The Amazing Spider-Man

What They Think
- IMDB - 7.7/10
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0948470/
- Rottentomatoes - 71%
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_amazing_spider_man/

What I Think

• Pro's

- An origin story that was told better than the first movie.
- Has a more emotional core than the other Spider-Man movies.
- It had a faster pace than the other Spider-Man movies.
- The visuals were unexpectedly new, especially when Spider-Man uses his web. I like the fact that we see him in first person, and we see where the web is actually shot. Fantastic swinging scenes that still retain the orientation of time and space.
- Uncle Ben's death is more of an impact than in the first movie.
- Great chemistry between Gwen Stacy and Peter Parker.
- No cliched damsel in distress scene.
- Andrew Garfield works really well in carrying out Peter Parker.
- James Horner's excellent music is more original than Danny Elfman's score.
- There is an excellent scene where Spider-Man rescues a kid from a car. It almost mirrors the train scene in Spider-Man 2.
- Surprisingly, The Lizard was a pretty good villain, playing off the Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde archetype.
- Possibly the second best Spider-Man movie. Spider-Man 2 is still the best one.

• Con's

- Aunt May wasn't as great as she was in the last three movies.
- The Lizard can look cartoonish at times during action sequences.
- No Jonah Jameson character (my favorite Spider-Man character).


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