Review Tuesday: The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)

Back to the inflight movie reviews, this week:

 

The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)

A high school genius, Peter Parker, accidentally acquires super powers while trying to figure out the mystery of his parents' disappearance. But he learns quickly that with great great power comes great responsibility.

From the beginning, I must confess that I always loved the comic book character SPIDER-Man. he wasn't rich. He wasn't famous. He was some anonymous kid trying hard to make it in life while taking on the daunting task of battling super-villains beyond the capabilities of the NYPD to handle. The web-head was just an ordinary dude! When the previous set of Spidey movies came out, I thought they made the perfect choice with Tobey Maquire. He looked completely ordinary. He was quiet and mild-mannered. He even LOOKED like Peter Parker from the comics! After that series ran its course and people grew tired after the third installment in 2007 Hollywood wanted to breath new life into this franchise and reboot it. 

THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (as I am told) is based on a newer line of books, a reboot in themselves that starts off with the love story between Peter and Gwen, as opposed to the classic girl next door tale with Mary Jane Watson. 

This reboot stars Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker and the web-slinger. That alone made em want to NOT see this movie. His face bothers me. I don't want to see it on my screen. However, in the Gwen Stacey role is a stunningly gorgeous Emma Stone. Hmm. Add to the mix FREE IN FLIGHT MOVIE: UNEDITED and I decided, why not?

The underlying story of this movie is the mystery of what REALLY happened to Peter's parents? Accidentally Peter stumbles across his father's old briefcase case and from there follows a path of clues to Dr Connors (the Lizard) and Oscorp. Peter gets bitten by a spider, super powers, Uncle Ben dies, chased by the police, saves the city, yadda, yadda, yadda. 

I found the movie dull and predictable. The only likable characters are Uncle Ben (Martin Sheen) and Aunt May (Sally Field). Other than that, you don't identify with anyone else. Even this new Peter Parker seems way too cool and has much more of a back-bane than you'd expect a high school nerd to have. I lost interest in this very long movie very quickly. I would call it mediocre at best. 

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