Review: The Amazing Spider-Man

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Perhaps the best way to start is to tell you to block the last decade of Spider-Man movies from your mind and treat The Amazing Spider-Man as it is, a complete revamp of the Spider-Man franchise. In 2005, Christopher Nolan started a new wave of films with Batman Begins, where the story is as important, if not more important, than the superhero and his trials. We get strong characterisation, drama and a full story and this theme has run into the reincarnation of Marvel’s most famous superhero, as directed by Marc Webb (And I can’t not say something about how awesomely apt his surname is!). If anyone has heard of Spider-Man, they know the story of his origins. Peter Parker, a high school student who lives with his aunt and uncle, gets bitten by radioactive spider and develops super powers. This awkward teenager gains the ability to crawl up walls, … There’s more

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Well, I haven’t posted here in quite a while. Thought I’d return with the odd post…they’ll mainly be film related, so I hope you’ll have me back ———————- J.J. Abrams is the real deal. I’m sure most of you know this by now. Love or hate Lost, it’s one of the most spoken about TV shows of the 21st century (One way or another, I’m sure most of of want to find out how it’s going to finish) Fringe is a cult TV hit. Cloverfield was a viral success and Star Trek, released last year, was a triumph both critically and financially. It’s becoming quite clear that Abrams just has it. Has what though? Well, if you look at the footage of the teaser trailer of his next film, I think you’ll get an idea of what this guy is doing right.