Movie Review - The Amazing Spider-man

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As this is my first blogged movie review I'll start by explaining that I like to go to the movies on a regular basis. I'll often do this without prior researching the film I'm going to see. This generally ensures I have no preconceptions about a movie and no expectations. Whilst this can lead to some really disappointing visits it can also lead to some very unexpected pleasures.

It's fair to say my reviews will not be overly in depth and will rarely refer to an actor by their real name. I will always provide a rating for the movies I review. These ratings will not be particularly standard and they might not assist you in your decision to watch the movie, but I hope you enjoy reading.

and on to the review...

I'll start by saying this wasn't a film I was looking forward to or, indeed, really knew anything about prior to watching it. Well, I've now been to watch The 'Amazing' Spider-man and can't exactly say that it thrilled and amazed...the film title doesn't actually have 'Amazing' in any quotation marks. This is merely my way of highlighting the 'shocking' fact that the film is anything but amazing. It is in fact nothing short of terrible.

The good points then, of which I have just 2; the two lead actors are of a tolerable quality, delivering a reasonable show. At the very least the on screen chemistry between the pair is believable. Second good point, the female lead is really pretty.

The bad points then are easily filled in by yourselves, the reader, viewer and all round educated person, as they comprise of the rest of the movie. To my mind the plot was EXACTLY the same as the original Spider-man movie. There were, of course, some differences but these were subtle and, to a very large extent, completely pointless. Rather than entertain and dazzle, this film managed to confuse me for two main reasons; I didn't realise it was a remake, rather than a sequel, until about 30 minutes into the film ... and everyone had very futuristic technology available to them except for, for some some unknown reason, Spider-man who still had to use something called 'film' in his camera?!

I would rate this film a one legged, trapped in a jar with no air about to die, spider on the standard spider movie rating scale. (that's about 1 star in traditional rating systems)