Amazing Spider-Man, The: The Untold Extended Edition

Okay, so, here goes... Masirimso's done it. This cut of the Amazing Spider-Man should be labelled the definitive cut for all. The reasons for which people down this film have all been addressed and the inclusion of deleted scenes, the Roosevelt subplot from the sequel and cohesive editing makes this movie really cool. Spiderman fan or not, this version of the movie can be enjoyed by all.

And yes, thank you Masirimso for elevating the film and the experience!

This fan edit blew my mind!

The addition of Peter's parents Roosevelt storyline was an incredible choice that I wouldn't have thought would make the film way more enjoyable to watch.

The story's first act was really weak, Andrew's performance as Peter was, for me, sometimes cringe worthy with his over-confidence and cool guy persona that I believe doesn't fit the character of Peter Parker at all. The movie, however, does a drastic turn, after Uncle Ben's death.

The addition of a couple deleted scenes to develop Curt Connors's character more and the aforementioned parents scenes, like the plane and Roosevelt reveal at the end, made the movie more complete at the end. With a pretty well-developed villain with fully explained motivations, and this edit also manages to resolve all possible loose threads.

This fan edit was super fun to watch with a second and third act, incredible to watch as a spidey fan. Great action scenes, great romantic scenes with Peter and Gwen and a depressing but also hopeful ending just like the second one of the Amazing Spider-Man duology.

This was the first time, I believe, I truly loved and enjoyed the movie. It was so much fun! Thanks Masirim for making this! This my now definitive version of the film and can't wait to watch it again someday!

I loved this edit, the editor here has done something I’d have thought unimaginable, he’s made me love the Webb movies more than the Raimi movies, and it’s not for the memes.
I really didn’t notice any errors or different hair etc since I was so engrossed in the story. This will be my go to version from now on.

Sorry for the long narrative before the review but I really want to speak my mind on this edit.

This fan-edit is one of my very first to watch and I highly recommend it. I first watched the original movie in the cinemas as a 12 year old kid, I remember getting excited to see Spidey's return on the big screen since I thought I would never see him again since Raimi's Spider-Man 4 was cancelled. After watching it, I thought it was an enjoyable movie but felt something lacking with the Lizard. Flash forward to two years after, and I hear that Webb's releasing a sequel but I wasn't as excited as I was for the Raimi trilogy or the first movie. I left the theater dumbfounded with how awful the sequel was, and the nerve of the movie to sequel-bait and tease the sinister six without establishing them first it was completely jarring. And don't even get me started with the Roosevelt subplot with Peter's parents.

I haven't rewatched the Webb films ever since that experience but with the hype of the upcoming third film for Tom Holland's Spider-Man and the rumors of all three Spider-Men being on the same film it sparked excitement for me to go and rewatch their films. But I wasn't ready to jump in to Webb's Films compared to Raimi's I wanted a better experience and that was when I stumbled upon this particular fan-edit.

I loved watching this fan-edit, it helped humanize Dr. Connors before his regression to the Lizard instead of it just being snap change from the original. I love the reinstating of the deleted scenes and swapping it with the original cut especially Uncle Ben and Peter's avoidance of each other. I hated how unnecessary it was to make Ben be shot by stopping the criminal, having him die by the consequence of Peter's avoidance and irresponsibility and Ben mistaking the robber as him was far better. This fan-edit even made me appreciate the Roosevelt subplot by putting them at the appropriate times at the film like Peter's built up frustration of not being able to see Gwen leading to him trashing his conspiracy wall. I also appreciate the fact that you cut out the bs with Peter being the only one destined to be Spider-Man and only kept the scenes where he finds what really happend to his father and gets a bit of closure.

That being said I have a few criticisms of this fan-edit and I acknowledge the fact that they cannot fix everything. To those who do plan on watching the Untold Extended Version instead of the other Normal Extended Version fan-edit it will still be jarring to see the cuts from the 1st film to the 2nd film as other's have mentioned (i.e Peter and May's hair and looks change). The only time I was confused on this edit was the transition of Peter's reveal to Connors that he is Richard's son and their formula talk to Peter's building of the Roosevelt conspiracy wall. In term's of video and audio editing, I'm not sure if would be possible on the fan-editor's end but I would have like a bit of editing of the audio of the deleted scenes to make them sound more natural and not dubbed over like the scene with Connor's visit to Peter's house. In relation to that and the narrative, I think it would have been better to just show Ben leaving that voicemail to Peter without explicity letting the audience hear what he is saying while he looks for Peter since his audio just fades weirdly.

Overall, I highly recommend this film to viewers wanting to rewatch Webb's films in a different light. It is a much better experience than what we originally had and is so close to being the definitive film for Webb's take.

The original amazing spider-man was a polarizing experience for me because while it wasn't a bad movie but it was too similar to sam raimi's spider-man with a lot of plot holes and sequel-baiting but this fan edit made it feel like not just a complete and whole movie to the point that it felt like a standalone movie but also one of my favorite spider-man movies so I was very satisfied with this movie. The minor complaint is that you could obviously tell which scenes were deleted scenes and which were from the sequel with peter parker's hairstyle and room changes to be specific but the movie is so engaging that I honestly didn't really care about it.