality and likeability, made her a great character and one which really made the film better overall. I do think that she could have been used more in a few places but I’m hoping the next film brings in her character more.
Yes, there will be a sequel. Or a few. If this first film is anything to go by though, I think this will be a fantastic series overall and I can’t wait for the next release in 2014 now.
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|Review of 3D Bluray Version,
No need to talk about plot as plenty of reviews on here already.
I wanted to comment on the 3D transfer on this film and the quality.
Audio DTS HD is very impressive
3D quality not so good.. Its hit and miss, some parts are good and yet some parts are completely out of focus.
This film was used using a new 3D camera and as such smaller 3D rigs and set ups were required. But they’ve added too much depth to some scenes which results in poor focusing on the focal point. Also they’ve not adjusted the colour or brightness on this to compensate for the 3D screens, the films looks dark.
The massive use of CGI has also not worked well, some CGI looks dated – helicopters in CGI are just stupid , why not use real ones!
When you see the quality of Promethius and then see this, you think this film is 2 years old. Even Avengers which was converted to 3D from 2D looks better.
Some stuff looks good, but on the whole a very disappointing 3D transfer.
Also there is a scene when Spiderman is attacking the car thief where either some frames have been dropped or the editing team messed up the scene change.
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|Amazing Garfield,
Have to say having watched previous versions of Spiderman Movies I was keen to watch the Amazing Spiderman as I was not a big fan of Spiderman 2 and 3. I found the last 2 Spiderman movies extremely boring and had lost my love with this superhero. I can say though that after watching this movie my love affair with Spiderman has been reignited especially due to Andrew Garfield. He captured the essence of Spiderman perfectly and I loved the whole script. Can’t wait for the 2nd one!!!!!
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