10 Things You Just Have To Accept About The Amazing Spider-Man Reboot

10. It's Going To Tell The Story Its Way

Even if we are incredibly familiar with the origin of Peter Parker and how he became Spider-Man, that doesn€™t mean the version we saw in the Raimi films is necessarily the one that fits this particular story. Yes, the essentials are all there (even his stint as a wrestler which the Webb film only paid slight homage to) but it was also written to compliment the types of characters those films comprised. The origin as written for The Amazing Spider-Man had another basis entirely, with different consequences: it involves us more directly with the underlying plot about Parker€™s parents, and reveals a new facet about the corrupt nature of OsCorp that was seeded here to be grown in future films. It is the mysterious events behind the death of his parents, rather than the reckless death of Uncle Ben, that now steers Peter toward donning the cowl. The tale is no longer centered around the tired Aesop that With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility, but a resolving of crises of identity. Without this backdrop, this Spider-Man would not have come to fruition. Through his conflict with Connors and his transformation into the Lizard, Peter delves deeper into his own conspiracy and climbs higher up the echelon of those responsible for his parents€™ deaths and his own identity. The second film played it smart by introducing Harry Osborn not as a friend with whom he has grown up, as in the Raimi trilogy, but an estranged childhood mate whom he contacts as his story demands, which happens to be the time that Harry usurps the company. Peter is no longer someone swinging around New York waiting for things to happen to him. He has initiative. He has to work towards his own conclusions this time. Which means we also have to accept€