In the film The Amazing Spiderman, special
effects are essential to portray the story accurately and effectively. Both the
main characters, Peter Parker who is a superhero and the lizard who is the
villain, possess superhuman capabilities that cannot be acted out. The stunts
that they perform require computer-generated images to make the scenes look
realistic. Special effects are used throughout the movie for gravity defying
stunts, the creation of the lizard, and finally for the fights between
Spider-Man and the lizard, all enhancing the film.
Throughout
the movie, Spider-Man does gravity defying stunts like running up walls,
swinging from buildings, jumping from car to car, and hanging from bridges
using his artificial web material. All of these movements are fluid and
graceful. The “computer-generated images have allowed filmmakers to create
fantasy worlds of the utmost realism” (Giannetti 35). Even though while
watching the film the viewer knows that these stunts cannot be done in real
life, one does not think about it because of the excellent execution of these
effects. The superpowers that Spider-Man performs in the movie do not go too
far as to where the viewer would think the movie was completely unrealistic.
The
lizard in the film was computer-generated. The lizard has characteristics of a
human and lizard, although it is much larger in size than either a human or
lizard. Having this digitally created creature enhances the evil traits of this
villain. It looks like a creature we have never seen, but it has traits from a
human and lizard that we have seen, making it believable. Since the lizard was
digitally created, all of the fight scenes between Spider-Man and the lizard
were digitally created as well.
Both
of the characters movements in the fight scenes look realistic even though some
of the tricks they do cannot be done in real life like running along the sides
of buildings. In one of the fight scenes, the special effects to make a part of
the building look as though it is falling looks completely real. Spider-Man
falls off a building too, adding to the powerfulness of the scene. Without the
special effects helping to make the fictional, digitally produced lizard and
Spider-Man engage in these intense fights, the movie would lose a lot of its
excitement and effect.
The
special effects in The Amazing Spider-Man
enhance the film tremendously. Without the special effects, Spider-Man
would have no superpowers and the lizard and fights between Spider-Man and the
lizard would not exist. Not only are special effects needed to depict the story
of Spider-Man accurately, but the special effects help intensify the film. They
are used in a way to make the characters and stunts they are performing
believable. I rate the special effects feature in this film with five slurpees.
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