The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)

Summary: Peter Parker finds a clue that might help him understand why his parents disappeared when he was young. His path puts him on a collision course with Dr. Curt Connors, his father's former partner. -IMDb

My Rating: 6/10

Compared to the other Spider-Man movie with Tobey Maguire, this film did not seem to be on the same level. Oh, this film did have its comedy. It definitely beat out the other Spider-Man movie on comedy, but my impression of Andrew Garfield's interpretation of Spider-man was that he was just a horny little teenager. It was quite entertaining to see Garfield act as a high school kid trying to figure out some sort of cool costume for himself, and realizing all the best athletes wore spandex. In this aspect, the fact that Garfield was so childish, definitely gives off the impression that he was a high schooler. Maguire did not seem as childish. All in all, the older Spider-Man is still my favorite, but this movie was still quite entertaining.

 The mystery of why his parents abandoned him is even at the end, still a mystery. I feel as though the ending of this movie could have been more of an ending. There was not really much of an ending. There was more of a "let's leave clues for the sequel" type of ending.

I might watch the sequel if they come out with one, or I might not. 

The Bourne Identity (2002)

Summary: A man is picked up by a fishing boat, bullet-riddled and without memory, then races to elude assassins and recover from amnesia. -IMDb

My Rating: 5/10

The action is pretty intense and I do like the fact that Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) seems to have no idea how he knows that he can fight. It is a pretty convincing act. All the different languages that he figures out that he can speak is also quite amazing. the fact that he first speaks English, hears someone speaking another language, and then he realizes he in fact knows the language and flows smoothly into is another great testament to his acting.

However, the girl that is tagging along on his adventure to find out who he really is, Marie (Franka Potente) seems to drag down the adventure and the speed of this movie. Her role in the movie does nothing to further the storyline.

I enjoyed the mystery of trying to figure out who exactly he is and why people want him dead.

People have said this movie was very good, but I did not think it was that amazing. I feel as though there could have been more to the plot and to the ending. I was very confused by the ending and some of the things he did were not very realistic. He always just seemed to know that something was going to happen. If he failed a couple times, it would make the movie better.

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