Back in at the end of the earlier “first” Spider Man
movie, Tobey Maquire, as Peter Parker,
announced “I am Spider Man. With great power comes great responsibility.”
I think Tobey Maguire had more fun (“Whee!”) with the role
than Andrew Garfield does in Marc Webb’s new 3-D summer Marvel comic book epic,
“The Amazing Spider-Man”. (It’s a little
soon for an entire franchise remake.) But Garfield, now 28, both very lean and
very muscular, really has the charisma for the role nevertheless. As the AP
high school student by day who generates his jelly suit by night, he pulls it
off.
Here, Peter Parker is attending a science high school in
NYC, and the little subplot about bullying seems out of place. When he interns at the high profile biotech
company, he gets fascinated with the opportunities and gets himself bit by the
arachnid.
Yes, there’s the story of his missing parents (associated
with the research), and the death of his uncle Ben (Martin Sheen), as the
aftermath of an encounter with a street thug.
There’s the overzealous (but not evil) Dr. Curt Connors (Rhys Ifans),
who, wanting to grow his arm back with spider venom, turns into a golem or
dinosaur. Dennis Leary places the police
captain who suspects Peter’s vigilantism, and Emma Stone (the cop’s daughter)
will be Peter’s loyal girl friend (no "Gossip Girl" here), who will have to clean up Peter’s mauled
chest in one scene after an encounter with the golem’s claws.
There’s a line from Uncle Ben, “life’s about responsibility,
not choice.” But that’s early on, when
Peter, just discovering his powers, doesn’t show up home in time to walk his
aunt May (Sally Field) home in the dark. Yes, as a young male, he’s expected to be protective
of extended family.
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