Before stating my views, let me tell you that I have been a
spidey fan since time immemorial, it was only after coming under the evil
influence of Tracer Bullet that I got interested in The Dark Knight and his
broodings!
Synopsis: Peter Parker is a high school teenager, who lost his
parents at a very young age. He has been
raised by uncle Ben and aunt May who dot on him. One day, he comes across a briefcase (that
belonged to his father) in the attic, which leads him to Oscorp and Dr. Curtis
Conners, who was his father’s partner. He
visits Oscorp to get in touch with Dr. Curtis Conners. While loitering around prohibited part of the
research lab, Peter is bitten by a genetically enhanced spider. Slowly, Peter Parker starts developing great
physical power, along with superb reflexes and agility. Like a spider, he can
cling to any surface. Being a brilliant
science student, he develops inorganic webs that he can shoot from the bands
that he wears in his wrist. Uncle Ben is
shot dead by a thug and Peter makes it his mission to catch the culprit. Along the way, he realizes that his great powers are not just instruments for personal
vendetta, but must be used carefully for the greater good of humanity. He starts to help the police but is not trusted
by the captain of NYPD, who also happens to be his sweet heart’s (Gwen Stacy)
father. Meanwhile, Dr. Curtis Conners
transmits himself to a giant lizard with super strength and Spiderman must stop
him at all costs. This forms the crux of
story.
I was surprised with Andrew Garfield’s emoting skills. He is really good, better than Tobey in the first
installment of Spiderman. In order to
make the rebooted series different, the script has brought in Peter Parker’s
parent’s here, Peter himself is seen
reflecting about his parents at the start and at different times of the movie,
somewhat reminiscent of Dark Knight Begins, but still the movie does not have
the dark mood of Batman. It retains the
sunny spidey spirit. The stunts and
actions of this Spiderman are more in line with the comic version.
Gwen Stacy is also cool, her character is better defined
than MJ in the Tobey version. I did not
like this MJ character in the earlier series.
She seemed to love PP because he was Spider-man. That is not the case with Gwen. She is quite intelligent and she likes Peter
even when he is a normal guy and his being Spider-man perhaps makes him more
adorable to her.
Dr. Curtis Conners is not
a run-of-the mill villain here. It looks like he got addicted to the
potion he developed as a part of his research and on becoming the lizard, he
was unable to control his animal instincts.
Uncle Ben and Aunt May are good, with many meaningful and witty
dialogues between them, but I guess I loved the earlier Aunt May in Tobey’s Spider-Man more…..
This was the first time I was watching a 3-Dmovie and I was
busy analyzing the difference by removing my glasses during the start of the
movie. I guess 3-D effects made the screen
seem not limited by the boundary and things seem to pop out of the screen, it
was good, but perhaps my expectation was more, so I was not that much impressed…..
Overall, it was a good experience watching the new
spidey and if you are a spidey fan, then
do not miss this one for anything……………..
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