Review of Spider-Man (1977) by Tony P — 30 May 2015
Reboot from the Tobey Maguire era that was last seen in Spider-Man 3 in 2007.
A new Peter Parker/Spider-Man, Andrew Garfield is introduced. I say introduced Garfield already has an extensive filmography.
The origins of Spider-Man are explored again in detail! It takes just under the first hour of the film.
The second half of the film sees Spider-Man battle an Incredible Hulk like lizard called interestingly The Lizard, Rhys Ifans.
Good special effects. For the second film running the dreaded CGI has to be used despite some scenes being filmed for real. It doesn't distract from the main fabric of the film.
The cast is a mixture of new blood as such and established movie stalwarts such as Martin Sheen and Sally Field as Uncle Ben and Aunt May respectively.
I haven't seen Field since 1993s Mrs. Doubtfire.
Garfield was in his late twenties yet the storyline of Peter Parker shows him as a nerdy 17 year old High School student. Very Michael J. Fox territory.
One other thing I noticed was the extensive use of Sony products at every opportunity like a James Bond film. It is a Sony Pictures film.
This review of Spider-Man (1977) was written by Tony P on 30 May 2015.
Spider-Man has generally received positive reviews.
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