The Amazing Spider-Man (July 3rd 2012)

[Onslaught X]

Spoiler:

The crane scene is still stupid, Troy....totally saying. I was quite a fan of the ending shot though, really, the whole part with Spider-Man swinging around shows how far we've come in terms of CGI since 2002 and 2004, where the final shots looked like complete ass.

Still waiting for the Twonunpackmule reboot

[twonunpackmule]

Spoiler:

The crane scene is still stupid, Troy....totally saying. I was quite a fan of the ending shot though, really, the whole part with Spider-Man swinging around shows how far we've come in terms of CGI since 2002 and 2004, where the final shots looked like complete ass.

Still waiting for the Twonunpackmule reboot

The crane scene totally didn't bother me. It felt more natural than the jesus shit in Spiderman 2.

[Onslaught X]

The crane scene totally didn't bother me. It felt more natural than the jesus shit in Spiderman 2.

Neither felt natural to me at all. *Shrugs* Maybe I'm alone on this one.

Forever alone.

[twonunpackmule]

Neither felt natural to me at all. *Shrugs* Maybe I'm alone on this one.

Forever alone.

Well, it just didn't bother me. I could totally understand why that guy wanted to help Spiderman. It was cheesy...sure, but it wasn't out of this world cheesy. It wasn't Raimi or Whedon cheesy. It didn't make me roll my eyes and groan.

I really liked the tonality of this film. It was serious and light hearted. It swung around with ease.

[HuskerGuy]

Neither felt natural to me at all. *Shrugs* Maybe I'm alone on this one.

Forever alone.

Not alone, the scene was next level retarded.

[Onslaught X]

Well, it just didn't bother me. I could totally understand why that guy wanted to help Spiderman. It was cheesy...sure, but it wasn't out of this world cheesy. It wasn't Raimi or Whedon cheesy. It didn't make me roll my eyes and groan.

I really liked the tonality of this film. It was serious and light hearted. It swung around with ease.

I understand why C. Thomas Howell wanted to help out Spider-Man. Guy needed more roles....but it was super duper cheesy and pretty damn stupid

Not alone, the scene was next level retarded.

You can be my wingman anytime

[twonunpackmule]

Not alone, the scene was next level retarded.

You're retarded!

[twonunpackmule]

but it was super duper cheesy and pretty damn stupid

Ben,

Spoiler:

when you get spider powers and a giant lizard attacks Nebraska, then some cop shoots your leg, the city you protect is in some constant state of repair, with cranes that happen to have a clear line sight to the designated area that you need to be in, and some construction worker - who's kid you saved earlier - happens to have the ability to swing all of them with a simple radio call to help you out...

I'll let them you know that you find it cheesy. That you're too good for it.

[Onslaught X]

Ben,

Spoiler:

when you get spider powers and a giant lizard attacks Nebraska, then some cop shoots your leg, your city is in some constant state of repair with cranes that happen to have a clear line sight to the designated area that you need to be in, and some construction worker - who's kid you saved earlier - happens to have the ability to swing all of them with a simple radio call to help you out...

I let them you know that you find it cheesy. That you're too good for it.

Spoiler:

Now you're a man!

Spoiler:

First of all, cranes in Nebraska? LOL

Second, I'm not counting on the guy out of 8 million in NYC to be the guy who can adjust the cranes to get me to where I need.

Third, I'm pretty sure it required the help of multiple people to adjust those cranes.

Fourth, if I got shot, I'll lay like a bitch and whine. And my story will be called the Not So Amazing Asian Man.

P.S. The Lizard was a lame villain

[twonunpackmule]

It's a small world, Ben.



Just saying.

P.S. The Lizard was a lame villain

Totally disagree.

Thought it was decent choice, and provided a much needed sense of progression for Mr. Parker.

Spoiler:

It was also nice that they didn't kill him off.

[Onslaught X]

It's a small world, Ben.

Just saying.

Is that Emily Rose? SON OF A BITCH

[Silver_Cat]

nope I dont like it the fight scenes in the movie, the plot was good and the serious tone correct, but the fight scenes are boring, even the fight of Venom vs Spidey was better than any of the film.

[Jordashebasics]

Both me and my wife are firmly annoyed by this movie.
In fact, I'm more forgiving of it than she was.

For everything the movie did that I felt was right, there were other problems that kept on pulling away from the goodwill it created.
First, Peter is not supposed to be a sullen teen. A big part of the character is that he has a good relationship with Aunt May. In this case, Aunt May isn't much of a character. I'm not sure how many lines she got - five? six?
I was glad to see Uncle Ben developed a little more.

By rewriting Uncle Ben's death, we got a Spider-Man who wasn't driven by guilt and a sense of responsibility. He's driven by a desire for revenge, without any of the lessons using his abilities properly.

When he decides to chase after the Lizard by the end of the movie, he's not doing it because it's the right thing to do. He's doing it because he feels personally responsible for creating the Lizard.

These things don't make it a movie about a hero.

[twonunpackmule]

With great power comes great responsibility.

His responsibility drives him to stop them lizard. Secondly, they didn't exactly change the Uncle Ben death. It's pretty much exactly the same.

[Super-VHS]

...I just got back from seeing this and, well... I liked it.

I realized this in rewatching the original trilogy (with the new BDs) in a runup to the "reboot", but in retrospect, the Raimi movies kinda feel like exercises in making money and that's about it. (If a decent story was told in the process--as was the case with Spidey 2--so be it.) Raimi totally fucked the franchise with 3, true, but he fumbled plenty in the other two movies.

Things that, I personally feel, this new one got right in a lot of cases. And this new cast was amazing. They totally nailed their characters, and actually made me care. (Maybe because, as so many others across the web have said, this one had heart.) There's an organic-ness to the characters and their storylines in the new one, which I think each of the trilogy pictures lacked.

And it's funny, 'cause before seeing it, I'd have thought Webb's movie was going to be the one solely concerned with making money at the sacrifice of character, etc. (considering that Sony only made it to retain the rights, can you blame me?) I was wrong and I'm glad.

Frankly, I'm surprised. Didn't expect this at all.