Mad scientists, don’t we love them to give us yet another villain to fight against? In this superhero universe, we have seen bad chemicals injected into drinking water aiming to poison the whole city of innocent people. We have seen bad chemicals vaporized into air. We have even seen bad chemicals injected directly into air, or intended to be so. Superheroes spying on the criminals through the police radio channels. At times, I can’t tell one story from another. Haven’t we already seen Spider-Man ten years ago? Do we need a reboot, yet another remake? One thing for sure, the chemistry between the new Peter Parker and his new love interest Gwen Stacy is good. Those kisses Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone have could well dethrone the ones we have seen in Twilight Saga. Oh no, have I just offended the Marvel fans and the Twilight fans in one single paragraph?
I am not a big fan of remakes. Not when the original film is merely ten years old. Technology has not changed that much. Why not The Amazing Spider-Girl instead? Hence, I have very low expectation on The Amazing Spider-Man. I watched it because of Emma Stone (I know!) While the part about Spider-Man’s transformation still does not make sense (I could see millions of people easily could have become Spider-Man), many parts now make more sense. Like how spider web gets ejected out from Spider-Man’s wrists. Or how Spider-Man trains himself to be one, which reminds me of the Batman remake. Cynthia commented that it is unrealistic for Spider-Man to create his costume. I pointed out to her that these days, you can learn to make anything using Google. Except Peter Parker in The Amazing Spider-Man uses Bing and an old Sony Ericsson phone.
Right.
I like it that Spider-Man acts like a spider, how he looks for his prey. I also like it that the villain is not a thousand times bigger than Spider-Man. It was a fair fight. A lot of plot development on the upbringing and background of Peter Parker and the character transformation of Spider-Man, which is also a plus. I also like it that this new Peter Parker is upfront about his identity when dealing with his love interest. No more stupid girlfriends who are tricked by a mask or a pair of glasses. While I will likely forget the plot a month from now, the good on-screen chemistry is probably something I will remember for a while. Till they reboot this franchise again that is.