Watched: The Amazing Spider-Man
Observations:
- This film really got the fluidity of a character like Spider-Man and ran/swung/flew with it. I think this is the first time where a bunch of workmen turning cranes around has ever made me cry.
- Andrew Garfield definitely lends a humanity to the character, but his face began to unnerve me after a while. It never stops moving. It’s hard to harness emotional significance when you’re always in a constant duel between smiling and frowning.
- They could have done more with Rhys Ifans’s character, too - he gradually faded from view in favour of The Origin Story - which, while good, is a bit of a tired formula by now. That said, it’s hard to really lend character development to a giant lizard with an English accent.
- Uncle Ben! (Martin Sheen was really good when he was around.)
- Emma Stone somehow turned a fairly one-dimensional part into something with depth, too - most of her role is hanging around, waiting for Peter to show up, but she has some good lines and leaps off the screen.
- The music was really good, and was really part of the tapestry of the film - at times, there was the impression that it was trying to create a mood that wasn’t there, but for the most part it worked in synchronicity with the rest of the film.
- Side note: I haven’t seen, nor do I intend to see, any of the Tobey Maguire Spidey films. The man’s face terrifies me. Just… yep.
