The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)

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	Year of first release: 2012
	Director: Marc Webb ((500) Days of Summer)
	Actors: Andrew Garfield (The Sodial Network), Emma Stone (Zombieland), Rhys Ifans (Human Nature, Mr Nobody), Martin Sheen (Apocalypse Now, The Dead Zone)
	Country: USA
	Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
	Conditions of visioning: 16.11.2012, HD VOD, Home cinema
Synopsis: Peter Parker is a regular high school kid. He is brought up by his aunt and uncle since his father mysteriously dissapears. While looking for answers, a visit to the bio-engineering branch of the Oscorp company will change his life.
Review: It is well known that this movie was done in a hurry because the major which owns the rights would have lost them otherwise. Less than ten years after Sam Raimi's vision of Spider-Man, we are shown a reboot of the vigilante's origins, first love, first fights, uncle' death... I thought the movie was useless on the principle before seing it, and I still feel the same after. The version from Sam Raimi (Evil Dead 1-3) was very caricatural, but when you see this other version you realize it was the right choice for a comics book adaptation. For example Sam Raimi believed Peter Parker had to be a regular kid that receives all those incredible powers, including the ability to throw webs, while in the comics he is a bit more of a genius and builds his own web projectors at the age of 16! This approach is followed in the Amazing Spider-Man, and I have to say I preferred the other one. All the actors are good (nice to see that old Martin Sheen!) but something is missing. For me it definitely feels like I have been told the story before. The main attraction in this episode is the villain, a one-armed professor that turns into a big strong nasty lizzard, and I have to admit it is quite well done, and I enjoyed its apparitions and fights with Spider-Man.
Rating: 4 /10