History Film / TheAmazingSpiderman

As is the case with ''Film/{{X-Men}}'', even after Creator/{{Disney}} bought Marvel, Sony and Columbia still own rights to the continuing ''Spider-Man'' films, thus not making it part of the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse.

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[[caption-width-right:263:Look out! Here comes the Spider-Man... [[ContinuityReboot again.]]]]

''The Amazing Spider-Man'' is a 2012 live-action film starring AndrewGarfield as the Creator/MarvelComics superhero Franchise/SpiderMan. The film is directed by Marc Webb, the director of ''Film/FiveHundredDaysOfSummer'', and is a ContinuityReboot of the Creator/SamRaimi ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy''. Once again telling Spider-Man's origins, this time the film focuses on Peter as he develops his powers in high school.

** Hey, don't forget that [[spoiler:[[ILetGwenStacyDie Gwen's days are numbered]]. The second film will have that decision to break his promise slap him back in the face.]]

** Spider-Man, already a known vigilante, grabs it when he uses devices that have a "Property of Peter Parker" sticker attached on, in a scenario in which he knows his !smart arch-enemy is lurking around. His enemy quickly tries to take advantage of this mistake.
** Peter figures out that Connors is The Lizard after finding a hideous mouse/lizard hybrid in Connors' lab, but he doesn't realize he has actual proof to connect Connors and monstruosity and instead runs straight to Captain Stacy and gives a YouHaveToBelieveMe speech that gets him thrown out of the precinct.

* GroinAttack: Spider-Man attacks a car thief wit his crotch: he actually flies at him yelling "crotch" as he bashes the guy's face with his pelvis. Later he webs him in the crotch.

* GlassCannon: The way Peter gets realistic bruises on his face and knuckles from fighting humans suggests that he cannot take any more damage than a normal person, despite being able to dish out a lot more. However, his fights with the Lizard would have shredded him if this were the case, so it's unclear how durable he's meant to be.

* StopOrIWillShoot: The cops are insanely aggressive, opening fire on Spider-Man twice, once for just talking and in another scene for fleeing. In the first case, he was aggressive with the cop, and in the second, he had actually attacked them after being arrested.

** 'The Amazing Spider-Man'' is also the name of the [[LongRunner long running]] Creator/MarvelComics series starring the character, and the name of the [[ScrewedByTheNetwork short-lived]] 1970s live-action television series. It was also the WorkingTitle of ''Film/SpiderMan2''.

* FanserviceExtra: After gaining his powers, Peter [[AccidentalPervert accidentally rips the blouse off a random attractive woman]][[note]]She's a cop on CriminalMinds and ThirdWatch[[/note]] in the subway, [[BareYourMidriff revealing her bra and midriff]].

* FanserviceExtra: After gaining his powers, Peter [[AccidentalPervert accidentally rips the blouse off a random attractive woman]][[note]]She's a cop on CriminalMinds and ThirdWatch in the subway[[/note]], [[BareYourMidriff revealing her bra and midriff]].

* FanserviceExtra: After gaining his powers, Peter [[AccidentalPervert accidentally rips the blouse off a random attractive woman]][[note]]She's a cop on CriminalMinds and ThirdWatch]] in the subway[[/note]], [[BareYourMidriff revealing her bra and midriff]].

* FanserviceExtra: After gaining his powers, Peter [[AccidentalPervert accidentally rips the blouse off a random attractive woman]] in the subway, revealing her bra and midriff.

* CharacterDevelopment: Peter starts off not caring about issues of morality; after the death of Uncle Ben, he drifts into becomes a vigilante focused solely on finding his uncle's killer; and eventually settles on how we know him, as he begins to grasp the meaning of the lecture he was given by Uncle Ben about using his gifts to help people. Away from his development as a hero, there's also a shift in his civillian identity, as he starts the film as an unsocial nerdy loner hiding away in dull, baggy clothes and unable to talk to girls, and in the final scenes of the film, he's seen [[spoiler:being friendlier with Flash Thompson than their first interactions]], and wearing clothes that show off his athletic build, and whispering to Gwen that [[spoiler:he's probably not going to be able to keep his promise to Captain Stacy to pull an ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies]].

* ActorAllusion: This was not the last time Irrfan Khan (Dr. Rajit Ratha, Connors' superior) would be in a film with [[LifeOfPi Richard Parker]].

* UltimateUniverse: May be considered this to the first series of movies.

** Gwen Stacy was Peter's love interest before Mary Jane Watson was created. Her interest in science and role as an intern for Dr. Connors is also similar to her portrayal in ''[[WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan The Spectacular Spider-Man]]''. While her personality and the way she interacts with Peter is closer to Mary Jane than Gwen Stacy in the comics.

* ActorAllusion: This is not the last time Irrfan Khan (Dr. Rajit Ratha, Connors' superior) would be in a film with [[LifeOfPi Richard Parker]].

* MaleGaze: Most of the time, when Peter is looking at Gwen, it's at the bottom of her ZettaiRyouiki. The picture he takes of her, however, only shows the upper part of her body, even though she was [[ShesGotLegs sitting in a very]] {{Fanservice}}-y way. [[{{Adorkable}} Which is really cute of him.]] Or just not creepy and/or demonstrating that he likes her not because she's attractive but for other reasons.

* {{Meganekko}}: Missy Kallenbeck.

* AluminumChristmasTrees: Spidey shooting a web at his leg to bandage it. In olden times before we knew how unsanitary this could be, cobwebs were good for wounds. As this is completely sanitary, it works well. Not a lot of viewers knew this unless they did the research on ''Literature/WarriorCats'', or have come across it [[http://www.safetyfirstaid.co.uk/Product/SFA/Alternative-Dressings/Opsite-Spray-Dressing.aspx in present day.]]

** 'The Amazing Spider-Man'' is also the name of the [[LongRunner long running]] MarvelComics series starring the character, and the name of the [[ScrewedByTheNetwork short-lived]] 1970s live-action television series. It was also the WorkingTitle of ''Film/SpiderMan2''.

* ComesGreatResponsibility: Comes up in a conversation between Uncle Ben and Peter before the former's [[ForegoneConclusion requisite]] [[DeathByOriginStory death]], though the [[TropeNamer trope-naming]] phrase itself isn't directly said in the film by Uncle Ben (like how [[BeamMeUpScotty the narrator said it]] in the original Spider-Man story). Also examined throughout the film - it's not just "great power" that comes with responsibility, it's ''any'' power, and multiple characters besides Spidey behave in accordance with that principle. [[DeathTropes Even at great personal cost.]] And the emphasis is on "if you ''can'' do something to help people, you have a responsibility to do so" rather than "never use your powers for personal benefit".

** In the first full trailer, Peter is eating dinner with the Stacy family and Gwen mentions that he lives with "his aunt and ''uncle''", leading some to speculate if Ben dies ''after'' Peter starts his superhero career (since the same scene has Peter and Captain Stacy arguing about "that Spider-Man guy"), which would stray from the comics. [[MissingTrailerScene Ben does die ''before'' Peter starts fighting crime, as in the continuity of the comics and previous movies, but before this scene.]]

* HiddenDepths: [[spoiler:Flash is very empathetic with Peter after Uncle Ben is shot. Later, he becomes a fan of Spider-Man, even wearing a T-shirt with the spider-logo, and is seen being friendly with Peter. This is entirely in keeping with his comic book[[CharacterDevelopment character's development]]]].