A Great Ten Minutes, But...

I am a ridiculous James Bond fan.  As any James Bond fan will tell you, the first five minutes of the movie are often the best introductions.  In some introductions, Bond has to climb in the back of a horse trailer, then pilots a single man jet or he flies off in an astronaut-like jet pack as he makes a getaway from exercising his license to kill.  These are the hallmarks of the James Bond film series.  However, the latest installment of the Spiderman film series, The Amazing Spiderman 2, might push James Bond for the first five minutes of film action.

I was able to see the film early due to the generosity of Dwayne Harris who had supported the Oak Cliff Boys and Girls Club and was rewarding behavior that was sensitive to our natural resources by treating members of the club to an advance screening of the film.

While the movie had some of the usual non-turns and then wrapped itself in a predictable plot of non-twists, in terms of the first five minutes the action was interesting.  What followed was typical comic book action that follows what would be a script that quickly falls off into what would otherwise be a very average film with the normal non-plot twists and lack of character development.  I have not seen the first film and not sure what characters were previously developed and while the film is okay it was a little light on plot and character development.  Maybe I should have read the comic, but I will say this.  If you can use a film like this to motivate kids to be good stewards of their local natural resources, I say good job.