The Amazing Spider-Man [4K UHD + Blu-ray]

One thing I wish about Spider-Man: that Sony would release the contract to Marvel Studios so Spidey can be in the Avengers where he belongs. But until that glorious day, Spidey will be forced to live on the silver screen all alone with a set of villains that have yet to be in the movies. Sure, I think I read that The Rhino will be in the next one, which is great since Rhino is one of the classics that, until modern CGI technology, couldn't really be done the right way. The previous three films by Sam Raimi were amazing...well, the first two were amazing, but not number three. Ick, not number three. I mean, Topher Grace as Eddie Brock? Did they even read the comic books? Come on Sam, no wonder there was a needed reboot just a few years later. And why throw in the Sandman AND Green Goblin's son back into the mix? It was too much, and therefore nothing was done to the fullest. In my opinion, they should've just stuck to the Venom suit and cast someone much more comic-book-related as Eddie Brock...someone with a more sinister voice. OK, this is just a ranting history lesson leading up to the real review of the reboot. I LOVED this film for many, many reasons. First, the casting was much more well-done. Andrew Garfield plays a much more believable Peter Parker (lankier, goofier, and much more natural on-screen as a nerd than Toby MacGuire). And they didn't include Mary Jane! They started much earlier in Spider-Man's history by giving us Emma Stone as Gwen Stacey. Much, much better in terms of true storyline adherence. In short, the acting was much, much better and tighter for another reboot, which was risky to begin with in my opinion. The best part of the film, was that they never "buffed" Andrew up when he was in the suit. The suit was loose, wrinkly, and he still looked like the little skinny guy that he truly is when Peter Parker. It was awesome that they didn't make Peter some ripped-up muscle-bound hero after the spider bite. Yes, they gave him the necessary augmentations like vision, spider sense, sticky hands and feet, dexterity, etc., but they didn't buff him. I don't know, for someone who's a Spider-Man purist like me, I thought this was a well-thought-out execution of the character. He looks feeble, even in the suit, and that really helped me root for the underdog even more. The Lizard, played by Rhys Ifans, was massive compared to our Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, which made the fights look awesome. Regarding character development, the storyline differences between Raimi's first film and this one aren't very big. Uncle Ben is still killed "accidentally" by a rogue criminal that Peter arrogantly lets go to "get even" with some minor injustice. The "with great power comes great responsibility" mantra is still intact, and it's a good lesson to learn...and painful in most instances. But Peter's scientific side is much, much more developed in this film because his webbing isn't organically engineered from his own body (as in Raimi's depiction). As in the comic books, Peter is a scientific genius, and develops his own webbing and shooters. Oscorp as a military industrial complex is also much more developed, though we never see hide nor hair of Norman or his son in this film. In summary, I think this reboot of my favorite comic book character of all time is well-done, surpassing - in my humble opinion - that of Raimi's vision. Marc Webb (really...Webb?) did a great job directing and the on-screen outcome is nothing short of brilliant. I'm very excited for the next installment.

Great movie

While this film isn't a magnum opus of Super Hero films, it improves on the Spider Man franchise's previous offerings in spades. While I was apprehensive of Gwen Stacy's selection as Peter's main squeeze in this particular movie, I think it was a wise choice by the studio and writers. Much is done to distance this movie from the previous offerings, as the plot leaps along through Peter Parker's life and background without feeling rushed. Most of the parts are well acted, though I have to give kudos to Spider Man, Gwen Stacy and Gwen's father in particular as stand out roles in this film. Gwen's father comes out at the beginning seeming like a character the audience is supposed to dislike because of how him and Peter interact. But you never quite get there and I find myself admiring the steadfast manner of the character. The pacing works for the film and I think it moves the story along at a relatively reasonable rate. As with most Marvel films, you'll find that the movie follows a relatively well developed formula that involves so much exposition before settling into a faster, action-filled pace towards the end of the movie. The end DID feel a little rushed as the plot struggles to tie off all of the lose ends that are meant to be tied off in short order. But I also think they made an effort to segue into the next movie that makes it work a little bit better. This is a movie that was made with a sequel in mind, and without trying to shoehorn Spiderman into the Avengers, though he's been one of their headlining members in the comics for some time. I think if Spidey is going to be on the Avengers, the Disney/Marvel writers are trying to grow him up a little before he is. I think Spider-Man easily stands on it's own among the Marvel films, and for their individual hero films is one of the better movies in the Marvel Film franchises.

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The Amazing Spider-Man 2012, Blu Ray, 2 disc version. Sold & delivered by our main third party seller, on Amazon UK app. Condition as described; no damages to discs, case & sleeve, or outer sleeve. Bought at an excellent price, for the Mrs. I actually avoided this, since it's release, as I WAS keen on the Sam Raimi & Tobey Maguire trilogy. However, Andrew Garfield is utterly convincing as Peter Parker and Spider-Man, with the best Spider-Man suite and eye lenses! Emma Stone the best, and original, love interest, as Gwen Stacy. Excellent cinematography, with a natural image, upscaling on our 4K UPSCALER compact Panasonic DMP-BTP180 (See my review on amazon.de) & SONY 43" WF66 Smart TV (See my review on Amazon UK.) The fighting is well choreographed, with mainly athletic & gymnastics movements, rather than the popular, but obviously CGI, and excessively flexible body joints; with gravity defying, unsurvivable mayhem. The Lizard is a believable villain. Disappointing that Garfield only made 2; but as he was contracted for 3, he returns as Spider-Man, along with Tobey Maguire as Spider-Man, in the light hearted 2021 Tom Holland "Spider-Man: No Way Home" multiverse epic. This version highly recommended for production quality, and price. Mrs also thinks highly of this film, and has the Tom Holland Spider-Man trilogy on Blu Ray. We still have to watch Amazing Spider-Man 2.

Ceci est une critique du The Amazing Spider-Man - Edition premium limitée double blu-ray boîtier métal [Blu-ray] ; je ne sais pas ce que vaut la 3D, j'évite les films au ciné en 3D la voyant assez mal et je trouve que cela n'apporte jamais grand chose pour les films "live" comparé aux films d'animation. J'ai adoré les Films de Sam Raimi si l'on exclut le 3ème qui était particulièrement mauvais. En revanche, je vais le dire tout net, le choix de faire jeu-vidéo pour les effets spéciaux dans les Raimi m'a toujours irritée. Cela donnait de très très mauvaises scènes d'acrobatie et ça ne rendait pas trop le rendu de l'homme araignée. Webb a pris un parti tout autre : les scènes où l'on voit Spider-man se balader des "liane" en "liane" font véritablement hommage aux comics. Ce qui est encore plus incroyable c'est lorsque l'on voit le documentaire de 1h30 qui montre les coulisses du tournage et des cascades et comment ils ont intégré la réalité à la numérisation. Et pourquoi le rendu des scènes d'action donne vraiment l'impression que c'est réel et pas de la numérisation. Pour cela, tous les bonus de ce Blu-ray sont assez fantastiques, on prend autant de plaisir à voir le film que de consulter ses bonus. Quant au son et à l'image du blu-ray : impeccable. On se croirait au cinéma. Mon seul regret c'est le choix de le compacter avec les fameuses bandes noires du 16/9 alors qu'on aurait pu avoir une image en plein écran (comme sur le BR des Avengers par exemple). Aussi intéressant, pas de bêtisier. je suppose qu'il y a peut-être un easter egg quelque part mais je ne l'ai pas encore trouvé et je n'ai pas vraiment cherché sur le net pour voir s'il existait. Quant à Andrew Garfield, c'est de très loin un meilleur choix que Tobey Mcguire (que mon cœur de midinette de l'époque aimait pourtant beaucoup) : il est plus présent, plus charismatique. Le personnage est montré comme l'être intelligent des BD, ce qui n'était pas aussi développé dans les Raimi même si on nous le dit. Et le choix d'avoir Gwen Stacy à la place de M.J. est excellent, non seulement parce qu'Emma Stone est l'une des actrices les plus adorables et vivantes de ces derniers 5 ans mais aussi parce que l'alchimie entre les deux acteurs crève l'écran. On rajoutera aussi que le méchant est un méchant avec un peu plus d'épaisseur que ceux de Raimi et ceci en fait une histoire d'origine particulièrement efficace. Pas un seul personnage ne donne l'impression d'être unidimensionnel et si l'on peut regretter certains choix dans le montage qui nous ait expliqué aussi dans les bonus, le tout est une merveille à regarder. Image : 4/5 (à cause des bandes noires) Son : 5/5 Bonus : 5/5

We recently watched this movie in 3D, and the effects were incredible! They were some of the best 3D effects I've seen, adding a whole new level of excitement to the action sequences. The movie itself was also very enjoyable, with a great story and fantastic acting. If you have a 3D TV and you're a fan of superhero movies, I highly recommend checking this one out!

Ich hatte das Glück den Film bei der Deutschland Premiere sehen zu können. Da ich ein absoluter Spidey Fan bin ging ich mit sehr großer Erwartung in den Film. Die ersten Teile von Sam R. fand ich gut. Leider waren die Teile ja recht weit von den Comics entfernt. Vom neuen Film erhofte ich natürlich das er sich mehr an die Comicvorlage hält. Leider und gleich vorweg, der Film ging einen eigenen Weg. Die Comic Vorlage wurde noch weniger beachtet wie bei den Raimi Filmen. Ich mußte mich in den 2 Stunden Film im Kopf frei machen und gleichzeitig versuchen zu genießen. BITTE NICHT LESEN WENN IHR DEN FILM OHNE VORKENNTNISS SEHEN WOLLT!!! Was mich ein wenig irritiert hat war die tatsache das peter parker im film seine geheimidentität als solches preisgegeben hat. und zwar an gwen stacy . das wiederspricht allem was die comics zeigten. wer die geschichte aus den comics kennt, weiß das es peter extrem wichtig war seine geheimidentität geheim (deswegen auch eine maske) zu halten. besonders seiner familie gegenüber. denn zuviel gefahren bedrohten spiderman bzw peter parker. gwen stacy wußte bis zu ihrem tot durch den grünen kobolt nicht wer spiderman wirklich war. man muss wissen , das gwen, peter parker liebt aber spiderman hasst. das war dadurch gekommen weil sie dachte das spiderman verantwortlich war für den tot ihres vaters, george stacy . aber kurz bevor ihr vater starb zog peter die maske ab und zeigte ihm wer spiderman wirklich war. das wiederum wußte gwen nicht und sie dachte spiderman wäre verantwortlich für den tot ihres vaters. peter lebte also immer im zwiespalt zwischen seinem alter ego spiderman der von gwen gehasst wird und sich selber der gwen liebt. soweit die comic vorlage...... der rest ist geschichte bis hin zum tot von gwen usw. Soweit eben die Comic Vorlage aus den 70er. Im film aber sagt peter , gwen sehr schnell wer er ist und auch ihrem vater zeigte er wer spiderman wirklich ist. ich dachte in dem moment, oh nein was passiert hier? da hätten die filme macher ja gleich mary jane wieder nehmen können, denn die wusste ja wirklich wer spiderman war. ich denke entweder wollte marc webb seinen eigenen weg gehen bzw der typ der die story umgeschrieben hatte oder die film jungs haben sich überhaupt nicht um die comicvorlage gekümmert und einfach alles quer durcheinander gemischt. naja das werden wir wohl nie herausfinden. wie gesagt als fan der comics ein schwerer brocken.. Mal von diesem manko abgesehen und rein von der Umsetzung her aber ein super film!!! Sehr gute Spidey Action und zum Teil sehr gute Ideen wurden gezeigt. Leider hat mir der 3d Effekt nicht so gefallen. Das hätte man viel besser machen können und müssen. Den Film kann man auch ruhig in 2d ansehen. Kein vergleich zu Avatar oder Avengers. Schade. Aber ich bin sehr froh meinen Lieblingsheld in einen gut gemachten Film erleben zu können und denke das er den Leuten gefallen wird. Wie gesagt ich sah den Film sehr kritisch. Die meisten kennen ja die Comic Vorlage nicht und die können den Film wohl auch freier genießen als ich. Die Schauspieler waren sehr sehr gut. Ach ja.. noch eine Sache die mir wichtig ist. Normal hat so ein Film eine gute Filmmusik verdient, aber das war eher eine ohne Wiedererkennungswert. In Superman von früher war die Filmmusik total auf den Helden zugeschnitten und man wusste da kommt Superman. So auch bei Star Wars. Leider muß unser Spidey ganz ohne diesen ,,Wiedererkennungswert ,, auskommen. Könnte Ihn mir immer wieder ansehen. Er ist nicht langweilig und hat auch keine Längen wie die Raimi Filme.

I have loved Sam Raimi films ever since I first watched “Evil Dead”, So I was very thrilled to hear that he would direct the Spiderman film (2002), I was excited and he delivered, Spiderman 2 is actually my favorite, but Spiderman 3 was not too good, So with the collapse of Spiderman 4 and 5 during pre – production, Raimi walked away, So then Marc Webb directs the Reboot, honestly they have been a lot of Negative’s and Positives being thrown around about the reboot, but I liked it, Webb did a very good Job with this, the 3D is not the best out there, but it ain’t the worst either, story wise I felt it was well paced. The Blu-Ray package is very nice, it consists of 2 Blu Ray discs, the second Blu Ray disc is packed with features, this is what is not specified here on Amazon, the first disc of this set has both the 3D and 2D versions of the movie, they are both on the same disc, just pop it in and select the version you want. The Video is flawless, Crisp and Very detailed, The Audio is well timed and detailed too. SPECIFICATIONS Video Codec: MPEG-4 MVC Resolution: 1080p Aspect ratio: 2.40:1 Original aspect ratio: 2.39:1 Audio English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 French: Dolby Digital 5.1 Spanish: Dolby Digital 5.1 Subtitles English, English SDH, French, Spanish Discs 50GB Blu-ray Disc 2 Disc set (2 BD's) UV digital copy