Review: The Amazing Spider-Man

The wait is over the Amazing Spider-Man movie has finally been released, and Andrew Garfield and the rest of the cast did a spectacular job. Honestly I think Andrew Garfield did a better job than Tobey Maguire at the Peter Parker role. I personally like the character of Gwen Stacy more than the character of Mary Jane Watson. In my opinion Emma Stone fit the Gwen part perfectly unlike Kirstin Dunst in the role of Mary Jane, and was a lot more likable in the role. I don't think Rhys Ifans was a perfect Dr. Connors but he did a pretty good job, especially in comparison to Dylan Baker's version from Raimi's series. The choice of Lizard as the villain felt perfect, not rushing into Green Goblin, and using a villain we haven't seen before who has ties to Peter's past. If you compare the old suit with the new suit it's no question which ones better.

The new suit is a perfect combination of blue and red and the old suit looked more like the one in the comics but I think the new suit is much better. Martin Sheen was a great uncle Ben but Sally Fields just didn`t fit the part of Aunt May. Unfortunetly in some fighting scenes lizard looked fake. Stan Lee's cameo was amazing and extremely funny. I'm a big fan of Sam Raimi's movies including his Spider-Man movies but I do think Marc Webb is the better director for a Spider-Man movie. Denis Leary was a perfect addition to the cast as Captain Stacy, Gwen's father. Andrew was a great Peter Parker in and out of the suit and his fighting skills in the movie were much better than Tobey's in the old Spider-Man movies. Emma Stone and Andrew Garfield together as a couple was just perfect the whole way through the film.

Martin Sheen did an amazing job as Peter's uncle and acted perfectly with the part and the same with Denis Leary in the part of Captain George Stacy. The design of the Oscorp building was much better in the Amazing Spider Man than in the old Spider-Man movies. Also the Lizard's design was perfect and much than the design for the Green Goblin in the past Spider-Man films. I do think Danny Elfman's score was much better than James Horner's score in my opinion. I would've liked to see Harry Osborn and his father Norman Osborn in the movie but it would be to much to add Harry in the first movie along with Gwen. The developed web shooters are much better than the organic webshooters in Sam Raimi's series.

The scene of Uncle Ben's death was much more realistic in Marc Webb's version because they actually showed it and there was blood unlike in the old movies. The plot was excellent and I especially liked how they showed a flash back of little Peter and his parents. I would like to see Electro and Green Goblin in the future Amazing Spider-Man movies. Chris Zylka looks and acts much more like Flash Thompson than Joe Manganeillo but honestly I don't think either of them are perfect for the role.

As I said before the Lizard design was excellent unfortunetly I like the comics version much better but this design of the Lizard was still good. Rhys Ifans in my opinion didn't do a great job but he did enough to make the villain amazing. The match up between Andrew Garfield as Spider-Man and Rhys Ifans as Lizard was perfect. Lizard is one of my favorite villains in the Marvel Universe and Curt Connors is one of my favorite characters in the Spider-Man story. It was a great idea of Marc Webb to choose a villain we haven't seen in a Spider-Man movie in the past.