The Amazing(ly ugly enemy of) Spider-Man('s)
When you're about 3 weeks late in watching a hollywood superhero movie, it is guaranteed that when you walk in to the theater you'd have more than just popcorn and coke. Spoilers - whether voluntarily or involuntarily - would be up your sleeves. I, myself, anticipated 3 things when I watched The Amazing Spiderman last night:
1. The difference between Andrew Garfield's Peter Parker to Tobey Maguire's.
2. Andrew Garfield's ass (yes, it came from Puspa xD)
3. the ugly enemy.
BUT..
As it turned out, i failed in anticipating the shock over witnessing the ugliness of the thing Spiderman has to fight with. Eventhough I had read it so many times in twitter, when the thing first reveald itself, i thought to myself, "man, it's so ugly." And on its second encounter with spidey, i practically shouted what i read in timeline couple weeks ago:
"FUCK! IT TALKS!!"
It's super ugly and it talks! That's like combo to a damn new level of eww-ness. Even Venom in Spiderman 3 wasn't that gross and still looked rather good in comic book villain standart. But this thing in The Amazing Spiderman is just. pure. ugly.
Well as for the casts, true that Andrew Gardfield is sizzling hot with super cute smile and everything, but for me who practically grew up with Tobey Maguire's clumsy gallant Peter Parker, it's not quite easy to move on to Garfield's rather dark and troubled teenage boy. However, I have to admit, his acting is spectacular. And the movie is great, though i must say, it's not so much a special one.