The Amazing Spooderman Review

I'll start off by saying I didn't know what I wanted from this movie in the first place. I don't think anyone did. This movie came out during a really awkward time. The original trilogy isn't even 10 years old and is considered a part of their childhood to some (like me and the people I saw this movie with), and it had to go against the Avengers and Dark Knight Rises this summer. I have heard many of my friends say "why isn't Toby in this? what is this? whats those things on his wrist? where's Mary Jane?" for a while. It wasn't 100% clear this was a reboot to some people. The first trailer they released made some people say "Oh jesus, it's a Twilight knockoff" (IE Blockbuster Buster). This made me very skeptical about this until I saw the next trailers, and they looked pretty decent. Also, I have not read the comics, and I cannot say if it was like it at all since that's just not my place. But I know enough information based off some articles and videos. I actually had to answer my friend's questions throughout the movie. I pretty much wanted to see how this would compare to The Avengers. The funny thing is, the entire theater at my midnight screening was filled with teenage girls like my friends rather than nerds. It was kinda obvious they just wanted to see Andrew Garfield... and I didn't think he was so cute like they did. There was even a girl reading 50 Shades of Grey behind me. And on a side-note, someone threw a cup of nacho cheese at me and missed and got it all over the seat in front of me and my friend's hair. Excuse me for having a good time, sorry you wasted $2 of cheese. So how was this random pay check of a movie?
This movie was...just okay. It did a lot of things right and a lot very wrong. The first and foremost problem with this movie is that it is cheesier than the original ones (by the way, I'm not including the 3rd Spiderman just because that was a terrible movie I wish never existed). I don't even know how they managed to accomplish this. They advertised it like it was going to be more serious than the others, but it had a lot of corny moments and awkward dialogue. Most of the laughs that got out of me was because some moments were just so goofy. Its mostly because the special effects are for shit in this movie. Lizard is on the list for Horrible CGI creations now. He looked like the aliens from Signs had an ugly baby with the 1999 Godzilla.
I really do believe in my opinion that Spiderman 1 & 2 had some nice, epic moments- even if there were more tacky ones. Here in this reboot, there are none. Nothing grabbed me and said HELL YEAH THIS IS AWESOME. In this day and age, there has been a lot better. I'm trying really hard not to compare this movie with the previous Spidermans, but its almost impossible. If the filmmakers are going to have this reboot only a couple years after, then it kinda deserves it. Even The Incredible Hulk managed to do better than the previous one, even though it still wasn't a great movie.
As for the characters, once again, some were good, some were bad. Actually, the only one who was bad was Emma Stone. I'm sorry but she does not look 17 and I don't get why she keeps playing it. I really just did not get this character for whatever reason. If they wanted a pretty girl, I'm sure they could have found one that was 17-18. Sally Field and Martian Sheen played a great Aunt May and Uncle Ben. They seemed more real life guardians than just happy-go-lucky relatives. Andrew Garfield wasn't too bad. He didn't mumble like Toby did at times, but he did stutter like Shia Lebouf. I am glad they made Spiderman more of a goofball and had some pretty funny one liners.  And I also did notice they had a Transformers moment when Gwen tells her dad she had cramps....um, okay. Thank you comic relief that wasn't funny. Also, Denis Leary was a nice surprise in this movie. BUT THEN THEY KILL HIM. I thought he would stick to the series and be this tough and funny character. BUT NOPE FORGET THAT.
Overall, I would say this movie is just worth a rent. Its also probably just okay for older kids since the worst thing in it was blood. I apologize for any inaccuracies, it was 4:30 am when I first wrote this! I'll be back with Dark Knight Rises...and I have a feeling I wont like it.

Originally published on Thatguywiththeglasses.com