Review of Spider-Man (1977) by David B — 04 Jan 2015

The plot might be predictable, but this fluid film has free-ranging fun with the physicality of what it feels like to be a spider, especially when tied to the emotions of a teenager. It doesn't quite justify the full-on reboot in the way - say - Batman Begins did, but this is a bold new direction that should open up Spider-Man's appeal to a fresh audience.

It's not fair to compair Andrew Garfield to Toby Magurie's Spiderman, both are equally worthy of wearing the famous red and blue suit, but with this reboot they did try and make it more real, though I felt this one was trying to be more worthy.

The Sam Rami's films were more colorful and comic book like, when this one was a lot more darker and the action scenes special effects are a lot better and cleaner. Aside from being a worthy reboot, I thought Rhys Ifans was a great villain as The Lizard but this was quite short and should've had more screen time.

I honestly didn't think this showed me anything new what the previous films have already done but the cast were great, special effects amazing, predictable plot and a re-boot that seemed to early to have been made.

Shame. It is worth a look but I'll stick with Sam Rami film any day. Hopefully the sequel will perk up a little bit, we'll see.