The Amazing Spider-Man
 

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Dear jesus, this should have been done the first time around. :eek:

so is it a sequel or a retelling of the origin?

Retelling I believe. Basically starting over much in the way Batman Begins did with Batman.

This didn't have a thread? Wow.

Liked the kid rescue scene.

I'm cautiously optimistic about the reboot. I'm not crazy about how moody Peter Parker comes off, or how much they're harping on all the secrets about his parents (IMO that really diminishes the importance of Uncle Ben and Aunt May), but I'm really digging everything else I'm seeing.

I like that he's actually got a sense of humor as Spidey, I like that he's using mechanical web-shooters instead of the organic ones from the Raimi movies, I like that Gwen is the love interest instead of Mary Jane (who I'm sure they'll bring in later), and I like that they're starting off with a villain they haven't used before. So yeah, to me the positives outnumber the negatives, so I'm looking forward to it.

I don't think anyone they get for J. Jonah Jameson will do a better job than J. K. Simmons did in the other three movies though.

I don't really like the look of The Lizard.

From what I've heard, JJJ isn't going to be in the reboot, at least not until the next movie.

Saw the trailer when I saw The Avengers, ad got pretty stokedfor it. I was already excited before. I like the direction they are seemingly taking, and I am hoping it turns out to be a blast. Agree with mechanical based web shooters.

I think they did a perfect job with Aunt May last time as well.

Exactly. And there's no Mary Jane lovestory in this one yet.. His blonde GF is Gwen who was supposedly his former lover BEFORE marrying Mary Jane.

The reboots I think simply fix what the fans didn't like about the originals. Hell look at Burtons Batman. sure great movies but Nolan hit it out of the park.

I see Nads reading this thread :)

You expect Raimi to make something that's not shit?

Reboot.

No, they won't.

Yes.

And that's the unfortunate thing about the Raimi films. A lot of the supporting cast was s pot on and I'ma miss them.

Who was only introduced in Spider-Man 3 for some reason.

Also, there's no "supposedly." Gwen and Captain Stacy were a part of Spider-Man before Mary Jane. He also had a couple other love interests.

Batman Begins more or less fixed the problem of that last abomination. Both Batman and Spider-Man have been through a lot of various iterations. Probably only Superman's been through more.

Reboots aren't as big a deal when something been through like a dozen retellings.

I had no idea who Raimi was before Spiderman. I expect no one will remember him in ten years either. I hate him for the pure and simple fact that Spiderman 3 was a barely watchable clusterfuck.

As for what Begins did, Burton made the mistake of not ending it when he should have. With the Nolan films, he had access to special effects 20+ years more advanced then Burton so that needs to be taken into account as well.

Yeah, nobody will remember the Evil Dead guy in ten years.

Was that Curt Hawkins with the knife?

TIL that Raimi directed The Evil Dead.

I think Spider-Man 1 was not bad (the best thing about it was Willem Dafoe) and Spider-Man 2 was good, but not great. Spider-Man 3 was mediocre and dragged on.

This seems to focus on more things, creating more interesting sub-plots. He cracks jokes and uses more science. I like this more than the first 3 movies just from the looks of the trailer... and Emma Stone is super attractive.

Yeah, he's a shlock guy.

That's Sony, chap.

I do like that he could make 2 good Spidey movies and the last one he was influenced by Sony to adjust makes you hate him.

His Spidey movies weren't comic accurate, but they were generally good (even Spidey 3, imo).

Yes. It was only Sony.

Burton's movies were awesome for the time, BTW. I think they still hold up, even though I love Nolan's interpretation. That's all these are: interpretation of the characters.

Just found out Raimi did Legend of the Seeker. I officially loathe him for cannibalizing my favorite book series of all time.

I love Batman and Batman Returns. Even Batman Forever was watchable. Batman & Robin was...

But yeah, different directors and actors - it's pretty much in line with comics and different artists on any character.

I loved Spider-Man and Spider-Man 2. They were pretty great.

Amazing Spider-Man is looking good, but highly doubt it will best those two. Will most definitely best Spidey 3.

Amazing Spider-Man loses points for Andrew Garfield's terrifying hair. That thing scares me. Can't stand his hair.

Ill blame who I want thank you very much.

This is a debate I had with my wife which I convinced her to see my point of view. It was about Harry Potter 3 and 4 and how much I loathe them. Her argument was that it was the the interpretation of it to which I argued that not using the book or in this case, comic book as the basis of the script is only going to succeed in pissing off a lot of fans.

I got her to read the HP series after our argument and upon rewatching HP 3 and 4, She changed her view to side with me stating "I can definitely see why that third movie pisses you off now".

Do not mention that abomina NIPPLES. Fuck, thanks for making me picture that suit. asshole.

Lol.

It's a shame we don't get the same kind of "runs" as we do with comics, though. I mean, a run with an artist or writer can last for years of monthly issues. A run with a movie rarely passes the trilogy mark.

Also, I liked Val Kilmer as Bruce Wayne/Batman, even though the movie itself was kinda...Meh. I still enjoyed it, but....

To be fair, nothing's going to please the fans. Also, keep in mind the first rough cut of the first HP movie was four hours. There's no way to be as thorough as a book or even a comic series. You can't capture the same style.

Taking Spider-Man as an example, he's always had an internal monologue that's hard to catch onscreen. Not impossible, but the contrast of his worried thoughts and his massive bravado in a fight are part of what makes Spider-Man Spider-Man.

Plus, as Kal pointed out, there is a pretty big issue in terms of comics and voices. Early Batman was kind of a dick. Then he was sort of an iconic detective with fighting skills. Then he was a superhero. He's been a lot of things. Which Batman do you remain faithful to?

Same with Spider-Man. Hell, J Michael Strazynski had a run where Peter was an elemental Spider-totem of some sort.

Not to mention you had as many as five simultaneous comics with Spidey in them, all with different arcs (there were crossovers, but most of the time, the writing on spectacular vs Web of would be nominally different).

And now you have Allstar Batman and Robin (Source of the Goddamn Batman), a DC reboot of its universe, alternate universes, etc. There's Ultimate Spider-Man, Noir Spider-Man, alternate universe spideys, etc.

Spider-Man, even in source text, is open for interpretation. Same with Batman. Both Nolan's Batman and Burton's Batman draw from versions of Batman. Nolan's is probably more unfaithful, especially since it comes from the fantastic Batman: Year One. It's also fucking awesome, so who cares?

The Harry Potter movies are a whole nother animal, and I think faithfulness is one of the least of their problems.

@KK since I don't want to quote that massive post.

Fair enough with there being several different instances of the character going on at any given time. I think however most have their origin story pretty concrete and when that is screwed with I have issues.

With the comic book movies, I doubt it is possible to be completely accurate with what needs to be done. I think what needs to be done is to capture the characters as best as possible which in my opinion is what Nolan did perfectly. When I watch Batman Begins I don't see Christian Bale, I see Bruce Wayne/Batman. I see the character on the screen and my belief is suspended. Its how I always imagined Batman would look and act.

In capturing that, an incredible movie was made. If Peter Parker is captured within this it will go the same route I believe.

I loved the original trilogy (even Spidey 3), and originally hated the fact that this was being rebooted so early on. However, once the clips starting coming out, it has definitely taken my interest. Looks impressive visually, and the more scientific/wise-cracking direction at least means it won't be a clear rip-off of the Raimi movies.

God, that's barely even scratching the surface of how fucked JMS's run on Spider-Man was. That also included a bit where he turned into a human-spider monster, died, and then basically shit out a new version of himself with organic web-shooters and stingers (because spiders are apparently the same things as bees), another arc where it turned out Gwen Stacy fucked the Green Goblin and had his kids and never told anyone, and of course the infamous arc where Peter sells his marriage to the devil.

I know that a writer's run on a comic is just his personal interpretation, like you said, but Jesus.

Holy shit, I didn't know most of that.

To be fair, though, JMS was against One More Day. Not saying the rest of that shit is in any way good.

Yeah, the totem shit was clone saga bad.

In JMS's defense, yeah, he was against One More Day, and was pretty much forced into doing the stuff with Gwen and Osborn (the arc was done to introduce two villains that were supposed to be the long-lost children of Gwen and Peter, but Joe Quesada didn't want Pete to have kids because that would make him look too old, so he instead changed it to Osborn, which made it a thousand times worse) and fought in vain to have it retconned out almost immediately. And even though One More Day sucked, there's been a lot of good that's come from it in the aftermath--Dan Slott's run on Spidey since then has been phenomenal.

However, that doesn't change the fact that JMS wrote those comics, and said comics were fucking terrible.

I actually enjoyed all those story arcs. I even enjoyed the Clone Saga. Guess I'm easily amused... :shifty:

I still can't believe how forced it was.

Nobody in the marvel universe could save Aunt May except teh debul.

From a gunshot.

wot

Was definetly a fan of the whole Raimi triology yet unlike most the 2nd was my least favorite of them all even though Doc Oc was in it the story felt all too familiar to me. Anyhow I like the changes of his origin story and the small details thus far are enough to warrant a reboot but at te same time not so much to deviate from it. My first impression from the original trailer for this wasn't very good but now that we're approaching the release I'm a bit more optimistic then I was.

I loved Burton's take when I was a kid, but as I got older, I realized how little the movies were about him Batman and more about the villians, particularly Batman Returns, where Bats was literally there soley to give the baddies something to do.

I didnt care for the first or third Spidey films, but still love the second one. I think the reoot will be different enough to atleast stand on its own. T looks like it could be a better "Spider-Man" movie than the original, but I dont know if it will be a better film, if that makes sense.

This just feels more like 'Spider-Man' to me. Aside from the web-shooters that I never liked (though the shot effects look cool), this films seems really sci-fi which is what got growing up on certain Spidey media.