History Film / TheAmazingSpiderman

''The Amazing Spider-Man'' is a 2012 live-action film starring Creator/AndrewGarfield as the Creator/MarvelComics superhero Franchise/SpiderMan. It is the first installment of ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries''. The film is directed by Marc Webb, the director of ''Film/FiveHundredDaysOfSummer'', and is a ContinuityReboot of the Creator/SamRaimi ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy''. This makes it the fourth ''Franchise/SpiderMan'' film in total.

** Peter wears a blue t-shirt over a long sleeved gray one throughout the movie, much like his standard outfit in ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan''.
** Uncle Ben's entire last speech to Peter was word for word taken from the Ultimate comics.
** The news station playing on TV is an affiliate of the Daily Bugle newspaper, using the same name.

** Peter's most effective tactic in the school hallway fight is to spin and crawl around Connors wrapping him in webbing--[[Film/SpiderMan1 fighting like a spider]].

** These lines from the first trailer are also gone; only time will tell if they have any bearing on any sequels:
---> Do you think what happened to you, Peter, was an accident? Do you have any idea what you really are?

---> The one thing that has haunted me ''my entire life'' is finding the truth about my parents.
** In the first full trailer, Peter slams Flash against a locker right after the latter throws a basketball at his head. In the final cut the scenes happen days apart. [[spoiler:Ironically, in the slamming scene, Flash was trying to sympathize with Peter after Uncle Ben's death.]]

** One trailer shows Peter captured, kneeling, and having his mask dramatically pulled off. In the film, [[spoiler:Peter springs back into action just as his mask gets pulled off, and moves so fast the cops can't get a good look at his face... almost.]]

The film also stars Creator/EmmaStone as ComicBook/GwenStacy, Creator/MartinSheen and Creator/SallyField as Peter's Uncle Ben and Aunt May, Creator/DenisLeary as Capt. George Stacy, and Creator/RhysIfans as Dr. Curt Connors[=/=]The Lizard. The soundtrack is by Music/JamesHorner.

* AmbiguousDisorder: This version of Peter has a ''lot'' of trouble putting sentences together, even when he has no real reason to be nervous.

** [[spoiler:Aunt May asks Peter to pick up some eggs but he forgets as he spent the evening trouncing criminals. At the end of the movie, Peter comes home to a worried Aunt May bloody and beaten after the final battle. When she goes to hug him, Peter sheepishly pulls out a carton of eggs from his backpack.]] A DeletedScene set at the end of the film takes it UpToEleven - [[spoiler:Aunt May opens the fridge and finds ''dozens'' of egg cartons stacked inside.]]

* CantGetAwayWithNuthin: This version of Uncle Ben takes it UpToEleven: After storming out of the house, Peter tries to buy chocolate milk from a convenience store but is two cents short. Since T-Bone won't spot him two pennies from the (overflowing!) take-a-penny tray, Peter leaves, only to watch a street thug grab a handful of money from the register while the clerk's back was turned. Peter's reward for doing nothing, the milk T-Bone refused him. Naturally Peter doesn't help track down that thug for T-Bone. The dude was a {{Jerkass}}, he deserved to be robbed. Of course, that same thug then kills Uncle Ben, who had been chasing after Peter trying to find him. He dies because of ''two cents.''

* UpToEleven: Peter's new enhanced strength, senses, and agility manifest quicker than in the first movie. Instead of waking up at home the next day with powers, he falls asleep in the subway on the way home and wakes up there with powers. Yet this is still toning it down from the original origin from ''Amazing Fantasy #15'', where Peter's powers manifested ''even faster''. The bite only made him dizzy, not drowsy.

* TheCameo: Michael Barra appears as T-Bone, the local store clerk who doesn't sell Peter the milk for being two cents short.

* FakePeriodExcuse: Peter crashes into Gwen's room while heavily wounded after his fight with the Lizard at their school. To keep her father from finding him, she calls off all requests to come down for dinner, then starts to apologize for her outburst by blaming it on period cramps. [[TooMuchInformation Immediately, her dad doesn't want to hear any more.]]
* FanDisservice: Handsome, muscular Andrew Garfield shirtless in a scene while making out with gorgeous Emma Stone, how could this not be hot. Well the fact that Peter had been beaten bloody and Gwen was stitching up his wounds certainly detracts quite a few points.

* FemaleGaze: Andrew Garfield, maneuvering around in skintight spandex. Doesn’t really help Andrew Garfield has said he didn’t wear anything under the suit…

** [[spoiler: In the scene where Spider-Man is fighting the Lizard at the school, he tells Gwen he's going to throw her out the window and he catches her with his web, but does so using a single strand - which causes her to be forcefully yanked backwards in a way that noticeably would be harmful if she were going any faster. This mistake is precisely what caused her death in the comics. It also leads to her death in ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan2'']]

** While Peter (fully suited up) calls Gwen at Oscorp, urging her to get out, a group behind him are clearly taking a cell phone picture of him while they pose in front. Stan Lee's cameo has him listening to classical music with headphones that block out external sounds while Spidey and the Lizard battle and tear up the library behind him.

* PragmaticAdaptation: Because of the setting update to contemporary times, the spider that bites Peter is no longer [[ILoveNuclearPower radioactive]], but [[GeneticEngineeringIsTheNewNuke genetically engineered]], just like the ''Ultimate Spider-Man'' comic on which this film is largely based, as well the first film. In school, Peter is somewhat less of a stereotypical HollywoodNerd and more of a [[LonersAreFreaks loner]] [[FriendlessBackground with zero friends]] except Gwen. Initially, he wears contacts instead of NerdGlasses. WordOfGod justifies this as modernizing the "outsider" aspect of Peter Parker's character. It's in more private or personal situations, like at home and with Dr. Connors (and as Spider-Man) where his science-y side shows.

* AdultFear:
** Shortly after the death of your husband, the teenage nephew who you've raised as your own and is the last of your family, repeatedly stays out all night and returns home covered in cuts and bruises.
** Peter uses this [[spoiler:to convince Gwen Stacy's father to let him leave. He tells him that Gwen is alone in Oscorp Tower, and the Lizard is on his way there.]]
** Seeing your child trapped such that there is literally nothing you can do but watch them die. The scene in question doesn't even have to get worse (which it does) to qualify.

** T-Bone refuses to sell Peter a bottle of milk when Peter comes up 2 cents short. He won't even let him take the pennies out of the Take-A-Penny, Leave-A-Penny tray. This leads to [[spoiler: Peter refusing to help him catch the robber]].

* CantGetAwayWithNuthin: This version of Uncle Ben takes it UpToEleven: After storming out of the house, Peter tries to buy chocolate milk from a convenience store but is two cents short. Since the clerk won't spot him two pennies from the (overflowing!) take-a-penny tray, Peter leaves, only to watch a street thug grab a handful of money from the register while the clerk's back was turned. Peter's reward for doing nothing, the milk the clerk refused him. Naturally Peter doesn't help track down that thug for the clerk. The dude was a {{Jerkass}}, he deserved to be robbed. Of course, that same thug then kills Uncle Ben, who had been chasing after Peter trying to find him. He dies because of ''two cents.''

* EntitledBastard: The convenience store clerk demands that Peter stop a thief after he behaved like a jerk to Peter, but Peter refuses. This is to set up Uncle Ben's [[ItWasHisSled requisite death scene]], but really, you can empathize with Peter. Anyone who'd put himself in harm's way to help someone who'd treated them like that would have to be a saint.

** The convenience store clerk refuses to sell Peter a bottle of milk when Peter comes up 2 cents short. He won't even let him take the pennies out of the Take-A-Penny, Leave-A-Penny tray. This leads to [[spoiler: Peter refusing to help him catch the robber]].

** The way Uncle Ben articulates "[[ComesGreatResponsibility with great power comes great responsibility]]" to Peter without saying it verbatim is very similar to the way it was handled in the Ultimate comics.

* 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".

** The element of Spider-Man versus the police is more seriously treated and has a larger role in the film's story and [[ComesGreatResponsibility "responsibility" theme]], while in the first film this is briefly touched on.

->''This could have gotten a lot worse...''
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->''[[TVTropesWillRuinYourLife This could have gotten a lot worse...]]

''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan2'', a sequel to the film, was released on May 2, 2014.

Creator/RhysIfans reprises his role as The Lizard in ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome''.

* EyeScream: Judging from his reaction, the Lizard gets shot in the eye when the police surround him and [[MoreDakka fill him with lead]]. [[HealingFactor Not that it matters.]]
* FakePeriodExcuse: Peter crashes into Gwen's room while heavily wounded after his fight with the Lizard at their school. To keep her father from finding him, she calls off all requests to come down for dinner, then starts to apologize for her outburst by blaming it on period cramps. [[TooMuchInformation Immediately her dad doesn't want to hear any more]].

* GroinAttack: Spider-Man attacks a car thief with 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.

* 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]]]].

* InvulnerableKnuckles: Averted, even after gaining superpowers, Peter routinely has bloody and bruised knuckles after fights.

* ItAlwaysRainsAtFunerals: [[spoiler:Heavy rain and black umbrella combo at Captain Stacy's funeral.]]

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:Connors, after being cured of the Lizard, is devastated by the fact that he killed Captain Stacy. Probably why he didn't resist when he was taken to jail.]]

* PunctuatedPounding: Inverted as while Spidey is being pounded by The Lizard, he's the one talking.
--> '''Spider-man:''' Don't...*hit*....make me....*hit*...have to....*hit*.....hurt you!!!

* SequelHook: Not only was a sequel announced before the movie was released, but some points of the film are deliberately left unresolved such as [[spoiler:Uncle Ben's killer never being caught]], and the [[TheStinger midcredits scene]] (see The Stinger below) Also, what happened to Peter's parents isn't completely resolved either. (Also see The Stinger below)

---> Do I look like the [[{{Franchise/Godzilla}} mayor of Tokyo]] to you?
** Spider-Man yells [[Film/MidnightCowboy "Hey, I'm swinging here, I'm swinging here!"]]
** Peter has a poster of the Creator/AlfredHitchcock film ''Film/RearWindow'' in his bedroom, also serving as some GeniusBonus [[{{Foreshadowing}} foreshadowing]]

* AllThereInTheManual: Kelsey Chow has a small role credited as "Hot Girl" but WordOfGod [[http://www.shockya.com/news/2012/06/13/kelsey-chow-talks-pair-of-kings-playing-sally-avril-in-the-amazing-spider-man/ says]] she was cast as ''Spider-Man'' supporting character [[MythologyGag Sally Avril]], and most of her screentime was cut.

* AmbiguousDisorder: Peter in this version has a ''lot'' of trouble putting sentences together, even when he has no real reason to be nervous.

* ApologeticAttacker: Peter really didn't mean to hurt anyone in fight in the subway car.

** What the movie repeatedly refers as "cross-species genetics" (and once as "transgenetics") is properly known as "transgenics". It also obviously doesn't work this way: you can transfer a few genes from one creature into another without the latter gaining all/most of the characteristics of the former. One of the more famous examples is the transfer of a green fluorescent protein from jellyfish into mice. It makes the mice glow-in-the-dark green, it doesn't make them half-jellyfish.

* DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength: After he gets his powers Peter accidentally gets into a fight and causes property damage on the train home. The next day has one hilariously long sequence, including smashing his alarm clock, wrecking the bathroom, and his fingers ripping the keys off his keyboard thanks to his fingers sticking to the keys. The destructive climax of the basketball sequence is another such instance. Also seems to apply even after he's suited up as Spider-Man in little amusing scenes. A later scene almost qualifies as MoodWhiplash when Peter [[spoiler:gets into an argument with Uncle Ben]]. He slams the door as he storms out and winds up shattering the glass in the process. Cue awkward silence. Once Peter's gone, [[spoiler:Ben]] then proceeds to open the door to follow Peter out.

''The Amazing Spider-Man'' is a 2012 live-action film starring Creator/AndrewGarfield as the Creator/MarvelComics superhero Franchise/SpiderMan. It is the first installment of ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries''. 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.

* BioPunk: Renamed "Cross-species Genetics". Spider-Man's powers come from getting bitten by a spider that making "biocable" organic wires. And let's not forget about the lizard himself.

* RealityEnsues:
** When Uncle Ben is killed, Peter doesn't learn instantly that Great Power Comes Great Responsibility, he just gets pissed and wants revenge. He spends the whole film coming to terms with Uncle Ben's death, but its not until George Stacy points out that vigilantism isn't very responsible that Peter realizes he has to be more than just a guy chasing down criminals.
** As well as that, the NYPD are not useless. The reason they don't like Spider-Man is that when Peter first brushes with them, they nearly take him in for ruining a sting on a car theft ring that they had spent months investigating. In the climax, when the ESU team manages to confront him, he gets taken down by the shooters and is nearly arrested until he manages to CurbStompBattle the ground officers. When he escapes, the shooters manage to land a hit on him and he's left nursing a horrible leg wound for the rest of the climax. And when given the chance, they nearly took down the Lizard without Spider-Man's help until his HealingFactor combined with a second wind allowed him to get the drop on them.

* ApologeticAttacker: Peter really didn't mean to hurt anyone in fight in the the subway car.

* MaleGaze: Most of the time, when Peter is looking at Gwen, it's always at the bottom of her thigh-high boots. 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. 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.