I may not be among a huge group of people, but I’m someone who’s actually excited for Marc Webb’s upcoming reboot of the Spider-Man franchise next month. I liked what I saw earlier in the year, and the rumors I’d been hearing were encouraging as well. Critics in England however, have actually seen the movie, and some have put out their early reviews already. You can get a sense of some of them after the jump, but they’re mostly on the positive side. It looks like Andrew Garfield at the very least is a success story. Read on below for more…
A few places have already compiled some of the early word (such as The Playlist here and MTV here), but I’ll do the same now:
The Guardian says here that: “Marc Webb’s successful synthesis of action and emotion, together with a terrific performance by Andrew Garfield, means that this Spider-Man is as enjoyable as it is impressive”.
The Telegraph states here that: “Though it still packs plenty of testosterone, Marc Webb’s new Spider-Man is the superhero film for the Twilight generation”.
Total Film chimes in here that: “Swinging from fresh to faithful-to-source, Marc Webb’s reboot is a sparky, well-cast, often punchy Spidey spin… but it’s also Spider-Man Begins Again, struggling in places to assert its own identity”.
SFX has this this to say here: “Any worries that after the much-loved Sam Raimi Spider-Man films (well, the first two anyway…) Sony would reboot the franchise with a loud, vacuous, gimmicky, MTV-edited, soulless crowd-pleaser are dispelled immediately with a summer blockbuster that doesn’t have an action sequence for a good half hour. The most amazing thing about this Spider-Man is how much heart and genuinely warm storytelling it has”.
Finally, The Evening Standard has this here to say: “Shame. We finally get a British superhero, and he’s a bit boring. London-born Andrew Garfield has stepped into the spandex Spidey-suit for this premature reboot of the Marvel franchise”.
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We’ll be contributing our own reviews soon enough…
Joey Magidson(Quote) (Reply)
A year ago this film looked like it was going to be awful, but now I’m pumped for the movie. In fact I’m more excited for “The Amazing Spider-Man” than “The Dark Knight Rises”. Never thought I would say that.
jreese64(Quote) (Reply)
Go figure, right?
Joey Magidson(Quote) (Reply)
I like that it seems meant as much for girls as for guys.
Kim(Quote) (Reply)
That it does…
Joey Magidson(Quote) (Reply)