The approach mostly fails by trying to avoid being too much like the Raimi version.
Our review of the Blu-ray ofThe Amazing Spider-Manfollows after the jump.
As this is never really paid off, who cares?
Perhaps this is partly set up for the next film.
And here is where direct comparison to the Raimi film makes this look bad.
We see Tobey Maguire humiliated in much more effective and believable ways.
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Also, even before he gets bitten, this Parker is a skateboarder, so hes borderline athletic.
His father left a formula, so Peter wants to meet Dr. Connors.
He doesnt mean to, but its played for laughs.
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As it’s possible for you to imagine, shortly thereafter, Uncle Ben gets killed.
Also he asks Gwen out and she says yes, so theres some dating.
But her father is Captain Stacy (Dennis Leary).
And quickly because theres no J. Jonah Jameson in this film, Capt.
Stacy doesnt like Spider-Man, which puts our hero at odds with the cops.
The film was sold as the untold story, but those elements seem mostly shorn in the final cut.
But by missing some of the classical beats while still telling an origin story, it makes Peter unlikeable.
This Peter feels like an outsider by choice.
Curt Connors acts like a villain once he becomes the lizard, but theres no sense of why.
Hes a villain because he has to be.
Hopefully, hopefully, the mistakes they made here were because the original conception was abandoned.
Hopefully they learned from their mistakes.
Sonys Blu-ray presents the film in 3D, 2D, and with a DVD and digital copy.
Both are presented in widescreen (2.35:1) and in DTS-HD 5.1 Master Audio.
There are also eleven deleted scenes (17 min.
), with one being a different cut of how Uncle Ben dies.
I like the cut version more as it makes it more real.
There are sixteen pre-viz sequences (39 min.
Theres also eight stunt rehearsals (12 min.)
included, and a piece on the tie-in video game (4 min.).
The only thing this is missing is a collection of trailers and TV spots.
