It's been almost a year since I last stepped into the cinema-my
favourite place in this whole universe besides home. So, every time when I hang
out with my friends, I never forget to snatch the opportunity to watch movie.
And what's the best part about movies during summer? Blockbusters. Yes, even
the title clearly states the movie that I'll be sharing today.
First of all, it's pretty unbelievable that I actually enjoyed
this movie when it's cliché and mostly predictable, I guess all thanks to Mark
Webb, the director of one of my favourite movies of all-500 days of Summer.
Unlike other usual blockbusters or action movies, Mark Webb managed to capture
the emotions and the psychological game surrounding Peter Parker and Gwen,
Peter and his parents, Peter and Uncle Ben, Aunt May and not to mention the
struggle within Dr. Curt Connors. Of course, the fact that when my friend
informed me that Mark Webb directed 500DOS and now this legendary classic
action blockbuster or whatever you call it is jaw dropping. Naturally I give 2
thumbs up for that without needing to watch the movie. On the other hand, I
personally am a fan of action movies.
The initial part of the movie can be considered boring because I
believe most people had already throw this movie into the "action summer
blockbuster" tray before even watching it, so for people like me was only
waiting for Peter Parker in his Spiderman suit fighting villains for 2 hours
straight with a little kissing scenes to spice it up a little. Even my lil'
brother can't stop looking at his watch, telling me that it's been one hour and
the freaking Peter Parker haven't even discovered his Spiderman suit and still
fooling around! However, luckily like all movies, the last part of the
fighting, action scenes managed to compensate the loss at the front part and
made it a movie that's worth my RM8.
Andrew Garfield, ahh~~~ Needless of any explanation I've been
easily flattered by his shyness and cute looks with those heroic movements, not
forgetting those heart-felt moments during his interactions with his first
love-Gwen Stacy. I guess this is where Mark Webb, in my opinion, exercised his
professions, judging on his experience of filming such a sweet, indie, romance
film previously. Generally I would grade him an A for his acting in this movie.
I think he had really portrayed the inner side of Peter Parker: The kid who
always got bullied in school but hoped to bring justice someday, the kid who
desire to know the truth to his parents’ mystery, the smart lad who was
rebellious and thirst for revenge towards those who bullied him. He did a great
job I think. But I have neither seen any instalments of Tobey Maguire’s
version, nor read any Spiderman comics, so who knows if Tobey did a better job
instead. Besides, I’ve never seen any movies of Andrew Garfield, including The
Social Network. Hence it’s hard for me to judge if Spiderman was his best
performance or not.
Gwen Stacy, yes! Peter Parker’s first love who was portrayed by
Emma Stone, my favourite Hollywood actress of all time till date. Honestly, the
only reason I love the fact that she is going to be Gwen Stacy against
Garfield’s Peter Parker is because they are an off-screen real life couple! Who
wouldn’t want to see couples acting on screen, especially something as big as
Spiderman? In fact, this movie was the spark to their relationship! (d’awww~~~)
Because Gwen Stacy, according to descriptions, gave me a sense of someone
serious like Mary-Jane. How on earth would Emma Stone, the crazy girl on Easy A
acting all serious? It’s almost bipolar.
My mindset didn’t change much after watching the movie, except
that Gwen Stacy turned out to be someone who is still quite quirky (or maybe
it’s just Emma Stone?)
You can feel the Oliver Penderghast or funny Emma Stone vibe in
such saving-the-world-esque heroic movie. Nevertheless, the intimate scenes
with Andrew Garfield were still rocking awesome!!! Even the lead lady herself
admitted that the feeling of first love was the factor that attracted her to
this project. Heh, thus no surprise there were chemistry going on between the
two of them!
Rhys Ifans also did a great job in acting out Dr. Curt Connors
with his metal struggles between being the good guy and the bad one. He
compared his character to Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde which was very true! Those
emotional parts aren’t easy to handle at all! On the other hand I think the
movie didn’t really bring us along the journey of Dr. Curt Connors’ struggles.
In other word, unlike Peter Parker, the movie managed to bring out Andrew
Garfield’s acting and it felt like riding on a journey, from being an ignorant
boy to the hero who takes up the responsibility to save the city. Dr. Connors’
character was unclear as to be the good guy or the villain since the beginning
until when he turned into a mutant lizard then you realized he’s the bad guy.
Then suddenly at the end he was the one who rescued the falling Spiderman from
a tower, and I went “isn’t he the bad guy? Didn’t he want Spiderman to die?” So
yeah, after the rescue you realize he’s the good guy again. Confusing much.
Speaking about confusion, there were also minor parts like when
Spiderman attacked the thief who decoded some police car. You see the thief was
decoding and when he got into the car, Spiderman was there. Then when the cops
came, he disappeared and there goes the WHAT THE HELL moment. Moreover, I don’t
get the part where the radioactive spiders are making webs. Other than the fact
that we know it is where Peter Parker got bitten, others were a question mark
for me.
Fortunately, the humour presented in it has balanced out the flaws
of the movie, notably the epic cameo made by Stan Lee- the creator of
Spiderman. That was the random time where you go “WALAOOOO” or “What…the…F…”
but it was super hilarious and certainly unforgettable. Others were pretty
minor but mediocre funny. It was something like, you gotta laugh or else the
whole movie will be too serious. Not to mention when Peter just found his new
super strength and how he broke literally everything to the extent that he had
to use all his strength to open the door lightly before it breaks. That, was
one cracking moment. Another super power of his was the stickiness of his hands
until the keys on his keyboard got stuck on all his fingers. That was when he
was still unable to control his newly gained super powers. I believe we all
wished to see more funny parts from there but sadly no. Anyhow, it’s not a
comedy after all.
Another good thing about this movie is the settings of the love
line between Peter Parker and Gwen Stacy, which is one of the highlights of
this movie. Other than the fact that because audience wish to witness the on
screen intimacy of this hottest off screen couple, as I mentioned before, Mark
Webb being the director of 500DOS explains em’ all. Unlike other movies like Transformers
who hardly bring the emotional side of the Shia and Megan Fox’s relationship,
the director put equal weightage on both action and love scenes in The Amazing
Spiderman.
I have 2 biggest regrets in this movie. Firstly, I wished Emma
Stone was Mary-Jane instead of Gwen because I want to see them together more even
on screen! I don’t want to see when Spiderman lost Gwen and there’ll be no more
Emma Stone or Andrew-Emma moments on screen :’( Secondly, I wished I watched it
in 3D. Seriously especially when it came to the fighting part across the city,
you can notice that it was made specially for 3D effects and it will be f***ing
awesome!!!
As for me I watched in 2D, at some parts you felt like the thing
was going to come and hit you or you’ll feel like playing roller coaster in the
air when you see Spiderman flying doing his signature web-flying thingy.
Instead of that, I got the “limited edition” and unfortunately unable to enjoy
the thrill and exhilarating moments! I really wished I could get another chance
to watch this movie in 3D again, like REALLY REALLY WISH TO DO SO!!!
All in all, as usual The Amazing Spiderman lived up to it’s
commercial value and deserved to earn high box offices. I would recommend those
who have not seen the movie to watch it in 3D. It’s definitely worth your
money!
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| The aftermath of getting charmed by this couple :3 |
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