SPIDEY 4 becomes AMAZING becomes Marvel's SPIDER-MAN

[GeorgeC]

Well, Tobey's 35... Surely that's not worse than a 70-year-old Indiana Jones!

Even Sean Connery pulled off an older Bond fairly well (through a mediocre script) in Never Say Never again. (Yes, I shall Never Mention This Film Again Ever.)

[Randall]

Sure, but Spidey is meant to be younger. Even in the current comics, he's still in his 20s. No one wants to see a middle-aged Spidey!

[Dusterian]

A lot of this talk reminds me of my own talk of Disney being more faithful to certain stories, traditions, etc... Guess it's all about who's such a big fan of what...

The costume looks fine, to me, though. In fact, I really like it. I think an almost black blue works best for the costume instead of light blue, because spiders are usually almost black, and a light red and blue just makes me think it's trying to look American.

Anyway, I think I agree with Ben that this guy should be a little more muscular, simply because he's a super hero and the spider bite was supposed to make him super everywhere. But from what I've seen, Spiderman was never really very muscular, and the muscularness would somewhat ruin the look of a spider, which has spindly legs. On that note, the spider on his chest should be a long skinny spider as it is, as opposed to a fat spider. A fatty spider doesn't make sense.

[estefan]

Personally, I think Andrew Garfield is perfect casting for Spider-Man. He was terrific in The Social Network and I can easily envision him as Peter Parker.

[Ben]

Well, Tobey's 35...

Um, well he's 35 now, sure.

But he was 24 when he was cast as Spidey for the first film, and only just 31 when Spider-Man 3 was shot. This new guy will be near 35 in the actual third film if they make them every three years...and it's supposed to be a younger take on Spidey to begin with!

I'm not saying he doesn't look the part or can't pull it off, but I am agreeing that I'm surprised they didn't cast younger, if they're serious about making another trilogy or, as has also been rumored, the full six films that were originally envisioned. By then he'd be 43!

[Dacey]

Uh, oh....

http://www.cinemablend.com/new/The-Amaz ... 25641.html

[Randall]

Yep. Still sounds lame.

Of course, just because it's a rehash doen't mean it's bad. But I find myself having a hard time getting excited for this movie.

[EricJ]

Yep. Still sounds lame.

Of course, just because it's a rehash doen't mean it's bad. But I find myself having a hard time getting excited for this movie.

The Curse of IV strikes again.

(Namely the old rule that if a studio ever gets too overconfident to try and stretch a successful trilogy for Part IV, every bolt of lightning, every law of Murphy, and every level of Development Heck will strike the production to make sure it doesn't come out in the same decade as the Part III. Different/missing/dead casts. Franchise reboots. Change of producer/ownership. Twelve abandoned scripts, before shooting.
Stubbornness is the Eighth Deadly Sin of Hollywood, and that's what makes them want to make IV's to Superman, Indy, Pirates, BTTF, Karate Kid, etc., in whatever Frankenstein form they eventually arrive, instead of just plain giving up.)

[Ben]

UM...what else were any of you expecting?

From the moment they announced this as a reboot, it was clear (to me anyway) that this was as much a remake as anything. I even said so back in my original posts on this movie waay back when I argued what the point was in showing the same story again when the first one was only ten years old!

Why anyone is surprised now is beyond me...this was on the cards from the get-go, since reading between the lines on the announcement some time ago was obvious they were going back to basics and starting again, so that they can go off in a different direction with these films (and probably not become so tied up with one director and/or star).

Yep...we're getting the 2001 Spider-Man film again within a decade just so that Sony can keep tabs on the character. That's why I was making a big thing about this movie being totally pointless back when it was announced. Unless it's insanely good, I wonder if audiences will bother?

[Dacey]

Official trailer (the "summary" I linked to above was apparently fake):



So, yeah, we have Emo Parker now. After all, that's what EVERYONE wanted, right?

[EricJ]

Not to mention, from the looks of it, a taste of the brief Marvel "Peter's real parents were part of a secret conspiracy!" storyline...
Look, Sony, don't try to dazzle us or be our friends; you stole the movie away from Sam, now just reboot it and shuddup.

[Randall]

Well if they were going to reboot, I at least wanted to see something new. Looks like we might get that with the Parker backstory.

As far as Peter being emo, that seems true enough to the comics.

[Ben]

Have to say that I'm liking Garfield's take on Peter (and his pretty good American accent) more than Maguire, from the looks of this.

BUT...it doesn't really give anything "new" away (I'm guessing any Parker backstory is over before the titles roll) and is staggeringly too close to looking like a total remake of the 2001 movie. I swear there could be some people - non fans and casual viewers - who think they already saw this version, what with the alleyway experimentation with his new powers, quizzical looks from his Aunt, the whole set-up, etc!

The CG still looks rubbery as well, and those "arms" pulling him up the building look more like tentacles. I guess the POV shots are a new take on trying to refresh the swinging scenes, but that could get very old very quick, and not sure I want to see it in 3D.

I think, ultimately, that this could be a more "pure" edition of the comics, but it's just such a shame that it's coming so close after an initial screen adaptation is still too recent and the first film hasn't even gained the "classic" status yet (though I still have problems acknowledging some 1980s stuff as classics...because it makes me sound old!).

[ShyViolet]

Official teaser poster:

http://screenrant.com/the-amazing-spide ... nk-143021/

[Ben]

Nice idea! Some interesting comments there too, about the marketing.