Battle of the Spidermen

                Not too long ago Hollywood made a kind of risky move by rebooting a movie trilogy that only ended 5 years ago. Was it too soon?? Maybe, but the majority of people didn’t mind considering the reboot was better than the first. You don’t agree? Well then, LET THE BATTLE BEGIN!!

Spiderman (2002) VS The Amazing Spiderman (2012)

 

 

 

 

 

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Round 1! (The Hero)

                Of course, when a movie is based on a worldwide beloved comic series, you can’t just change the pilot of the story. Although one can change how an audience is drawn into the characters life.

 

Spiderman (2002) showed us the classic interpretation as a nerdy outcast in high school. Peter Parker (played by Toby Maguire) lives with his beloved aunt and uncle, has a rich best friend, and has a crush on the most popular girl in the school. After getting bit by a genetically enhanced spider, our hero finds out he has super powers and uses those skills to save the world from a man bent on ruling the world.  It’s a classic hero vs. villain tale.
 

                The Amazing Spiderman (2012) showed us a modern day more realistic version of what Peter Parker’s character (played by Andrew Garfield) might look like in today’s society. Yes, he had glasses, but he would rather wear contacts. Yes, he has a crush, not on the most popular girl in school, but the prettiest and nicest girl in school. This version actually shows Peter Parkers childhood and the reason he now lives with his aunt and uncle. It shows a mystery revolving around Peter’s parents and leaves the question “what happened to them?” in everyone’s mind. It is for this reason that Peter sneaks off to where his father used to work and is bitten by the spider.

 

 

Round 2! (The Villain)

                With great superpowers, come greater villains with better superpowers.

                Spiderman (2002) lets the audience know who the villain will most likely be in first 10 minutes of the movie. Norman Osborne, owner of the billion dollar research corporation Oscorp Industries, is the father of Peter Parker’s best friend Harry Osborne. Norman Osborne is a power hungry business owner whose business is about to be shut down. In order to save his business he tries to sell a new type of super solider serum and tests it on himself. Of course something goes wrong and Norman becomes a super strong, super smart, bipolar lunatic called the Green Goblin. Like many villains, he craves power and seeks to rule the world.

              
               The Amazing Spiderman (2012) gives a new feel to a super villain. Dr. Curt Connors, an animal genetic researcher at Oscorp Industries.  Dr. Connors, a genuine nice guy, tests a new cell regenerating serum on him so he can grow back his left arm that he lost in his childhood. The serum, mainly made out of lizard DNA has a strange side effect that transforms Dr. Connors into a giant… wait for it… lizard!! The more serum that Dr. Connors uses the less there becomes of Dr. Connors. As the Lizard starts his plan to turn New York into lizards like him, I started to wonder what his motive really was…

Conclusion

And the winner is: The Amazing Spiderman! (There's a reason they put "Amazing" in the title.)

             To make it brief, Andrew Garfield does a better job at portraying Peter Parker then Toby Maguire did. Andrew Garfield made the character more realistic to the audience and made his story more personal. Although the Lizard had been a more "well-rounded" rounded character then The Green Goblin. I personally still believe the Green Goblin was the definition of "arch enemy" and my personal favorite Spiderman villain. As a whole Spiderman (2002) was a new take on Hollywood by rebooting the superhero movies, but The Amazing Spiderman (2012) blows the first one out of the water and rightfully sits as the 45^th top grossing movie of all time.

 

 

Take a look at their movie trailers below. The Amazing Spiderman comes on Blu-ray/DVD November 9th, 2012. If you have seen both of them, please leave a comment on which one was your favorite and why.  

 

 

Spiderman (2002)

The Amazing Spiderman (2012)