Like last years The Man of Steel, The Amazing Spider-Man is another film that has me asking myself how many times is Hollywood going to feed me the same super hero origin stories. Only a decade removed from the start of Sam Rami's Toby McGuire helmed Spider-Man series, The Amazing Spider-Man, whose sequel just came out earlier this month, again gives us teenaged Peter Parker, now played by British actor Andrew Garfield, being bitten by a radioactive spider, gaining super powers as a result, and deciding to become a costumed crime fighter just in time to go up against a newly arrived super villain, this time Dr. Curtin Conners 'Lizard' (Rhys Ifans).
This film is less campy then the Rami films, though in no way devoid of camp, and the story is told in a very well crafted way, but is still largely devoid of surprise. Parker does get a different love interest in this film, instead of Mary Jane its Gwen Stacy, the other Spider-man love interest from the comics, and instead of a blond Kristin Dunst with her hair died red, we have iconic red-head Emma Stone with her hair died blond, go figure. There's really not a lot to talk about with this movie, its all known property, and it caries its 136 minute running time as though its only two hours. A little smarter then its predecessor series, this film sets up some actual back story for Parker's missing parents that I'm sure will be further fleshed out in what I assume will be at least two sequels. I enjoyed watching this film, but it played things infinity safe and left no real lasting impression. **1/2
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