Went to see the new Spiderman movie last night and I thought it was awesome! Mike didn't love it as much as I did, but I think I know why that is. First, some background... Mike and I are both big comic book nerds. Mike loves X-Men, but also reads many other books, like Batman, Walking Dead, Star Wars, and Watchmen. I, on the other hand, am a huge Spiderman fan. I have read all the early books and, while my Spiderman collection does not rival Mike's X-Men collection, it's still pretty impressive. I, of course, also read Batman, Superman, Watchmen, and others. But I loves me some Spiderman. Especially early Spiderman. It's one of the first comic books I really got into, after, of course, my childhood love of Archie comics. So I was super excited that this movie went back to the beginning. Whereas Mike doesn't have that love of early Spiderman comics.
Mike's major complaint was about pacing, he thought it was too rushed. I completely disagree and think the pacing was great. Mike enjoyed the characters, but he really wanted them to spend more time on Peter exploring his powers. I, on the other hand, have always thought that was the most boring part. So, this movie was made for me! But not so much for Mike.
So here's what I loved. I love that it was Gwen Stacy instead of Mary Jane. She was Peter's first love, after all. And it really leaves a lot open for the sequel. Will they kill her off? Certainly seems that Green Goblin is coming up soon. And speaking of the Green Goblin. I love that the villain was the Lizard. He's one of the earliest villains that Spiderman goes up against and I always liked him. It doesn't hurt that Rhys Ifans played the part so well. I also love that they kind of combined events a little bit, so that we can skip Dr. Octopus, who killed Captain Stacy in the comics. I'm not a huge fan of Doc Oc, and I hope they leave him out of this reboot. What else do I love... Martin Sheen. Also, Andrew Garfield's and Emma Stone's acting ability. And the scene at the end with the eggs, how sweet was that. I loved that they included Flash instead of just having random bullies, and that they tried to capture the relationship that Peter and Flash had in the comics. Flash isn't so bad, he's just a big, dumb jock, who needs friends to teach him how to be a person instead of a jerk. And I feel like they went with that instead of just making him a bully. Which, I guess, is part of why I really loved the movie so much. The script, mixed with the acting ability of all the actors gave us a comic book movie with fully realized characters, none of whom was wholly good or bad. And that is my favorite kind of movie. And now I will stop writing, but I will probably read a few Spider-man comics to relive some of the best moments.
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