The Amazing Spiderman
If there was one movie I didn’t think about wanting to watch this summer, it had to be The Amazing Spiderman. Why would I want to watch another Spiderman movie after the lameness that was the third? I was hoping for something beyond the standard origin story, but it was a true reboot and started right from the spider’s bite. Why? Didn’t we tread these plots already? What more can we get from another Spidey movie?
Emma Stone. Zettai Ryouiki. ‘Nuff said.
We first glimpse Emma Stone as the brainy Gwen Stacy in over the knee socks. We catch her again in over the knee socks later on in the film. She only gets up to grade B zettai ryouiki only, but zettai ryouiki anyway. I think I would watch it again just for that.
Beyond the titillation in seeing absolute territory, the movie was surprisingly decent. Overlook the fact that we have another origin story, we get the next Spidey villain, the Lizard. He’s just a regular scientist looking to merge animal DNA with human DNA for some purpose to help humanity, and to give himself an arm. Peter Parker helps him play God. The scientist merges with lizard DNA to make a reptile monster who is hellbent on making everyone a reptile too. Spidey has to stop him along with cutie Gwen Stacy. He does and did. You already know that. But does Gwen Stacy get the boy? Or at least live? You’ll have to watch it. (For the zettai ryouiki!)
3 of 5 stars.
