Thursday, November 22, 2012
CAUGHT IN THE WEB
Today's movie was the latest, and redo of the first,
In two words, Andrew Garfield. Intense, strong feelings, a bit tragic, the reluctant hero and skinny. A high school kid before, during and after.
I think this was darker than the original startup of the franchise and a lot better to read and understand. For me.
Garfield is quite an actor. I recently saw him on Ellen. A gimmicked fund raising thing. He had to do a bunch of dances. A thousand to the charity if he got them. He hit them all with a lot of wit and grace. Funny.
I have watched him come along and thought that somehow, like many young stars before him, that he would be diminished by this exercise in superstardom extravaganza. But this spider has his feet on the ground.
Sally Field is a bit overwrought at first and somehow the plot rises to meet her concern. Martin Sheen is the uncle who takes them in.
The villain is actually believable in that he is really sorry that fucking around with these hormones or whatever will be harmful and turn him into a monster. Rhys Ifins. Love him.
The cop? Denis Leary. Boston kid. Emerson College graduate. An old favorite. He has aged quite well.
I liked the acrobatics. Just about right. Super but also not super. Still a high school kid who has to grow into his new role.
If you stayed through the credits you will see that we are not done with this unless we want to be.
I would not mind seeing it again. I would like to but won't give it a 5 today. Just a 4 out of Netflix5 until I get to think it over.
Almost 20,000,000 saw this trailer.
Labels: films