Into the Silver Screen: The Amazing Spiderman 2

Title: The Amazing Spiderman 2
Genre: Marvel Cinematic Universe
Topbilled by: Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone
Date: May 1, 2014

The initial plan was to watch Captain America 2 with my brother if ever it was still showing. Yes, I know, I'm that late. I almost forgot that this movie was going to be shown around this date and that nearly every cinema would play the movie to accomodate the bulk of fans who are going to watch. I relented. This would seem to be against my will (sort of) and don't get me wrong, I don't hate Andrew Garfield or Emma Stone. It's just that I was so used to Tobey Maguire's take on Peter Parker that a part of me refuse to fathom the fact that somebody else is going to fill his shoes not to mention my satisfaction on James Franco as Harry Osborn and Kirsten Dunst as MJ Watson. This revamp shows Peter's younger side and Gwen Stacey's involvement as his love interest, or rather first love, way before MJ (this is like Lana Lang all over again one reason why I didn't religiously follow Smallville). But I was wrong. I'm glad that I gave this a chance. Andrew Garfield's Spiderman mirrors the comicbook hero's personality. Cocky and sarcastic, that's the Spiderman I remember reading snippets. In some way, I now can symphatize on why a large fanbase would rather have Gwen than MJ. She complements him intellectually not that I'm saying MJ is dumb but because she was there from the start.  On the other hand, I loved Harry and Peter's bromance more in the first trilogy. What amused me is Electro playing 'Itsy Bitsy Spider' during their fight scene and that the powerplant looks like something out of a pokemon game; the part where one must catch Zapdos. I don't want to openly spoil for anyone who hasn't watched yet. Let me just say this, the movie copied the comicbook plot  so well that if there would be a third movie to cap it off as a trilogy, someone new would be introduced. All in all, take Tobey's awkward Peter Parker and Andrew's cocky and sarcastic Spiderman, we would have a perfect reflection of the comicbook hero; like two halves of a whole. I guess I have to watch the first movie.

Till the next flick...