What Will They Sling Next?
When the reboot of the Spider-Man
franchise was announced, I like many folks was skeptical of the outcome. But
color me pleasantly surprised that the reimagining of a classic story actually
works.
Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield) is
a college student that is smart and involved. Taking pictures and documenting
high school life as it happens leads him to make some friends, and other “enemies”.
He has always been attracted to the exciting Gwen Stacy (Emma Stone). Gwen is
one of those girls that has it all. She’s not only attractive but intelligent
to boot.
Parker’s dad had left him when he was young with his Aunt May (Sally Field) and Uncle Ben (Martin Sheen). When he is looking deeper to find out what happened to his dad he is drawn to Dr. Curt Connors (Rhys Ifans). Connors was a friend of his father and Parker finds a way to get close to him. Gwen happens to be his assistant and Peter and Gwen are able to get close.
So without going into much more on
the plot at this point…Peter’s bitten by a spider, and love. Gwen’s bitten by
love. And the city is bitten by a giant lizard. Oh and let me mention that
Denis Leary is a police chief that doesn’t like Spider-Man, even though he is
trying to help. Now will Spider-Man save the city? Will he get together with
Gwen? And just who is this “lizard” character?
Everyone will compare this film to
the Sam Raimi effort as they are so close together and telling the same story.
But let’s take a minute and just look at this film. Andrew Garfield is well
cast in the Spider-Man role. When he puts on the mask, his voice fits what I
imagine in my head for Spider-Man. The dialogue is snappy and you can’t wait
for the next thing to come out of his mouth.
Garfield shares the screen with
the lovely Emma Stone. The only problem I had with Stone’s performance was I
didn’t totally buy her in high school. Maybe it’s the grown up student from
Easy A, but I always saw her as older than what she was playing. That said the
chemistry between Garfield and Stone works magically.
Because we are dealing more with
the origin story, the action was a bit lacking for a good part of the movie.
But never fear fans, that action does get made up for as we progress through
the movie.
Overall, I was caught in the web
that Spider-Man cast. I’m a fan of the genre, I’m a fan of Spidey and I’m a fan
of Marc Webb. I can’t wait to see what they’ll sling at us next.
B
Columbia Pictures
Director: Marc Webb
Cast: Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Rhys Ifans, Denis Leary, Martin Sheen,
Sally Field
Rating: PG-13 for sequences of action and violence.
Runtime: 2 hours 16
minutes
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The fact is, this latest film incarnation of everyone’s favorite web slinging superhero exists for one reason and one reason only. If Sony didn’t put out another film before a certain date, they would lose their rights back to Marvel, and one of their most successful film franchises would be finished. So they took a gamble and decided to start from scratch on a series that only finished five years ago, hoping that just enough time had passed for the next generation to claim Spidey as their own. The gamble has paid off financially, which is of course the only way that really counts, but as for its critical success, my opinion is still swinging from side to side.
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