Just saw last year's "Amazing Spider-Man'
"Amazing" is quite a stretch.
The Raimi Spider-Man movies were better in just about every way.
Although this one's Peter Parker does look more like a nebbish from New York City, the movie fails in other NYC points, which makes up for it. For instance, no NYC news anchor would say something like, "The city is being evacuated from 54th Street south." They'd specify Manhattan.
Also, Emma Stone looks too old to be in high school. And Peter Parker's perpetual lack of money is totally missing. I mean, he breaks all sorts of stuff and nobody cares all that much.
Okay, speaking of breaking things, that does lead to some fun slapstick moments. And the Stan Lee cameo in this one is a hoot. But there's no Bruce Campbell.
This movie does go back to the original canon by having the webs shoot from a device, rather than the rather Freudian biological change that had them shooting from his wrists in the Raimi films.
And no J. Jonah Jameson? Feh!
The Raimi Spider-Man movies were better in just about every way.
Although this one's Peter Parker does look more like a nebbish from New York City, the movie fails in other NYC points, which makes up for it. For instance, no NYC news anchor would say something like, "The city is being evacuated from 54th Street south." They'd specify Manhattan.
Also, Emma Stone looks too old to be in high school. And Peter Parker's perpetual lack of money is totally missing. I mean, he breaks all sorts of stuff and nobody cares all that much.
Okay, speaking of breaking things, that does lead to some fun slapstick moments. And the Stan Lee cameo in this one is a hoot. But there's no Bruce Campbell.
This movie does go back to the original canon by having the webs shoot from a device, rather than the rather Freudian biological change that had them shooting from his wrists in the Raimi films.
And no J. Jonah Jameson? Feh!