Fun facts:
For more than 2 decades (from 1940 - 1961) DC Comics was the number 1 comics publisher in America with titles such as Batman, Superman and The Green Lantern. Marvel supplanted DC as the prime name in comics in 1961 onwards with Fantastic Four, Iron Man, The Avengers and the X-Men. The hero that became Marvel Comics' icon that came out on that same decade would be Spider-Man.**
Spider-Man's first appearance in Amazing Fantasy #15
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I wasn't exactly excited to hear that the 4th modern Spider-Man movie was a reboot of a blockbuster movie that came out just a decade ago (Spider-Man, 2002). Didn't they use to do 'remakes' applicable only for movies that came out during the the 80's or older like when you saw "Color by Technicolor" on a film's opening credits?
Maybe different rules apply to the term "Reboot". Like when you 'reboot' your computer because it's getting sluggish. So you can 'reboot' movies anytime when you need a new representation or a fresher start. Thing is when you reboot a movie that's just 10 years old, people will still clearly remember the former. So with The Amazing Spider-Man people asked "who's Gwen?", "where's MJ??", "why's Peter making an electronic web shooter to put on his arm?".
For more than 2 decades (from 1940 - 1961) DC Comics was the number 1 comics publisher in America with titles such as Batman, Superman and The Green Lantern. Marvel supplanted DC as the prime name in comics in 1961 onwards with Fantastic Four, Iron Man, The Avengers and the X-Men. The hero that became Marvel Comics' icon that came out on that same decade would be Spider-Man.**
Maybe different rules apply to the term "Reboot". Like when you 'reboot' your computer because it's getting sluggish. So you can 'reboot' movies anytime when you need a new representation or a fresher start. Thing is when you reboot a movie that's just 10 years old, people will still clearly remember the former. So with The Amazing Spider-Man people asked "who's Gwen?", "where's MJ??", "why's Peter making an electronic web shooter to put on his arm?".
"Where's the goddamn review??"
Ok, Marvel apparently wants this new Spidey movie to be more comic-faithful. By bringing in Gwen Stacy alone, it harks back to the Silver Age of comics where Marvel and DC rose to power. We get a bit of Peter Parker's parents, a better origin story and more real-life drama. I was like "shit, this movie's serious..." I'm not too sold on the action sequences because most of the better action scenes come from Peter's web-slingin' around the city POV style (it means 'point-of-view' for those who don't watch porn). Obviously to give 3D-paying audiences more value for their money, a number of made-for-3D films today waste minutes just to find space for roller-coaster sequences. This need to address the 3D audience was only effectively done recently with Joss Whedon's The Avengers.
Remember this scene?
With Marc Webb (this Spidey movie's director), fight sequences with The Lizard is just inefficient. Ok, we all remember the scene where Spider-Man and The Lizard gets it on in the school Library with a huge Stan Lee cameo on the foreground. But that's the thing, you need memorable action sequences and aside from that cameo brilliance, and that heart-breaking scene at the bridge where a child is trapped on a burning car, not much else sticks to mind.
Acting. Overall, casting was great. If you don't remember Rhys Ifans as the barely naked guy from Notting Hill, then good for you. I didn't so good for me too.
Remember this scene?
Emma Stone is stunning. While Kirsten Dunst was great being cute and whiny, Emma is strong and intelligent and yeah, stunning. I got no complaints between the two since that's how they mostly were in the comics. I like that Emma is convincingly younger here than she was in Easy A. Andrew Garfield is ok for me, Joannie says he's "panget" all the time. He just has this constant I-just-ate-and-acrid-tamarind look. Even when he's smiling. But, yeah, his rough around edges Tony Hawk look is a nice change.
So, will Spider-Man make it to The Avengers sequels? Unlikely. Problem here is that film rights for Spider-Man belongs to Sony, not Marvel Studios who owns all the rights for Thor, Captain America, The Incredible Hull and Iron Man. So no dice for Wolverine joining the ranks too because Fox owns him and the X-Men. X-Men as in the mutants, not Ex-Men as in Piolo Pascual, Paolo Ballesteros, Sam Milby, Raymond Gutierrez, Jed Madela etc.
Conclusion. It's worth the 200p ++, might not be worth it in 3D, definitely worth it in DVD.
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Update:
So, are Peter Parker's parents dead? I dug into my trading card collections for this one:
The card's back:
Click to read the text.
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And some related shit I found:
Tributes to Amazing Fantasy #15
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**from Stan Lee's A History of Comics by A Man Who Lived Them
**from Stan Lee's A History of Comics by A Man Who Lived Them
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