Does this movie have the potential to mop up the fanboy brigade as well as appealing to the female teen romance crowd?
We are almost halfway through the year and it's looking like a rather vintage one for fanboy fare. Of the four high-profile genre films that looked likely to make the biggest impact back in January, The Avengers reinvented the superhero ensemble movie as a vehicle for Joss Whedon's inimitable brand of razor-sharp wisecracking, Prometheus delivered a muddled and portentous but undeniably enjoyable take on the space thriller, and The Dark Knight Rising is shaping up to be a fittingly epic conclusion to Christopher Nolan's excellent Batman trilogy.
The Amazing Spider-Man was always the odd movie out, the film most of us felt had been green-lit largely for commercially driven reasons, but the first reviews of Marc Webb's reboot are surprisingly positive. The film arrives in...
We are almost halfway through the year and it's looking like a rather vintage one for fanboy fare. Of the four high-profile genre films that looked likely to make the biggest impact back in January, The Avengers reinvented the superhero ensemble movie as a vehicle for Joss Whedon's inimitable brand of razor-sharp wisecracking, Prometheus delivered a muddled and portentous but undeniably enjoyable take on the space thriller, and The Dark Knight Rising is shaping up to be a fittingly epic conclusion to Christopher Nolan's excellent Batman trilogy.
The Amazing Spider-Man was always the odd movie out, the film most of us felt had been green-lit largely for commercially driven reasons, but the first reviews of Marc Webb's reboot are surprisingly positive. The film arrives in...
- 6/22/2012
- by Ben Child
- The Guardian - Film News
U.K. critics are divided down the middle on Sony's 'Spider-Man' reboot, starring Andrew Garfield as the friendly neighborhood hero.
By Josh Wigler
Andrew Garfield in "The Amazing Spider-Man"
Photo:
Peter Parker swings back into U.S. theaters on July 3 with "The Amazing Spider-Man," this time played by British up-and-comer Andrew Garfield — and while Stateside critics have stayed hush-hush on their feelings about the "Amazing" reboot for now, our friends across the pond have been more outspoken with their reactions.Several U.K. news outlets including The Guardian and Empire have published their reviews of director Marc Webb's "Spider-Man" reboot, following the film's London premiere on Monday. The consensus is not unlike Parker's own superhero career: rocky at points, healthy at times and flat-out "amazing" in other areas.
Keep reading for the good and the bad from the early "Amazing Spider-Man" reviews!Webb & The Web-Spinner
"Webb successfully...
By Josh Wigler
Andrew Garfield in "The Amazing Spider-Man"
Photo:
Peter Parker swings back into U.S. theaters on July 3 with "The Amazing Spider-Man," this time played by British up-and-comer Andrew Garfield — and while Stateside critics have stayed hush-hush on their feelings about the "Amazing" reboot for now, our friends across the pond have been more outspoken with their reactions.Several U.K. news outlets including The Guardian and Empire have published their reviews of director Marc Webb's "Spider-Man" reboot, following the film's London premiere on Monday. The consensus is not unlike Parker's own superhero career: rocky at points, healthy at times and flat-out "amazing" in other areas.
Keep reading for the good and the bad from the early "Amazing Spider-Man" reviews!Webb & The Web-Spinner
"Webb successfully...
- 6/19/2012
- MTV Music News
U.K. critics are divided down the middle on Sony's 'Spider-Man' reboot, starring Andrew Garfield as the friendly neighborhood hero.
By Josh Wigler
Andrew Garfield in "The Amazing Spider-Man"
Photo:
Peter Parker swings back into U.S. theaters on July 3 with "The Amazing Spider-Man," this time played by British up-and-comer Andrew Garfield — and while Stateside critics have stayed hush-hush on their feelings about the "Amazing" reboot for now, our friends across the pond have been more outspoken with their reactions.Several U.K. news outlets including The Guardian and Empire have published their reviews of director Marc Webb's "Spider-Man" reboot, following the film's London premiere on Monday. The consensus is not unlike Parker's own superhero career: rocky at points, healthy at times and flat-out "amazing" in other areas.
Keep reading for the good and the bad from the early "Amazing Spider-Man" reviews!Webb & The Web-Spinner
"Webb successfully...
By Josh Wigler
Andrew Garfield in "The Amazing Spider-Man"
Photo:
Peter Parker swings back into U.S. theaters on July 3 with "The Amazing Spider-Man," this time played by British up-and-comer Andrew Garfield — and while Stateside critics have stayed hush-hush on their feelings about the "Amazing" reboot for now, our friends across the pond have been more outspoken with their reactions.Several U.K. news outlets including The Guardian and Empire have published their reviews of director Marc Webb's "Spider-Man" reboot, following the film's London premiere on Monday. The consensus is not unlike Parker's own superhero career: rocky at points, healthy at times and flat-out "amazing" in other areas.
Keep reading for the good and the bad from the early "Amazing Spider-Man" reviews!Webb & The Web-Spinner
"Webb successfully...
- 6/19/2012
- MTV Movie News
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