So, The Amazing Spider-Man — I guess it’s looked okay in trailers so far. Spider-Man looks better whilst swinging around than in the Raimi movies, and I won’t argue with Emma Stone as Gwen Stacy, but I pretty much tuned out for any parts that didn’t involve web-slinging or Emma Stone’s boobs. I dunno, the Lizard and Denis Leary just don’t set my world on fire as villains.
Well, it turns out my “eh, looks fine I suppose” assessment might be overly generous. According to rumors supposedly originating from “inside sources”, execs at Sony outright hate the movie.
Of course, regardless of what they think of Amazing Spider-Man, Sony is already moving ahead on a sequel, because come on, it’s Spider-Man, but tellingly the sequel will have an all-new writing team (Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman, of Star Trek and the Transformers movies). I wouldn’t be surprised to see director Marc Webb also end up on the trash heap if Amazing isn’t received well.
Amazing Spider-Man is in a tough spot — it’s going up against The Avengers and Dark Knight Rises without any real hook aside from “here’s more Spider-Man, except now with younger actors”. It’ll make money because they love Spider-Man overseas, but the movie will be completely forgotten by the end of the year.
What are your Amazing Spider-Man thoughts? Shoot your opinion webbing all over the comments section.
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i’m actually looking forward to it, but i HAAAAAATED the first two. didn’t watch 3.
Usually I’d say skip 3, but considering you somehow hated Spider-Man 2, then maybe you’d love 3 somehow.
i caught discodance spidey one afternoon and fell asleep 5 minutes into it. the first 3 were just too campy. also, maguire and dunst suck at acting. but people shouldn’t be fleeing dr. octopus like godzilla was attacking. i was openly mocking 2 in the theater.
Nate, openly mocking Spiderman 2 in the theater? You sound like fucking fun to be around
Spider-Man 2 was a great movie. Alfred Molina’s performance as Doc Ock alone makes the movie a really good one. Spider-Man 3 was depressingly bad — worst midnight showing I’ve ever wasted my time on bar none.
I’d be more enthusiastic if they weren’t going over the damn origin again. They should just start it after he’s already got the powers. It’s definitely going to get lost in the shuffle this summer. Avengers and TDKR but isn’t the new Superman movie coming out too? Like you said. They all got hooks, and this movie is basically, “Here’s more Spider-Man.”
I’m so over these fkn origin stories.
I’m ok with new origin stories, but an origin story that’s already been re-booted a couple of times? enough already.
Looking at all the lawn sausage coming from Sony right now gives me a pretty good idea of what the execs like, so I’m just going to assume whatever they hate has to be decent.
Who would’ve thought I had more in common with a Sony exec then just my insatiable hunger for the blood of the innocent.
Oh I’m gonna shoot my opinion all over this post alright
The Avengers was fantastic. Prometheus will be good, The Dark Knight Rises will be great – I’ll see them both in the theater, and in IMAX if possible. This Spider Man movie? I’ll catch it when it airs on FX in November 2013.
With all the movies coming out this summer, I sometimes forget Spider-Man and go “Oh yeah, that to”. Honestly, if it isn’t playing at the small cheap theater near my house that has 5 dollar Wednesdays, I’m not gonna bother.
So, wait, they’re concerned about quality and they got Orci and Kurtzman? That’s like deciding your lawyers are corrupt and switching to Dewey, Cheatham and Howe.
Look for the exciting debut of the transforming Spider-Mobile in The Amazing Spider-Man 2!
I’m hoping this will turn out like that Wolverine movie everyone wishes didn’t exist. Hey its got a head start!
Which one, Surly? Because I can’t say “The Wolverine” fills me with joy right now.
You know, the one where someone thought it was a good idea to sew Deadpool’s mouth shut for the sake of a terrible one-off joke?
And nothing Fox does to blatantly cling to the Xmen license fills me with anything resembling joy. Vomit, yes. Joy? Not so much.
I am the biggest Spider-Man fan there is, and I could not care less about this movie. The way it’s shot looks just like Daredevil, and I cannot stand Garfield. Emma Stone is just okay in my book (She always looks like she just smelled a fart).
Huh…you’re kinda right about the Daredevil thing. Didn’t make the connection until now.
Lol she does
When you make a movie basically just to hold on to the copyright of the franchise, you’re going to get an inferior product. I might have don’t alright on it’s own, but yeah, when your coming out the same summer as two of the best comic are, you’re going to be forgotten about pretty quickly, and the sequel will only do worse.
**cough XMEN cough**
Uhh X-Men First Class?
I love the way advertising is attempting to spin the flick as being *Spider-Man like you’ve never seen him before! All new, all fresh, original tale of the Web-slinger!*
High school? Check. Spider bite? Check. Aunt May? Check. Unrequited love for the hottie from class that becomes requited when Petey gets all superheroey? Check. Trial run of spider powers prior to making a costume and web shooters which in no way could be fabricated by a high school geek? Check. Smart guy who goes all Mr. Hyde and is a threat that must be stopped?
So. Don’t. Care.
This time the girl’s blonde though and Spider-Man’s hair is kind of puffier. Hairstylists are gonna love it.
I do like some of the choices, I admit. Like Garfield being skinny Ditko Spidey, and not jacked Romita Spidey.
Good or bad, it’s just too soon.
I really just don’t understand all the sass about this movie. It looks infinitely better than the existing spiderman movies… why all the hate? I want to see Spiderman not played by a wrinkly overacter with no charm or ability to speak of. I’ve been looking forward to this movie for months.
Are…you talking about Tobey Maguire? Tobey Maguire has his faults, but this is the first time I’ve heard him referred to as a wrinkly overactor. He’s like…the opposite of those things. He’s mumbly dude who still looks 17 even though he’s almost 40.
Sony hates it…here’s some notes stolen from an executive’s desk:
Not enough balls-out CGI action.
Too many slow character moments taking audience out of action.
Not enough 3-D action moments to take advantage of 3-D.
Cast skews a bit old, needs younger Spider-Man (check if Beiber avail. for 2013 shoot)
Needs to be more Hunger Game-ish. (Maybe use Kraven character…see if can be made into woman.)
Needs more Catwoman, add Black Cat to sequel, kill Emma Stone (contract too steep, research current Disney Channel starlets.)
My gut tells me either that you’re absolutely right on this point, or the thing’s a fucking trainwreck.
It’s funny how they cast a blonde to play a redhead in the Raimi trilogies, and now they’ve cast two different redheads (Stone and Howard) to play the blonde Gwen Stacy.
Hollywood. Yay.
Stone is actually a natural blonde, saw it in an interview with her.
Crap Man, Crap Man,
Junk thrust right into the cam
Who cares if he swings overhead
Hope this franchise is totally dead
It just looks dull and brings nothing new to the table that I can tell. I’m looking forward to the damn video game from Beenox more and that’s saying something considering how average their Spidey games have been up to now.
I can’t say for certain, but I heard from my Entertainment Law professor last month that as part of it’s “ownership” rights Sony has to produce a film every 3 or 5 years. I can’t exactly remember which, but it’s something to that effect.
Couldn’t. Care. Less. I refuse to pay to see a reboot of a movie that’s only 10 years old.
The first 3 Spiderman movies were not Spiderman movies. They were pretty much garbage. Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst were ridiculous casting decisions and neither was remotely good in their role or fit the characters from the comics.
This looks authentic as hell. Peter Parker is a nerd who is actually science minded. He’s smart! Just like the comics he makes his own webbing. It’s kind of awesome looking.
The best part about the trailer: Spiderman is funny and taunts the villains he’s fighting just like in the comics.
I think the origin part of the film will be a really small part.
If they hired the writing team behind Transformers to make the sequel…now that’s scary. That implies that this one is probably really well written and intelligent and they’re worried that mouth-breathers that love Michael Bay’s turds will be too dumb to follow the plot of this movie.
Sorry, I don’t buy this.
Did hating on the Raimi movies become the new nerd thing to do when I wasn’t paying attention? I thought everyone liked the first two (and ironically liked parts of the 3rd).
I’m with you Nate. I thoroughly enjoyed the first one, thought the second one was a great movie in the super hero genre, and the third was an abortion.
Let’s just get Samuel L. and Mickey Mouse to march on over to Sony and demand that Spidey’s rights go back to Marvel, so we can get a proper SM film.
The Raimi Spiderman trilogy is embarrassingly bad from one (the best) to three (the worst). Tobey Maguire is simply too lifeless and bland to play a character that requires a more emotive and multi-dimensional actor. The origin story drags and James Franco is yet another bad casting choice. Willem Dafoe’s face is perfect to play the Green Goblin, but Raimi’s camp tone destroys any real menace that he might’ve conjured.
The second movie has about 15 solid minutes with Doc Ock, but he’s barely in the movie. It’s more about annoying wussy Peter Parker letting people get mugged in front of him and going “Waaaah” the whole movie.
Three is beyond retarded. The movie sucks so hard from start to finish (what a waste of Venom!!!) but whatever your argument, my only reply is “dance scene.”
I stopped taking you serious after “Emma Stone’s boobs”.
I’m glad sony hates it, they loved the other steaming piles of poo that were Spiderman films, so if them hating this one is any evidence I think it will be an good flick.
We need to reboot the reboot. In 4D!!!!!
First off spiderman looks like a hot guy with puffy hair and basically all they did to make him look nerdy is put those glasses on him. They should’ve chose a more neutral looking guy. Not all characters have to be very attractive. Second it looks like its another one of those movies which focuses more on graphics and action even if the dialogue is corny or story makes no sense. Third Emma Stone? How about some new faces. I’m sure there are a ton of great red headed actresses that aren’t as well known to choose from. Imma just wait for this on bootleg and for meanwhile watch SpiderMan (Tobyman)
Y’know, I have really mixed opinions about this reboot. I mean, after Spider-Man 3, I think a reboot is not necessarily the worst thing for the Spider-Man series. I honestly would have preferred that Sony just let their contract expire so that Marvel Studios can get full production rights, but come on! Not like Sony’s gonna’ let go of a cash-cow like Spider-Man so willingly.
In regards to a reboot, yeah it could be a good idea. Especially since Spider-Man 3 just fucked up the origin story of pretty much every character involved (worst of all being the fact that Sandman killed Spidey’s parents – seriously wtf?) It also made the promise of finally giving us Venom as the starring baddy – even though he got like 5 minutes of screentime and was killed super easily – that’s just not right.
But I feel like this reboot has just gotten so many things wrong right from the start. As shallow as it seems, I really have a problem with Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker – they don’t even make an attempt to make him LOOK the part of High-School dork. I mean Garfield just seems so cool – y’know. And that’s kind of antithetical to what makes Spider-Man great. When Spider-Man first came out, it was so new because no one had ever seen a superhero who is not only not-so-super in his everyday life – but a certified loser. Superman? A goddamn alien from outer-space. Batman? A playboy millionaire. Fantastic Four? Full-time space-faring adventurers. Incredible Hulk? A Goddamn Genius. Spider-Man? A slightly smarter-than-average high-school nerd who gets picked on by his rival Flash Thompson and has terrible luck with the ladies. If you think about it, which one of these characters can you identify most with? And although comics have become pretty mainstream by now – back in 1962 these things had a pretty niche audience – consisting quite possibly dweeby high-school kids.
I’m sure they’ll make some attempt to make Peter Parker relatable, but I’m afraid that Pete will just be a dork, because the movie constantly tells you he is. I don’t know – I should probably give it more of a chance, these are just my fears based off of what I’ve seen from trailers. Maybe it’ll prove me wrong.
Another thing. In one of the trailers Spidey makes a crack “So you’ve found my weakness, small knives!” *uses web-slingers to take down thugs* “Oh it’s so easy!”
I laud Sony for attempting to bring out Spidey’s inner wise-ass in this movie, it’s something that not a lot of media adaptations of the character seem to bring to life, or even attempt to. But does this seem to cross the line between being a wise-ass and a straight up douche-bag in anyone else’s opinion? I could kind of see the comics Spider-Man saying something like this, but I couldn’t see him doing it in such a dramatically over-the-top douchey kind of way.