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[SkyBry]

Just saw the premiere of THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN

and i can tell you...

It really was AMAZING!

Amazing chemistry between Andrew Garfield (Spidey) and Emma Stone (Gwen)
Great special effects, spidey actually moves a lot more like a spider and lovin' the story!

Dying for a sequal, already.



How 'bout it, are you all going to watch it? I highly recommend!

[Grack21]

No Daily Bugle, no Sale.

[RedEyedGhost]

I wasn't that interested when I first heard about it, but the previews have looked great and I'll definitely be going the first weekend.

[viniS]

I intend to give the film a fair chance, but with that said, it's going to suck.

[Procrastimancer]

I was never much of a fan of the last three thanks to Tobey Maguire. Horrible casting. I don't give a damn about the frequency of reboots as long as the movie is good and the trailers for The Amazing Spider-Man have pretty much had their hooks into me from the beginning. It looks great and this Spider-Man seems like he hits the right notes, so I'm definitely going to see it.

[Howdyphillip]

Sivin, on 28 June 2012 - 01:11 AM, said:

I intend to give the film a fair chance, but with that said, it's going to suck.

I know I speak blasphemy here to you, but what if the new Spiderman movie is better than the new Batman?

Just a thought...

[Fiddler]

Holafernando Torres, on 28 June 2012 - 04:34 AM, said:

I know I speak blasphemy here to you, but what if the new Spiderman movie is better than the new Batman?

Just a thought...

Honestly, I could see that happening.  I am not gonna say the new batman will flop, but I think a lot of people will voice disapointment with it because it will be compared to the Dark Knight.

[Greywolf2375]

I will watch it when it comes to On Demand.  I've never been a huge Spidey fan, so making the time to see this isn't a priority.  Being a fan of the superhero/comic genre, I hope it does succeed as it would help support the idea of the JL movie getting more support.

[Myrddin]

RedEyedGhost, on 27 June 2012 - 09:43 PM, said:

I wasn't that interested when I first heard about it, but the previews have looked great

My thoughts as well. Glad to hear it's getting good reviews, but I'll still be seeing it whenever it comes out on Blu-ray.

[awesome possum]

I'll watch it eventually.  Maybe at the local drive-in ($8 for two movies?  That'll do, pig) but it takes a very special movie to make me actually go to the theater these days.  And this ain't one.

[Bastard of Boston]

Just saw it.

What this movie did right was the casting. I thought Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone were fantastic. For me, they really captured their characters well and their chemistry was great. The reboot was necessary if only to exorcise the demon that is Dunst from this franchise...Emma Stone is a million times more likeable as the love interest. And, while Tobey was a really good Spider-Man, I can't help but feel like Andrew Garfield fit better. I'd have to do a re-watch of the previous franchise to have a definitive opinion, though. I liked that -- instead of being a "geek" -- they went with a more contemporary version of the "outcast" persona.

As I expected, it was Lizard I wasn't too enamored with. I wasn't crazy about his CGI or his overall impact on the film...it just didn't resonate. The soul of the character just wasn't there. He felt like he was simply there just to give Peter someone to fight. His "master plan" felt really cliche.

On the other hand, the non-CGI stuff was great...I loved all the stunt work, and overall, the film felt much more grounded due to the reliance on Parkour and good wire work vs. the heavily CGIed and "cartoony" approach of the previous trilogy.

Overall, I enjoyed the performances. The plot itself fell a little flat.

[viniS]

Howdyphillip, on 28 June 2012 - 04:34 AM, said:

I know I speak blasphemy here to you, but what if the new Spiderman movie is better than the new Batman?

Just a thought...

In Nolan we trust.

Fiddler, on 28 June 2012 - 07:39 AM, said:

Honestly, I could see that happening.  I am not gonna say the new batman will flop, but I think a lot of people will voice disapointment with it because it will be compared to the Dark Knight.

It shall shake the very foundations of cinema, sweeping film forward in a wave of pure light. But the weight of your heresy shall stay your footsteps, and you will be left behind...

No, but there's always a possibility that it will disappoint on at least some level, but even if it isn't as good as 'The Dark Knight', that doesn't mean it'll be a failure. However, I actually think the film has the potential to surpass 'TDK', we shall see.

[Corvinus]

Just saw it, and other than the acting I don't know if the reboot was necessary. The acting was good, and the visuals were great, but the story was only a tight better than the first two of Raimi's.

Question about the after credits scene

Spoiler

Who was the guy in the cell with Connors? Was it the Green Goblin?

Edited by Corvinus, 03 July 2012 - 09:30 PM.

[Matrim Fox Cauthon]

Myrddin, on 28 June 2012 - 11:50 AM, said:

My thoughts as well. Glad to hear it's getting good reviews, but I'll still be seeing it whenever it comes out on Blu-ray.

Really? From the previews I find it a miracle that Peter Parker's secret identity is a secret. It looks like everyone and their dog either should figure it out or do.

[Bastard of Boston]

Corvinus, on 03 July 2012 - 09:30 PM, said:

Just saw it, and other than the acting I don't know if the reboot was necessary. The acting was good, and the visuals were great, but the story was only a tight better than the first two of Raimi's.

Question about the after credits scene

Spoiler

Who was the guy in the cell with Connors? Was it the Green Goblin?

Spoiler

I believe so. He's the one who was financing the experiments at Oscorp to cure himself. I'm sure they're setting him up to debut in the next movie, continuing the ongoing enigmatic Parker parents arc.

[Nathanael]

Yeah, the casting is pretty much the only amazing parts of the film. There are other individual aspects I liked (the dinner conversation between Peter and Cpt. Stacy, some of the conversations between Gwen and Peter), but some of the broad strokes of the plot are really lame, especially the ending/villain plot. I'm not a huge comics person, but I did watch the Spiderman cartoon in the 90s and I have a vague knowledge of the comics themselves, and I think they kind of butchered the Lizard.

And then there were a ton of little things that were just glaringly off. I'm not one to nitpick - well, I take that back. I do nitpick occasionally, but most of the time I don't really care about them. This, though, I had serious problems with just because of the number and extent of them.

[Margar]

I loved it. Great acting, Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone were great. All around it was a fun movie. The plot wasn't its strong suit but I honestly liked everything else, including the CGI.

[Howdyphillip]

As Spider-man is my all time favorite superhero, I have to say that the writing was absolutely brilliant... If the goal was to completely take away all things endearing to the characters, and make them shells of what was originally written. Almost everything about the plot could come into question. It is shocking to me that this script got green lit.

The CGI should win awards for the worst in a major motion picture release this year for just the Lizard alone, not to mention the mind boggling dumb looks of Spider-man webbing across the city.

The tragedy of this is that the acting was stellar, especially in Emma Stone's case, and the rest of the actors all did a fantastic job with what they were given. If the writing and FX departments would have done one tenth as good of a job as casting did, they would have had an enjoyable movie.

Edited by Howdyphillip, 04 July 2012 - 01:30 AM.

[Raja]

Ah I seem to be in the minority on here , I thought the movie was just above mediocre at best. The reboot was hardly necessary especially since the first one is only 10 years old and quite fresh in my memory. May be a few SPOILERS in the following points I'm going to make :

* The writing was appallingly bad , especially the scenes with Stone and Garfield. Devoid of any chemistry at all , the romance seems to spring out of nowhere . They have a couple of conversations in the hall and boom he's visiting her in her bedroom. Funny that never happens to me. Even though Stone does a good job with what she has . If they would have given her any personality at all , I would have been more on board with it.  Also with regards to the action , I don't think there was one memorable set piece in there , it did not seem rushed but neither was most of the action any good

*The villan was really not that good , I mean sure I like the fact that he's actually a good scientist who goes bad BUT giving us a generic lizard moving around the city with no inherent purpose seemed kinda lame to me.And what was the point of his underground lab? A nitpick is how did he power that stuff? Also it was so obvious that they were going to make a call back to that machine introduced earlier.  On a side note , spider man might as well make a public announcement about who he is . He seemed very open to just taking his mask off

*Whatever happened to Irfaan Khan's character ?  ( Connor's boss )

[red snow]

I thought it essentially pulled a Batman Begins on the franchise in that the film isn't jaw-dropping, but solid an with a focus on the main character rather than all the villains. Here's hoping the sequel can pull a dar knight.
The plot was serviceable. I thought they completely wasted an opportunity with the lizard's plan

Spoiler

why turn people into lizards if we never have a single scene with them causing chaos? By the same token they could have saved captain stacey using the lizard formula or at least mention they couldnt due to airborne antidote

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I thought Garfield and Stone were excellent and I thought the onscreen chemistry was far more convinving than anything Kirsten Dunst attempted. Garfield looks perfect for Spider-man too - there are covers from a few years ago on the spidey comics that look identical. Asfor the criticism about the mask and how everyone should know who he is

Spoiler

the film actually addresses this so it's validated. I actually found it really refreshing how it's not going to be a plot device  with his family and friends

The other thing with the reboot is that this could easily be in the marvel universe. I don't know if this is a deliberate move by Sony (it definitely makes sense) but this Spidey would gel far better with the marvel universe than the Raimi version. There are several scenes where the technology is only missing a STARK brand to fit in.

Regarding the end scene

Spoiler

I guess it's Norman Osborn, rather than the Green Goblin at this point. I like how they are setting him up in the reboot. I just fear we could get a very sad sequel/end of a trilogy considering the history between Gwen and Osborn (and no, i refuse to believe that horrible JMS comic about them having an affair and producing genetically enhanced kids ever happened)

It's not as good as the Avengers and it probably won't be as good as Dark Knight Rises but I think the reboot has tweaked Spidey in a way that will make him work far better than the previous version. Plus Spider-man is now wise-cracking again and while he's an outsider he's no longer a loser, which I think is more relatable with today's kids. A tweek to his origin that I felt really worked was this

Spoiler

he never actually catches the criminal who killed his uncle. This to me works far better as it can haunt him forever and remind him that it's his responsibility to try and fight crime. The other is that Parker is the one who let the cat out the bag in terms of the lizard and I suspect future villains - which makes him even more responsible for taking them down in sequels