I'll be honest, I thought this movie would bomb. Box office, critics and bomb in my eyes as well. I was wrong. I won't say much, just the basics.
Let me just start off by saying that Andrew Garfield blew me away. I didn't expect much from this guy, only ever seeing him in The Social Network, but he did his part and did it well. In Raimi's Spiderman, Peter Parker is a full on nerd. But in this particular one, he's more of a skater / just plain awkward type. But he made it work. As for Emma Stone, she was flawless. (I might be bias here, for obvious reasons.)
As for the Villain, Rhys Ifans plays a magnificent Lizard. By far the best Villain of any Spider-Man movie interpretation. I always thought this was Spider-Man movies weakest point (sans Venom, he's awesome but was just portrayed and used terribly) but in TASM I loved every bit of screen time that the Lizard got.
Yet, there is something missing. Something I cannot put my finger on... maybe it's just me and my mind trying to connect this and Raimi's Spider-Man and over-comparing the two, I'm not sure. One thing is for certain, and I'm sure most of you hated it too: The infamous crane scene. My word...
All in all, it's a great movie too watch. Full of action, some instances of comedy, and of course, Spider-Man!
Let me just start off by saying that Andrew Garfield blew me away. I didn't expect much from this guy, only ever seeing him in The Social Network, but he did his part and did it well. In Raimi's Spiderman, Peter Parker is a full on nerd. But in this particular one, he's more of a skater / just plain awkward type. But he made it work. As for Emma Stone, she was flawless. (I might be bias here, for obvious reasons.)
As for the Villain, Rhys Ifans plays a magnificent Lizard. By far the best Villain of any Spider-Man movie interpretation. I always thought this was Spider-Man movies weakest point (sans Venom, he's awesome but was just portrayed and used terribly) but in TASM I loved every bit of screen time that the Lizard got.
Yet, there is something missing. Something I cannot put my finger on... maybe it's just me and my mind trying to connect this and Raimi's Spider-Man and over-comparing the two, I'm not sure. One thing is for certain, and I'm sure most of you hated it too: The infamous crane scene. My word...
All in all, it's a great movie too watch. Full of action, some instances of comedy, and of course, Spider-Man!