Friday, 6 July 2012

The Amazing Spider-Man

I haven't got time to write a proper review of The Amazing Spider-Man because I'm going to Wales in a minute, but let me just say that if you're going to reboot a still-warm film series that everyone over the age of ten still remembers quite clearly, then you'd better have a bloody good reason for doing so. When people like Joss Whedon and Chris Nolan are taking superheroes to places that didn't exist a few years ago, your film needs to do something pretty spectacular with the genre and the character, not just parp out another hour-long origin story followed by a tedious punch-up with a weak, unconvincing CG villain.

The Amazing Spider-Man fails at all of this and more. And I, for one, am not happy about it.

5 comments :

  1. Anonymous6 July 2012 at 19:18

    I thought Amazing Spider-Man was better than Avengers Assemble. It both had more emotional depth and it made me laugh more.

    Needless to say, it was better than all Sam Raimi's cheesy films.

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  2. Legendre Thirst9 July 2012 at 17:58

    I don't think they could have continued the stinking turd-fest that Sam Raimi made of Spider-Man without a reboot. It's a shame they had to start over again but I think the new film is the Spidey film we should have had in the first place. Why couldn't they go on? Because a hayseed Peter Parker is lame. Because Spider-Man doesn't shoot webs out of his wrists or pine away for Mary Jane like some pathetic apple doll of a man. Because Spider-man doesn't have a dark, emo/Jim Carrey side when the Venom alien gets on him. Because Doc Ock doesn't die. Because Spider-man is a smart ass from day one. Because they omitted so much of the lore (from the original series & the Ultimate series) that there was no snap and nowhere authentic to go.

    Thwip.

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  3. Legendre Thirst9 July 2012 at 18:00

    That said, the Lizard *was* under-written and lame.

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  4. Tony Cox9 July 2012 at 18:52

    The amazing look alike picture to your picture is one of Beaker from the Muppet Show. http://www.claireramus.com/leadership/muppetnotmartyr/attachment/beaker-muppet-3/

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  5. Unknown10 July 2012 at 11:45

    Seen it, it was terrible. I fell asleep. Origin story? ohh thats what we wanted!! Thanks!!

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