Amazing Spider-Man Swings Into Action
'Spider-Man' reboots with a new cast and director -- but is it really amazing?
The Amazing Spider-Man swings into theaters today, rebooting the 10-year-old franchise after the debacle that was Spider-Man 3. But can the new cast and new director (the fittingly named Marc Webb) deliver where Sam Raimi and Toby Maguire faltered? The short answer is: Yes. The Amazing Spider-Man is a far better film than Raimi's self-indulgent, jokey and overlong Spider-Man 3; it is, in fact, the best film of the franchise. And British actor Andrew Garfield (doing a flawless American accent) is a better Spider-Man than Maguire -- leaner, more intense and less self-pitying. That's not to say the film is without flaws; one subplot feels unfinished, and the villain is definitely a minor-leaguer in Spidey's baddie bullpen. But these are minor…
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courtney nuttall
9:52 am on Sunday, July 8, 2012
I loved and i feel thik i just saw it but maybe soon i will be seeing it on the big screen 1 of these days and I know that I will LOVE IT. P.s.great info that had 2 be the best info about a movie i ever heared!!!!!:-) more ›