The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) on Netflix
PG-1320122h 16mActionAdventureFantasy
Bitten by a genetically altered spider in a restricted Oscorp lab, Peter Parker gains spider-like powers. He searches for answers about his parents, and meets the scientist Curt Connors.
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- Rotten Tomatoes71%
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Plot summary
Peter Parker is a bright student at Midtown Science High School, raised by his Aunt May and Uncle Ben after his parents left him as a boy. He has a crush on his classmate Gwen Stacy, who likes him back. Peter finds his father's briefcase, and Ben tells him Richard Parker had known Dr. Curt Connors, an Oscorp scientist studying cross-species genetics. Peter slips into a restricted Oscorp lab, where a genetically altered spider bites him and he gains superhuman strength, agility and speed. Connors has lost his right arm and is trying to regrow limbs.
Cast
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Before Andrew Garfield was cast as Spider-Man, other actors considered for the role included Michael Angarano, Drake Bell, Jamie Bell, Frank Dillane, Alden Ehrenreich, Josh Hutcherson, Aaron Johnson, Joe Jonas, Logan Lerman and Anton Yelchin.
- A large stunt double was originally set to play the 9-foot-tall Lizard, but Rhys Ifans insisted on playing the monster himself. He wore a motion capture suit, a cardboard head and a green sleeve over his right arm, which was erased in post-production so Dr. Curt Connors appeared to be an amputee.
- The Amazing Spider-Man was the first Hollywood production to be filmed with the RED Epic camera, and it was shot in 3D at 5K resolution.
- Sally Field said she took the role of Aunt May as a favor to her friend, the producer Laura Ziskin, because she knew it would be Ziskin's last film. Ziskin died in 2011.
- The film was initially going to be shot in 2D and converted to 3D during post-production, but with the help of the 3D technology company 3ality Technica, the decision was made at the last minute to shoot in 3D instead.
- The crew spent months building rigs so that Andrew Garfield and his stunt doubles could swing without computer-generated imagery. One rig on Riverside Drive in Harlem was hundreds of feet long and let a man swing through traffic.
- The "decay rate algorithm" featured in The Amazing Spider-Man was inspired by a real-life scientific principle, the Gompertz-Makeham law of mortality.
