"Secrets have a cost, they're not for free. Not now, not ever." May Parker
The thing that really puts this Spider-Man film above previous Spider-Man films is Gwen Stacy. Gwen Stacy is the perfect love-interest for Peter Parker. She's popular and well-liked, but also intelligent and independent. I never got beyond the hot-popular-redhead-ness of Mary Jane Watson. She wasn't a character that could really work with Peter. She was just something to aspire to and want with no real logic or reasoning behind the desire. Peter needs someone who will fight for him, keep up with him, challenge him, and sometimes even ground him. The characters and their relationship is played so much more realistically than the parallel pairing of the first trilogy. Of course that is helped by Emma Stone's and Andrew Garfield's real life relationship, in which Emma completely embodies Gwen and teaches Andrew to be as good as he can. (Seriously, just check out this gem!) The on-screen chemistry is believable which makes all of Peter's decisions regarding Gwen seem that much more troubling, real and critical. Where the film struggles with villians, in classic Marvel style, it makes up for in characters. Ultimately, that's why we watch superhero films. For the Superheroes. For the way they deal with problems. For the people behind the mask and the real-life troubles that they face which allow us to see heroes and heroines in everyday people. That's what Marvel is amazing at, and that's what makes this film so enjoyable.
Rank: 38
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