A shorthand ease between the two is comfortable, likeable. It’s easy to see how Stone and Garfield became a real-life couple given their on-screen chemistry. At the heart of Garfield’s performance is a haunting gentility and purity that just soars, particularly when he’s on screen with Emma Stone. Mild-mannered and well-mannered, shy and sheepish, lithe and agile, intelligent without being pompous and filled with a multi-layered palette of emotion, Garfield soars and quite honestly, surpasses the believability and performance of Tobey Maguire in his first turn as the web-slinging hero. Making his performance amazing from the start is that Garfield is 28 years old but has the innocent and naive look and spirit that allows him to convincingly portray a high school student. The problem is that Connors is stymied with his genetic formulation stymied that is until Peter gets involved.Īs comes as no surprise given his already stellar history of delivering strong performances, Andrew Garfield is perfect as Peter Parker/Spider-Man. Connors, losing his right arm from the elbow down, believes with all his heart that this cross-breeding can not eradicate disease and cure illness and deformities, but create the perfect man. Wanting to learn more about his father and his work (especially given Peter’s own penchant for science and technological development and gizmos), Peter sets out to meet Connors, now head researcher at Oscorp since Richard Parker’s death, leading to earth-shattering consequences as it seems that Connors has been continuing with the genetic work and hybridization of man and beast that he and Richard Parker had begun so many years ago. At first blush, the case appears to just be filled with touchstones for Peter – a calculator, eyeglasses, pens, papers, but it all triggers a memory, a memory of his fatherfs need for secrecy, leading Peter to find a hidden compartment in the briefcase, along with hidden documents and a photo of Dr. Or is he? Thanks to a broken water pipe at the Parker house, Peter finds his father’s old briefcase. Shy almost to a fault, he gets an adoringly sheepish grin on his face whenever he sees or speaks to Gwen. A seemingly happy, well-adjusted teenager, Peter is now in high school, loves photography, is smarter than smart, polite as the day is long, stands up to bullies and defends those who are bullied, and he has a crush on one, Gwen Stacy. Peter is still living with Uncle Ben and Aunt May as his parents were killed in a plane crash not long after he came to live with his aunt and uncle. Along with Peter, Richard also leaves his briefcase asking Ben to “keep it safe.”įast forward 10 years. Parker and his wife Mary head off to face those that are after them. Knowing his family is in danger because of his work, Parker packs up young Peter and takes him to his brother Ben and his wife May for safekeeping and protection, while Dr. His father Richard, a renowned scientist, has been working on an important project, something important enough to warrant the Parker home being burglarized and Dr. We meet a young Peter Parker at home with his parents. The answer: It’s not and that’s because while the franchise is being rebooted, it’s being done more as a prequel to the Raimi-Maguire trilogy as opposed to a “reimagination” or “remake.” With Andrew Garfield sliding into the timid, well-mannered, brainiac persona of Peter Parker as easily as he slinks into a Spidey suit that’s way too cool for words, the incomparable Emma Stone entering the picture as Peter’s first love (and the woman who knows his secrets), a captivating Rhys Ifans, grounding and emotional performances by Sally Field and Martin Sheen, all led by director Marc Webb with a script by James Vanderbilt, Oscar-winner Alvin Sargent (who also penned Spider-Man 2) and the man who worked magic with Harry Potter, Steve Kloves, THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN spins a web of fun and fantasy to delight young and old alike. So one must now ask in 2012, after the successful franchise starring Tobey Maguire wrapped in 2007, is it too soon to reboot and reimagine Spider-Man. It’s been a decade since Sam Raimi first brought everyone’s favorite webslinger to the big screen, setting the bar and forever immortalizing indelible imagery and performances to the audiences’ imaginations.
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