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  • 08/21/12 - Poll ended; /cod/ split off as a new board from /pco/.

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33460 No. 33460
The Spider-Man reboot by Marc Webb (500 Days of Summer) premiers July 3rd.

Here's the four minute trailer:

The Amazing Spider-Man Super Previewyoutube thumb

Sony has also released six 25 minute videos documenting the making of the movie. Part one is below:

The Amazing Spider-Man - B-Rol…youtube thumb

And here's Spider-Man taking on a Yeti:

The Electric Company - Spidey Meets the Yetiyoutube thumb
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>> No. 33477
Yay, we're gonna see uncle Ben die for the third time!
>> No. 33508
The Amazing Spider-Man "Slam D…youtube thumb
>> No. 33557
Amazing Spider-Man clip - "Car…youtube thumb
>> No. 33670
Spidey's tracking pretty well:

>Audience surveys circulating around Hollywood this week show that the web-slinger reboot is generating a level of excitement reserved for only a handful of the summer’s biggest hits. Even though “The Amazing Spider-Man,” which overhauls the creative team behind the first three movies, doesn’t open until July 3, potential ticket buyers — even young women — already are more interested in the superhero story than they are in “Brave,” which will premiere this weekend to as much as $65 million.

>One rival marketing executive estimated that given the tracking numbers, “The Amazing Spider-Man” could sell more than $150 million in its first six days of release, a time period that includes the Fourth of July holiday. Sony declined comment.

>Data from one polling company showed that Sony’s film is sparking very strong “definite interest” and “first choice” responses from every demographic group except older women. Tellingly, “The Amazing Spider-Man” has more support among all men and younger women than both “Brave” and “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter,” which also open this weekend.

>Equally impressive, the earliest reviews for the film, mostly from London, have been highly favorable.

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-amazing-spider-man-20120620,0,4397604.story?track=rss
>> No. 33694
Is it weird that I like his personality but hate his appearance and voice?
>> No. 33962
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/escape-to-the-movies/5995-The-Amazing-Spider-Man
Good news everyone!
>> No. 33963
>>33962
http://thecinemasnob.com/2012/07/03/midnight-screening-the-amazing-spider-man.aspx

On the opposite end of the spectrum.
>> No. 33966
Saw it last night at the midnight premiere, and came home to a marathon of the Raimi movies. I'm not gonna lie, Garfield makes a far better Peter Parker and Spider-Man, and Emma Stone's Gwen Stacy is better than Kirsten Dunst's MJ in just about every way. The Peter/Gwen dynamic is also a lot stronger. Rhys Ifans is great as Curt Connors, but the Lizard looks derpy as fuck.

/co/ hates it though, what a surprise.
>> No. 33967
>>33966
There are some characters that will just never translate to CGI or cosplay to me- or at least, we haven't gotten to the point yet where they can't not look derpy. Lizard (and Killer Croc) are two of them.
>> No. 33981
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>>33967

I think making Lizard look like Killer Croc was what made him look stupid. Making him like the 90's cartoon version would have been just fine. The fact that he was HUGE and had that weird flat face was what made him look stupid. Luckily there were only a few scenes where you had time to stare at his stupid, ugly head.

>>33966

Everything except for Spidey's costume was much better in this film. I understand that they changed parts of his origins to deviate from the Raimi films, so I'm not really bothered by it, and it didn't take away anything from him. But the movie is better written, the performances are better... it's just a much better comic book movie in general. They really nailed how emotionally devastating Pete's life can be.
>> No. 33998
Just got back from it and my off the cuff impression would be that I dug the hell out of it.

The Lizard did look awful though.
>> No. 34003
Aside from the costume and Lizard it turned out great.
>> No. 34010
God, the acting was so much better in this one, especially on an emotional front. Like, I wasn't expecting to get so choked up over the Uncle Ben scene we all knew was coming. I think taking out the wrestling angle and making it a simple petty shop robbery made it a million times more relatable, because that situation could happen to ANYONE.
>> No. 34011
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/escape-to-the-movies/6003-Untangling-Spider-Man

Now Bob, tell us how you REALLY felt about the Amazing Spider-Man.

This is what we call suffering from fanboy tendencies and using them to drive up viewership.
>> No. 34012
>>34011
>Miss me yet?

HA! Hell no and never not Parker.Garfield sealed the deal as I've said back at the con last year when he did a very Peter Parker like thing by showing up in costume in the audience and speaking as he did. He may not have been as "nerdy" as some wanted but that moment he was more Peter than Toby ever was.
>> No. 34013
>>34011
Bob comes across really upset that "Nerds" like him where made fun of and beaten up a lot in highschool and the new "Geek" isnt. Really disappointed that he lets this cloud his opinion of the film.
>> No. 34014
>>34011
>The Lizard's motivation and personality shifts didn't make sense
Wait what
Did he really not understand that? Really?
>> No. 34017
Just came back from it. Kept my expectations low and was pleasantly surprised by how good it was.
I loved the character dynamics. I thought it presented the Uncle Ben motive very well, considering how fresh the previous one is in memory.
Loved the strong emphasis on Peter Parker's life. I always thought the best Spider-Man stories revolved around peter and his circles. The first trilogy had these too, but this time around we got good acting and a believable script to match.

The Lizard was the weakest part for me. I immediately drew comparisons with Doc Ock and well, Octavious did everything better.
I liked how they developed his relationship with Flash. It will hit harder when Venom shows up.

>>34011
Geek chic has changed a lot, and several times since Spidey first came out, I agree that no movie has yet to capture the whole idea behind the mask and its effect on Peter (though, the bridge scene implies it heavily). There is a different between Spidey and Peter though, and if by the end of the film they seem to mash up; well that seems reasonable.

Calling the movie bad is an odd choice, we've all seen our fair share of really bad comic movies to know better
>> No. 34022
>>34017

>It will hit harder when Venom shows up.

?

Wouldn't Eddy Brock be Venom before Flash is?
>> No. 34023
>>34022
Heh, I forgot all about Eddy.
I guess they might change that to Flash, as I don't think they want to include Peter journalism career at the bugle. Also, I got this from the wiki:

Zylka (*Flash's actor*) has also expressed interest in having Flash become Venom in the Venom spin-off film.[31]

Another thing I liked was having the post credits scene as pre credits scene. I missed those things a million times because they shut off the wheel early or my friends just push me to leave. Having it show up as THE END... OH WAIT works much better.

Also, please don't kill off Gwen in the next films. It's painfully obvious that they will, but I really like her character and her relationship with Peter.
>> No. 34024
>Please don't kill off Gwen
It's Gwen. I barely know anything about comics and even I know she's dead. It was surprising enough that she doesn't die in this one and instead they kill off Dennis Leary.
>> No. 34026
>>34024
I think George Stacey (Leary's character) also dies in most of the comics.
>> No. 34028
>>34026
He does. He dies helping Spidey against Doc Ock or the Green Goblin, pretty much fucking Peter over because he's the only ally he has.
>> No. 34029
>>34026
>>34028
It sucks to be Spiderman and also to be anyone near Spiderman.
>> No. 34030
>>34029
Yes, the Parker luck kill tens of pepole every year.
And here is Spoony n Bro's 2 cents.
http://spoonyexperiment.com/2012/07/04/vlog-7-4-12-the-amazing-spider-man/
And if they make more I hope they keep the mutantgen angle.
What, I like the video game's take on it.
>> No. 34032
>>34030
I love Spoony's mumbling but he really really needs an editor. 1h video for a 2h movie is an overkill
>> No. 34034
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With Hollywood becoming increasingly dependent on remaking and rebooting their well-respected films for a newer and younger audience, Sony’s decision to restart the Spider-Man film franchise after waiting five years for the stink of Spider-Man 3 to dissolve couldn’t have come at a worst time. We all know Sony needs to produce a new Spider-Man film if they wish to keep the movie rights for Spider-Man, but that won’t stop fans of the Sam Raimi films from crying foul when they see Andrew Garfield don the red and blue tights instead of Tobey Maguire. Truth be told, my love for the Raimi films has waned considerably over the years, so when I heard Sony was rebooting Spider-Man with a new cast and director, I was more optimistic than others. After watching the Amazing Spider-Man by Marc Webb (ha ha, spiders!), I can safely say this movie is superior to its predecessor in numerous ways, but there are problems in this film that keeps it from living to its “Amazing” title.

While ASM begins by having Peter Parker trying to figure out why his parents left him so very long ago, it basically hits the same story beats from first film and every superhero origin film released so far: Peter gets bitten by bug; bug gives him powers; Peter discovers with great powers comes great something-something and things like that. However, the way ASM handles these familiar story beats is where it exceeds itself over the original. The film slowly, but logically, explains how Peter acquires his spider powers, becomes accustom to them, and decides to become the misunderstood hero we all know and love in a beautiful way. Andrew Garfield nails the role of the wall crawler by delivering the ram emotions and funny quips that Tobey Maguire could never give in his films.

My favorite improvement Webb makes over the Raimi films is the way the actors interact with one another as these beloved characters. Performances from the earlier films, where characters would just say what they were feeling, are now replaced by believable and subtle performances by the new movie’s great cast. The lovely chemistry between Andrew Garfield and Emma Watson (Gwen Stacey) also puts Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst’s bland romance as Peter and MJ to shame. Webb is definitely in his element when dealing with these small, yet significant, character moments in his film, but when it comes to the big and ambitious scenes that superhero films often deal with, he fumbles the ball a bit.

I guess after teasing the potential appearance of the Lizard in the Raimi trilogy and never following up on that, Sony felt obliged to include the reptilian villain in their new film, but in doing so, gives the movie its biggest black eye. Curt Connors actually start off alright as a scientist working for Oscorp who may know something about Peter’s parents than he leads on, but quickly becomes a re-skinned Green Goblin as he injects himself with the lizard serum to repair his arm. What really kills the Lizard in this film is his CGI appearance which, as many as noted, looks more like the Goomba from the Super Mario movie, than the terrifying creature from the comics. While the campy tone of Raimi’s Spider-Man movies ultimately did the series in, it made it plausible for Spidey’s most outrageous looking villains to exist. To see a computer animated lizard roam the streets of New York, after all the time and effort spent on making Spider-Man’s world seem believable, just took me out of the movie. The Lizard’s master’s plan also feels thrown together at the last minute and never has the “world is about to end” feeling it is trying to convey.

There is another important scene in this film that doesn’t hit the emotional bullseye and it's the death of Uncle Ben. Now, the way the movie recreates the event leading to Ben’s death is actually clever, but when we get to the moment itself, it just doesn’t work. I don’t know if this is because Peter’s affection for his parents overshadows Uncle Ben’s, or if the incident happens too soon, but for whatever reason, the loss of Uncle Ben doesn’t feel as devastating as it should be. Thankfully, the following scenes dealing with the ramification of Uncle Ben’s death strike the right emotional chord, with the voice message at the end being the best.

When it comes to art style and background music, ASM is contempt with the mediocre. I’ve already complained about the look of the Lizard earlier on, but Spider-Man’s world lacks the visual oomph to make the city of New York look exciting, which is surprising considering it's friggin New York. Even the technologically advance Oscorp facility looks forgettable. I will say Spider-Man’s new costume looks quite acceptable in the dark light, than it did in the production pictures for the film. Musically, the new Spider-Man composer never comes close to matching Danny Elfman’s powerful and memorable score from the Raimi films.

What ultimately hurts ASM is that it is obviously a set-up for bigger and better things, which is even noted by the film’s harshest critics. The “missing parents” angle gives ASM a fresh angle for the franchise to begin anew, but its resolution is nonchalantly withheld for the later sequels to explore, so we’re left with a few annoying teases and whispers that don’t amount too much in the end. If Sony fully embraced Peter’s search for his parents in this film, this movie could have offer more than what its predecessor already gave. What we are given with ASM, however, is a serviceable, but enjoyable reintroduction of Spider-Man for a whole new audience

Side note: Stan Lee’s cameo was fantastic. Best one I’ve seen since the original Iron Man.
>> No. 34035
I want to see the Scorpion brought in.
>> No. 34044
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>>34034
This is pretty much how I felt about the movie, except I thought they did a good job with Ben's death.
The sequel set-up was definitely annoying and it did take some of the steam out of the film, but honestly I didn't mind it anywhere near as much as Iron Man 2, Thor, or Captain America, which felt like really long commercials for Avengers.
>> No. 34045
>>34014
Everybody who reads the comics knows why Curt Conner goes crazy as the Lizard and that it's just the serum while he's a genuinely good guy. But the movie never actually bothers to properly explain it. They never even bother to explain what happens to him after he's healed.
>> No. 34046
>>34034
> fans of the Sam Raimi films from crying foul

The same Raimi film that featured a Macy Gray concert?
>> No. 34047
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>>34035
Well he is in the game.
>> No. 34048
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And I think this Lizard looks more like MK4 Reptile then a movie goomba.
>> No. 34049
>>34045
Maybe it's just because I am familiar with the comics, but I felt like it was obvious enough that the serum was messing with his mind. They didn't spell it out for you or anything, but as we saw, he started arguing with another voice in his head after the transformation, he was nice-but-easily-lead-astray based on the implied history with Oscorp and the Parkers before the serum, and we saw his attitude changing as he took more and more of it, then he almost immediately reverted back to Friendly Dr. Conners once the antidote got to him, and going so far as to rescue Peter and telling him to help Captain Stacy rather than worrying about his own well-being.

It might've been helped a bit if they made it a little more explicit, (maybe just something as subtle as "Does Freddy seem to be acting a little more aggressive to you?") or even just showed the cops who got dosed turning aggressive once they started turning, but I thought they handled it reasonably well all the same.
>> No. 34051
>>34049
One thing I could not figure out at all, was at the very end, when there was someone else in the cell with him. Who was that guy? I didn't think it was Osborn, but who else?
>> No. 34053
I'm not sure how anybody could have failed to come to the "crazy lizard juice makes you crazy" conclusion.
>> No. 34055
>>34053
Because it wasn't caled crazy and the transformation happened at a point where he would be going crazy already. His mental degradation could have been, and was treated as, more of a fall of the character than a simple sickness. Right up until the end, where he turned good through the antidote.
>> No. 34056
>>34051
I'm thinking Electro.
>> No. 34057
Geez, that romance subplot was something akin to Quidditch or Pod Racing the way it slowed down the pace of the movie.
>> No. 34068
http://badassdigest.com/2012/07/06/film-crit-hulk-smash-the-amazing-spider-man-has-99-problems-but-an-uncle-be/
>> No. 34074
>>34051
>>34056
My money's on Mysterio to distract you from what's happening with Norman Osborn.
>> No. 34079
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I didn't care for Sheen as Ben.

I think Garfield could've been a good Spiderman/Peter Parker if he'd been written more consistently.

To me, Leary almost seemed tacked on as Stacy, but he still did a good job.

Ifans as Connors? Eh, that's one thing I hate about Spiderman villains, they're not very good, I think, outside of Doc Ock, Venom, and Carnage.

But hey, they sure did fucking nail Gwen Stacy's character!

And No JJ Jameson?
>mon visage quand
>> No. 34081
>>34079
>And No JJ Jameson?
No, I'm actually okay with that. JJ is great, but you introduce too much of the mythos all at once and the story gets too dense. It's reasonable that Pete wouldn't get his job in the Bugle yet. And we at least saw a copy of the Bugle in the movie, so we know they were nodding to JJ's existence at least.

It makes perfect sense that Pete wouldn't get hired until those photos of Spider-man became something JJ started his crusade against. Since Spider-man was basically just an urban legend until the end of this movie, it's to be expected that JJ wasn't important to the origin story, even though he's important to the mythos.

I expect we'll see him next time. But honestly, I imagine I'll be disappointed with him. They can not possibly top the casting of JJ from the Raimi flicks. The best they could do is keep on J.K. Simmons, which would likely break Suspension of Disbelief for some people, so even that's an imperfect choice. I'd still vote for that option though.
>> No. 34082
Just came back from the movie (Crap, missed the opening credits. Oh well, probably something metallic like in the trailer?), so let me try to get things in order...

-Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker was good, I guess. Peter could be about 20% geekier in my opinion, but I loved the awkward moments with Gwen. By the way, loved how smart she turns out to be in that scene in the end. Oh boy, they're making it a lot harder if they get to kill her off. Peter maybe looked a bit cold towards Uncle Ben and Aunt May overall. By the way, I don't like it that they picked Aunt May to look that younger, but the actress pulled off pretty well with the scenes she got. Liked Martin Sheen as Uncle Ben.

-Flash Thompson could have been a bit more of a jerk (unless there was more at the beginning and I missed) before showing his nicer side. Also nice shirt in the end lol, they really did their homework on this.

-Skinnier Spider-Man looks better to me. Liked the way he moved, too. Oddly enough, the costume didn't bother me too much, guess I had already gotten used to overlook the Raimi one, with that texture that always bugged me.

-Kinda hoped the whole thing with Peter's father wasn't gonna be too important on the story. Oh boy was I wrong.

-Yay for no organic webbing! ...Except Oscorp/Pete's dad made it, so... almost same bullshit, on principle. I liked the quips, pity it was basically all in the trailer, as far as I recall. So, kinda.. same same?

-I think someone here mentioned they should have included Dr Connors' family somehow, and I definitely agree, but I really liked him personality-wise. Didn't like the Lizard at all. Also wasted potential for minion lizard cops mayhem. Really, Hollywood? Really?! It's Spider-Man, you have the budget/extra 5-minute screen time. And indian Oscorp executive guy could have been a cameo... or maybe it was and I didn't recognize the name?

-I liked the parts where Spidey gets help, specially since he's still a kid beginning the superheroing carreer.

-Is every movie gonna end on a funeral/someone (not the villain) dying?! Because seriously, even in the comics the ratio isn't THAT bad! I liked that for once, the villain ends up in jail though. Oh yeah, and I don't see why they didn't just tie the loose end with Uncle Ben's killer already.

Overall... guess I felt a bit rickrolled from what I expected (probably because NEEEEEEEERD!), but it was a pretty fun movie. Totally worth watching.

>>34057
Could be worse, I think it was less than in any of the Raimi movies.

>>34051
The Jackal?
Or dare I say, maybe... Mephisto? Sorry, couldn't help it.
>> No. 34083
>>34082
Well crap I forgot
>>34079
>>34081
Pete could have ended the movie selling some photos and starting a side carreer as a photograph or something, but the Lizard did a real Card Crush on that. Dammit. It's like we barely see the Batcave in Nolan's Batman movies.
>> No. 34084
>>34082
> Oh yeah, and I don't see why they didn't just tie the loose end with Uncle Ben's killer already.
They've said they want to use the entire trilogy to explore Spider-man's origin, so that and what happened to his parents is going to be a running theme and keep popping up in the next few movies.
>> No. 34085
>>34034
>Emma Watson (Gwen Stacy)
uhh...
>> No. 34086
>>34034
>Emma Watson (Gwen Stacy)
uhh...
>> No. 34087
>>34084
But How do they do that when SHIELD, Nick Fury, and the Red Skull are all off the table for Sony?
>> No. 34088
>>34081
>No, I'm actually okay with that. JJ is great, but you introduce too much of the mythos all at once and the story gets too dense.

You know, that's a good point. I think the introduction of the villain was a little bit too much, even. I would have honestly left out Connors and just had the move be about Parker coming to terms with what he has to deal with as a superhero. After all, Spiderman was written to introduce a more personable element to the superhero yarn, so we see what he has to deal with as an individual, blessed with super human skill.
>> No. 34089
>>34085
Oops. How did I confuse Stone with Watson?
>> No. 34092
>>34087
By basing it off the Ultimate Universe. It's basically Ultimate Spider-Man: The Movie.
>> No. 34095
>>34087
Wait what... were they in Peter's parents story in the comics? Never read that part.

>>34092
Actually SHIELD is all over the ultiverse, no?
I can see they probably took a few factors from it... that's probably the cause of at least half my problems with the movie.
>> No. 34102
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>>34068
To be honest, most of my gripes could be summed up in this entire review, and far more eloquently (ironically).
THere were moments were it was definitely an improvement over the Raimi films, but it just kinda fell flat for me.
It was fun, but forgettable. And as the reviewer pointed out, take out all the Spider-Man scenes, and Peter's still kinda the same creep he was in the beginning. In fact, he didn't even feel all that geeky; more douchey loner-type than anything. I appreciated they at least made him crack wise and actually have a brain when it came to science, though.
>> No. 34120
http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/teamt/diamanda-hagan/other-stuff/35858-the-amazing-spider-man-vlog
>> No. 34121
>>34120
But she scares me...
>> No. 34128
I agree with the director with the whole "we can't make him an ugly nerd who gets beaten up, because nerds are actually sort of cool now" thing. Times change. And I think the fact that Gwen had the Twilight books in her room lampshaded the whole "Peter is being creepy" thing. He's a teenage boy, he's irresponsible and unintentionally a jerk and creepy.

Mark Webb is the best name of anyone doing a comic book adaption since Joseph Kuhr wrote episodes of Batman: The Brave and The Bold.

I liked the Stan Lee cameo, I always do. Just as long as he stays in the Marvel movies he had a hand in writing the comics of, like Spider-Man. I respect the guy but he's gotten an ego as of late.

Was really impressed by Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone. I still like the Sam Raimi films (mainly the origin story of the first, all of the second, and a couple parts of the third one), but this is a different take on it, and I liked actually explaining where his parents went. Didn't believe them for a second as high school kids though, but eh. Especially impressed with Garfield as I intentionally avoided The Social Network (maybe that was a mistake? I just thought the idea of a Facebook movie was kind of stupid.)

(Side note: Every time I see Emma Stone or one of the other actors/actresses from Zombieland in something now, I feel a bit of sadness that we haven't gotten any more in that series.)

This was the most subdued I've ever seen Dennis Leary. I liked that the cops and the civilians in every Spidey movie actually did something, I don't believe everyone would always sit around and go "eek, a villain" and run away without doing something. Reminded me of this conversation I saw on a chan awhile back about "don't cops feel undermined because a superhero's trying to do their job for them?"

I liked Connors, and I also got a lot of Otto Octavius vibes from him, although he had serious Super Mario Bros. movie Goomba-face. I don't know how they're gonna top Alfred Molina if they do Doc Ock in this continuity.

Kind of laughed when he said "mother-hubbard" because it made me think of the Engineer from TF2.

Being from New York, I liked them showing the suburbs, too. I hate when people think the whole state's one big city.

Don't think they needed JJJ in this one, but I hope they can get back JK Simmons for him in future ones. Think it all worked out well because he got to do Portal 2 and Legend of Korra and the Farmer's commercials, but I hope if they do get him back it doesn't take away any future Cave Johnson and Tenzin stuff.
>> No. 34151
http://moviebob.blogspot.se/2012/07/youll-never-guess-what-i-talked-about.html#more
Okay here is more of Bob raging at that movie again, I dont know yet because Im posting this for the nostalgia bombs at the start alone.
>> No. 34170
> I intentionally avoided The Social Network (maybe that was a mistake?
The Social Network was the single best movie of 2010 and you are severely cheating yourself if you don't watch it at least once.
>> No. 34175
I rather liked it! I had a few minor gripes:

>The Lizard thing seemed pretty rushed between the first appearance and the final confrontation. There was hardly any breathing time between the fight scenes.

>This is probably the blandest version of Aunt May in any medium. She got better after Ben died, but she never stopped being underwhelming.

>The whole ~what happened to Peter's parents~ subplot. Really not a fan. I know it's probably more based on the Ultimate version but it reminds me too much of the idiotic Peter's-Parents-Were-Secret-Agents thing.

> And yeah, okay, the Lizard's face looked kind of dumb. I liked how he looked and moved other than that, though, and I'm not inclined to be too harsh on it.

Other than that, though, I liked it a lot! Captain Stacy was a show-stealer, and Ben was great too. I liked the comedy, both physical and verbal. And I liked how Peter was socially awkward and it took him a dozen minutes to say something face-to-face, but once the mask went on he could talk a mile a minute.

Most of all, though? I like that Marvel Movie civilians are, by and large, not Marvel Civilians. The equivalent scene was my favorite int he first Raimi film ,too.

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>>34170
>The Social Network was the single best movie of 2010
>> No. 34179
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Speaking of the Social Network, Sony should get Jesse Eisenberg to play Harry, because it will amuse me.
>> No. 34187
>>34176
>The Social Network
>2010
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
these last two years have been the fastest ones ever.
>> No. 34190
>>34179
And because reuniting him and Emma Stone would be hilarious.
>> No. 34196
>>34187
You've been into ponies too huh
>> No. 34206
>>34196
Ye-- We--

...I'm not a brony or anything. I just like the show.
>> No. 34256
So, finally saw The Amazing Spider-Man, and I have to say that was WAY better than I thought it was going to be, and I liked it a hell of a lot better than the Raimi movies. I liked that they used the lizard, I liked his relationship with Uncle Ben, Osborne being the sort of shadow antagonist (kind of, but not really), Peter's relationship with Gwen, and how they handled Peter and Flash. I really liked how this movie's flash, despite being a dick at first, knew when to cool it on fucking with Peter, and how in the end they were a bit closer to being friends. I especially liked that Gwen wasn't just kind of eye candy and did shit. Emma Stone was fantastic in that role.

That being said there was a few, nit picky things, I didn't like.

- The costume. I still hate that design.
- Uncle Ben doesn't say the full phrase. "With great power comes great responsibility." He says something in the same spirit but... It's just not the same.
- When Uncle Ben dies, Aunt May gets regulated to the background. Why did bother getting Sally Field if you weren't going to utilize her? What little I saw of her was great though.
- Pete seemed more like an Art-Nerd rather than a Science nerd most of the time.
- Spidey took his Mask off and revealed himself to other people WAY too much. He also did a lot of no mask shenanigans in front of a ton of people.
- The lizard had no snout. He looked more like Killer Croc than the lizard.
- The Lizard kept taking off his lab coat. Hell, it slides off him when he breaks into the school, has the fight, then presumably goes back to his lair, grabs ANOTHER coat, only to shrug it off AGAIN when he appears again.
- George Stacey's dying wish is for Pete to stop seeing Gwen. Actually, that's not that bad, and I actually found it kind of funny.
- However it was less funny how the way he gets back with Gwen is to kind of make fun her dad's dying wish, and she's like totally cool with that. She even smiles.
- Spidey wasn't a wrestler. I like that he was inspired by a lucha costume though.

There were also parts of Gwen and Peter's relationship that seemed kind of iffy to me, but that's something I can easily let go. I liked how they handled Ben's death so that Peter can know it was his fault (not really, but it's easy for him to blame himself), but also never really let him get closure from it by eventually stopping the guy.

All in all, I'm just excited for the next one to come out and just hope they get J.K. Simmons to come back as JJJ, since I don't see how anyone else can do that part.
>> No. 34257
>>34256
>- Spidey took his Mask off and revealed himself to other people WAY too much. He also did a lot of no mask shenanigans in front of a ton of people.
Go back and watch the Raimi movies. He was without mask SO MANY times in those. Need I bring up Spider-Man 2's train sequence? (Not dissing that movie because, damn, I still absolutely love Spidey 2)
>> No. 34259
>>34257
Because the actors want their fucking face time...
Even if it make the movie stupid.
Thats what made Iron man so great, they make it cool with the in suit shots and flip up visor.
>> No. 34260
>>34256
>>34257
Honestly, the "Spidey without his mask" thing is sort of a situation like that episode of JLU when Lex Luthor and the Flash switched bodies, and Luthor goes to a mirror with the line "At least I can figure out the Flash's secret identity!" ... "I have no idea who this is." Pete is not a public figure, he doesn't have any major distinguishing characteristics (other than his spider powers) to make him more visually memorable to a stranger, neither his prints nor his DNA are likely to be on file (at least not associated with Peter Parker), and he's distanced enough from the people he catches and/or saves that there's rarely any strong motive to pin to him. George Stacy recognized him because he had met him personally (and even if he handn't, his knowledge of Pete's personal involvement with Gwen might've been enough for a good cop to figure it out from), but he's the only one who had much of a hope of identifying him just from seeing his face.

The cops who did see him (and really, George Stacy's the only one who got a good look, because he was moving around a lot when the others saw him) could probably track him down if hard-pressed to do so. Certainly they would be able to say that he was young, probably in his twenties or earlier, white, and they could probably give his hair color, which would bring the number of people to search for down to...let's say five hundred thousand people (I have no idea how correct that is because I don't know the demographics of New York that well, it's just a ballpark estimate). Given that and other evidence that could be gleaned from different encounters, it might be enough for the police to catch him, with enough work.

But the average Joe wouldn't have police resources, and the cops might just not consider him high enough priority to dedicate the resources it would take to track him down. Only people who personally knew Pete would have much chance of figuring anything out from the glimpses they caught of him unmasked in this movie.
>> No. 34274
>>34257
That was not a comparison, though, it's one of the problems he said he had with the movie. Raimi having done it too hardly excuses it.
>> No. 34278
>>34257

It annoyed me when it happened in the Raimi movies did it too. In fact, it was the worst in Spider-Man 3. Just terrible.

What's your point now?
>> No. 34296
>>34274
>>34278
What T4 posted is pretty much dead right. This is a film, actors want/need face time. Hell, PRODUCERS want that face time. It's all financial and marketing BS. But my point is, it wasn't as prevalent in this one as in Raimi's. (also, there were FULL STORY ARCS in Ultimate Spider-Man where Pete was in his suit with no mask.)
>> No. 34297
>>34296
Come on man ultimate's no standard for Spider-Man fans
>> No. 34298
>>34296

And it bugged me in Ultimate Spider-Man too. I'm not saying that the movie is shit because they did that, only that that's one of the few things I had a problem with, but overall liked the movie. Just because Raimi did it, or Bendis did it, doesn't mean I can't fault this movie for doing it. It's an ongoing problem in the movie franchise.
>> No. 34299
>>34296

And it bugged me in Ultimate Spider-Man too. I'm not saying that the movie is shit because they did that, only that that's one of the few things I had a problem with, but overall liked the movie. Just because Raimi did it, or Bendis did it, doesn't mean I can't fault this movie for doing it. It's an ongoing problem in the movie franchise.
>> No. 34301
>>34298
Most superhero movies actually
>> No. 34303
Just got back from it.

Waste of two and a half hours of my life. Eugh That was not good. The first two Raimi ones were much better and I had my issues with them.
>> No. 34308
>>34303
Eh, it had flaws but I can't ever call it worse than any of the original trilogy. They all sucked much worse and the characters were much more flat all of them rather than a few of them.
>> No. 34391
>>34308
I'll agree it was better than the third, but the best Spiderman movie is Spiderman 2 easily.
>> No. 34409
>>34391
I really have to disagree. It was bad and any redeeming it had was lost with Toby and Kristen as leads. They literally drained any positive points any of the original trilogy originally had.
>> No. 34410
>>34391
I really have to disagree. It was bad and any redeeming it had was lost with Toby and Kristen as leads. They literally drained any positive points any of the original trilogy originally had.
>> No. 34417
>>34409
The casting was so mixed in those movies. JJJ was great, Doc Oc was great, and Norman Osborne was great. But Maguire and Dunst were such bad choices. I don't even know what they were thinking casting those two as the leads.
>> No. 34418
>>34417
I feel Maguire was hampered by the writing rather than failure to fulfill the role, Like when he first started getting the powers and when he had the Black Suit he was NAILING IT, but otherwise it was disastrous.
>> No. 34619
I probably should have seen it before Dark Knight Rises, but oh well.
Still okay.
Lizard's face was weird, but I guess they didn't think the skin shedding thing would work as well.
I don't know why, but I got this feeling that it took a really long time to get going, and once it did, it realized it didn't have much time left and rushed through it.
But I don't know if that's actually the case, I haven't seen Spider-Man 1 in a while so I can't say for sure if the origin story - boss battle ratio is any better.
>> No. 34709
Most mediocre, unfullfilling movie I've watched all year.
>> No. 34719
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Like I said on the chan of fours, I liked everything and disliked nothing.
>> No. 34732
>>34719
Then you are lost.
>> No. 34733
I was a little disappointed by the lack of banter in the last fight.
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>>34732
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