Definitely not an untold story, but Marc Webb's "The Amazing Spiderman" sure shows us the unseen side of Spiderman.
When "Hulk" released in 2003, Universal Studios took 5 years to make "The Incredible Hulk" which was a decent watch. Similarly after 10 years, but this time the same production house which made the previous series comes up with "The Amazing Spiderman" which is definitely better than the original (atleast to me). Wondering when will another adjective be added to another Marvel superhero and be remade and retold.
There is no sizzling hot MJ here, instead we have Gwen Stacy, the Captain's (captain of what? A police officer) daughter. Peter Parker meets Gwen and then there is Love.
Andrew Garfield is amazing. He gets into the skin of the character (Easy for him since he's already skinny) and plays the crazy side of Peter Parker awesomely. He's funny and witty and that makes him special. "The Social Network" too offered him a different role which he played almost silently.
Music by James Horner (the orchestrator for Titanic, Avatar, Braveheart, etc.) is just okay. There were some abriupt Grand Piano tones here and there.
Cinematography was excellent. That too for a superhero who partly travels in the air and partly on land, the camera too needs to be creative and it is. Thanks to the man who also gave us Armageddon and Pearl Harbor.
Martin Sheen and Saly Field as Uncle Ben and Aunt May come up with decent performances but not better than Cliff Robertson and Rosemary Harris (in the previous series).
Irrfan Khan does a cameo and gets away with it without being noticed.
Rhys Ilfans delivers a good performance both as a one handed scientist and as a lizard.
There are a lot of commercial elements to it. Lot of scenes probably inspired from Bollywood. (Even the action and emotional scenes, mind it)
"The Amazing Spiderman" is funny. (Funnier than most Ben Stiller movies..)
I would aptly call the movie as "Spiderman: The Amazing Kiss" rather than its current title for that scene still holding a lot of space in my mind hours after exiting the theatre. (What an Idea, Sirjee)
All in all, an awesome entertainer and Marc Webb has spun his magic and the result can be seen in 3-D on screen. Watch it soon!
Rating: 3.5/5
The Amazing Spiderman:"Desi Spiderman"
(P.S. If you know what i mean)
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