Let me just say this, this movie really tried to be different from the other three, different Big Bad, different Love interest, no J Jonah, no wrestling, mechanical web-shooters, and the slingshot method of web is used more (I don't like most of these changes, but I don't hate any of them, they're just different). While I do miss the dynamic swinging through the city, this movie is still good. Lizard is a very good sympathetic villain, his actor played him well. Martin Sheen as Uncle Ben, was an excellent choice. The relationship with Uncle Ben and Aunt May was handled well (if expedient, again, probably to make the movie stand out from the original). Connors saving peter with his new hand was especially poignant, as it was the last time he used it. The movie's humor rang true most of the time
What I didn't like: Spiderman discovering his powers and accidentally ripping off a woman's shirt, that was unnecessary, the rest of the scene was still good. Captain Stacy showing up to save peter was cool, but, why just him, as the captain, he should either organizing the evacuation (as per protocol), or bringing a squad with him to stop the more eminent threat (either way, he should be with more people). The thing I disliked the most was when the captain, in his dying moments requests Peter not see his daughter anymore, Peter honors the last request, and breaks it almost 5 minutes later (at Gwen's prompting). I disliked this scene, because he just ignored a dying man's last request, for his daughter's safety, and this was pretty easy to write around, he could have asked Peter to keep his daughter safe by protecting her, that would make both of them happy. Also, that officer shooting Spiderman in the leg just seemed to add more padding.
Neutral: Gwen Stacy, an intern, knowing how to use all of the complex machinery (Which College educated scientists use). I found that unconvincing (no matter how smart she is), but that was mitigated by Peter giving her the key instructions that his father gave him, and the love interest being more active than in the original movie(s).
Crane scene, stupid and cool, nothing else to say.
This movie has several flaws, but it is a good movie, and Spiderman fans should see it. I enjoyed the movie, I won't compare it to the originals, because I believe that it can stand on its own, origin story and all.
Amazing Spiderman, flawed but overall good
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Let me just say this, this movie really tried to be different from the other three, different Big Bad, different Love interest, no J Jonah, no wrestling, mechanical web-shooters, and the slingshot method of web is used more (I don't like most of these changes, but I don't hate any of them, they're just different). While I do miss the dynamic swinging through the city, this movie is still good. Lizard is a very good sympathetic villain, his actor played him well. Martin Sheen as Uncle Ben, was an excellent choice. The relationship with Uncle Ben and Aunt May was handled well (if expedient, again, probably to make the movie stand out from the original). Connors saving peter with his new hand was especially poignant, as it was the last time he used it. The movie's humor rang true most of the time
What I didn't like: Spiderman discovering his powers and accidentally ripping off a woman's shirt, that was unnecessary, the rest of the scene was still good. Captain Stacy showing up to save peter was cool, but, why just him, as the captain, he should either organizing the evacuation (as per protocol), or bringing a squad with him to stop the more eminent threat (either way, he should be with more people). The thing I disliked the most was when the captain, in his dying moments requests Peter not see his daughter anymore, Peter honors the last request, and breaks it almost 5 minutes later (at Gwen's prompting). I disliked this scene, because he just ignored a dying man's last request, for his daughter's safety, and this was pretty easy to write around, he could have asked Peter to keep his daughter safe by protecting her, that would make both of them happy. Also, that officer shooting Spiderman in the leg just seemed to add more padding.
Neutral: Gwen Stacy, an intern, knowing how to use all of the complex machinery (Which College educated scientists use). I found that unconvincing (no matter how smart she is), but that was mitigated by Peter giving her the key instructions that his father gave him, and the love interest being more active than in the original movie(s).
Crane scene, stupid and cool, nothing else to say.
This movie has several flaws, but it is a good movie, and Spiderman fans should see it. I enjoyed the movie, I won't compare it to the originals, because I believe that it can stand on its own, origin story and all.