Movie Review : The Amazing Spiderman

Posted on Jul 27, 2012 in Movies

The new franchise of spiderman shows the beginnings of Peter Parker as he discovers his new powers and reveals an alternate story for Spiderman.

Movie Info

Directed by	Marc Webb
Produced by	Avi Arad Laura Ziskin Matt Tolmach
Screenplay by	James Vanderbilt Alvin Sargent Steve Kloves
Story by	James Vanderbilt
Based on	The Amazing Spider-Man by Stan Lee Steve Ditko
Starring	Andrew Garfield Emma Stone Rhys Ifans Denis Leary Campbell Scott Irrfan Khan Martin Sheen Sally Field
Music by	James Horner
Cinematography	John Schwartzman
Editing by	Alan Edward Bell Pietro Scalia
Studio	Marvel Entertainment Laura Ziskin Productions
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date(s)	June 13, 2012(Tokyo premiere) July 3, 2012 (United States)
Running time	136 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$230 million
Box office	$530,743,031

Trailer

Review

I actually liked this movie. It’s in the same league as the Avengers; worth a watch but maybe not two.  I like Andrew Garfield’s spiderman better than Tobey Maguire’s one. He had more snark and a personality that was true to the comic book persona. The storyline was interesting and had a right amount of secrecy and suspense to keep the audience engaged. Emma Stone’s acting was pretty good as was Garfield. The villan had a Dr. Jekell – Mr. Hyde personality that made him formidable but still vulnerable. This was always  a question of “is a good? is he bad?”. I think overall the story and characters made a great fit. One of the better superhero movies for sure.

Rating : 4/5