The Amazing Spider Muh...
Jul. 11th, 2012 12:16 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
f4f3Just back from the cutely sized Edinburgh IMAX, and a bright and breezy couple of hours. I must admit, I've never thought much of Andrew Garfield's work in the past. But this time he really nailed the part. And not an easy part to nail. He had to portray shy, dorkish young man, who is unable of uttering a complete sentence, who hides behind his hands or slouches around in a hoodie, but who becomes capable of amazing athleticism, drawing gasps from all around, and converting an initially hostile public into cheering admirers.
Yup, there's no doubt about it, he does Andy Murray to a tee.
(The resemblance is, actually, charming and unmistakable, if wholly unintentional - especially in his dialogue, and in the gangly look).
I thoroughly enjoyed The Amazing Spider-Murray, sorry, Spider-Man. It stayed true to the comic's 1960's roots, so much so that it managed to catch me with two twists which were drawn directly from the Stan Lee/John Romita days (Stan's appearance is charming, by the way). The photography was well up to scratch, even though, as usual, IMAX 3D drew attention to a few set pieces, at the expense of the rest of the movie (but those set pieces are very well done).
All in all, most enjoyable, even if I do wish that Marvel Studios had the rights to all the Marvel Heroes (Oscorp's Skyscraper Headquarters, btw, is a twisted version of Tony Stark's "Avengers Tower".
Yup, there's no doubt about it, he does Andy Murray to a tee.
(The resemblance is, actually, charming and unmistakable, if wholly unintentional - especially in his dialogue, and in the gangly look).
I thoroughly enjoyed The Amazing Spider-Murray, sorry, Spider-Man. It stayed true to the comic's 1960's roots, so much so that it managed to catch me with two twists which were drawn directly from the Stan Lee/John Romita days (Stan's appearance is charming, by the way). The photography was well up to scratch, even though, as usual, IMAX 3D drew attention to a few set pieces, at the expense of the rest of the movie (but those set pieces are very well done).
All in all, most enjoyable, even if I do wish that Marvel Studios had the rights to all the Marvel Heroes (Oscorp's Skyscraper Headquarters, btw, is a twisted version of Tony Stark's "Avengers Tower".
