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Tap-dancing spiderman....no wonder it got rebooted

Thank you all for your very generous 371 pageviews!! If you really like it,please spread the word,and if you have something to spread,I'll try my best to help you too! Now usually I update my blog like at the end of the week,but since its the holidays and I have much more free time,I decide to try to update it every two days,so look out for it! Now for the subject at hand: Spiderman. Yes,the man in the spider suit,the guy we can look up to,the hero of all the geeks and nerds out there,the one we grew up with very fond memories of...has been rebooted.I'll admit I kinda enjoyed the Raimi trilogy(even the third one) but it is cheesy and not really meant to be taken seriously. Its more of a fun popcorn flick than anything else. Now the reboot,The Amazing Spiderman,has taken much praise and much flak.Most people say its hit or miss.I personally enjoy the darker tone they're going with it.People complained that not everything has to be like The Dark Knight,and I agree,but Spiderman already has been in the cheesy route and now I'm glad he's in the more serious tones.Which one's my favourite? I myself have a hard time choosing. Maybe you guys can help me choose. Spiderman: This film came out in 2002. It's great fun but cheesy. The CGI can be spotted a mile away.Tobey does a great job as the quiet loser/nerd,but doesn't really sell the cocky,joke sprouting Spiderman(Seriously,there's one line in the movie where he says "Its you who's out,Gobey.Out of your mind")I also didn't feel any connection to Uncle Ben and his death,he's just the generic shining father figure.I'd say its a fun time but not the stuff of legends.Spiderman 2: In my opinion,this movie is much better than its predecessor. It shows Peter dealing with his double life,his trouble to keep up with his studies,earning money for his aunt and his strained relationship with his best friend. I like seeing him lose his powers then at the end of the day he realises his true destiny is to be Spiderman(that train scene was the best).The flaws are the villains. Note my use of villain as a plural. Its the claws of Doctor Octopus that are evil,not the man himself. Seriously? They did that whole double personalities thing with the Green Goblin already,why do it again? CGI isn't much improved either and Mary Jane is still kinda annoying(though not as much as in the next one). Spiderman 3: This is the one which everyone criticizes. Its the worst of the worst they say. I don't really hate it as much. Its not as good as the other,but I can still bear and sometimes enjoy it.The flaws are very apparent,so I'll try to state the pro's: The CGI's much improved,that battle with the Venom was enjoyable,Spiderman looked real cool in the black suit and err..that's it.Before I go into the reboot,I have one main problem with the trilogy as a whole: It did not feel ANYTHING like a trilogy.Yes it show Peter growing up,but there's no overarching storyline,nothing that feeds one movie into the other at all. The Amazing Spiderman: This movie is said to be darker and etc. I don't really feel it being super real or mature, what I do feel is taking the old Spiderman and taking the cheesiness out of it. Its serious but not realistic(of course,how could you make a man with Spider power realistic?) This movie is better than the first and third movie definitely. Second movie,I don't think I can decide yet. They did a really good job of Spiderman,he's funny,witty and sarcastic. Andrew Garfield,in my opinion,is better and a much more likeable Peter Parker than Tobey Maguire ever was. Don't misinterpret me,Tobey wasn't bad,its just Andrew was better.The drawback is again the villain. Though its never said,its implied that he has dual personalities which Spiderman movies always have fetishes for. Flash and Peter's friendship at the end is just WAY too forced and not believable at all. OK guys so that's the end of my review,what do you guys think of the Spiderman movies as a whole and which Peter Parker/Spiderman do you prefer? Comment on that and tell me where I can improve on my Facebook,Twitter or Google+.

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