The Amazing Spider-Man

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PostRe: The Amazing Spider-Man
by Something Fishy » Tue Jul 03, 2012 9:07 pm

Seems to have reasonable ratings but I was worried when Wossy says he didn't like it as he's a big comic book fan and gives these movies a fair crack.

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PostRe: The Amazing Spider-Man
by HSH28 » Tue Jul 03, 2012 9:18 pm

Going to see it in IMAX 3D tomorrow.

Quite looking forward to it.

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PostRe: The Amazing Spider-Man
by Cosmo » Tue Jul 03, 2012 9:22 pm

Might go see it tomorrow morning. I can't see myself not enjoying it to be honest.

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PostRe: The Amazing Spider-Man
by Qikz » Tue Jul 03, 2012 9:59 pm

I really loved it. 100x better than the first three they tried to do.

The actor can actually play Peter Parker

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PostRe: The Amazing Spider-Man
by Cosmo » Tue Jul 03, 2012 10:01 pm

StayDead wrote:I really loved it. 100x better than the first three they tried to do.

The actor can actually play Peter Parker


Even 2? I don't believe that.

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PostRe: The Amazing Spider-Man
by Qikz » Tue Jul 03, 2012 10:03 pm

Saying 2 was good in that trilogy is like calling it the tallest dwarf. 2 considering what it had in it would have a hell of a hard time being as bad as the other two.

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PostRe: The Amazing Spider-Man
by Hexx » Tue Jul 03, 2012 10:47 pm

Hmm. That...was. It wasn't good or bad.

The chap who said you could piece together the entire film from the released footage was right. Scarily so.(I didn't see a certain scene in there, so I'm thinking that might be the post credit stuff?)

The performances are all good. Andy G grates a little bit with his twitches/ticks, but they stop about half way through. No one is stand out, or even amazing, but they're all good. Martin Sheen and Emma Stone are the "best" of the bunch. The chap playing Conners does far better than the script would suggest.

It's weighed down by telling the origin again, admittidly it puts it's own spin on things, but at it's heart it's the same story (with one terrible difference in spoilers below).

The "untold story" doesn't really come out (maybe in future films?), so I really don't see what benefit it provides. And it just hinders the rest of the film which feels very rushed (despite a huge slowdown in the middle)

There's a potentially good movie buried under it, but...it doesn't come off.

It felt tired and turgid throughout. There was never any excitment or sense it was anything other than "people turn up, do their job well and cash their paychecks".

The swinging is aces though!

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Captain Stacy, whom Peter had met 3 times for a total of about 3 minutes does not have the emotional impact the end of the movie needed.

The worst thing for me was they strawberry floated up Peter's motivation so badly.

In every iteration Uncle Ben dies because of Peter's inaction. Peter learns with powers comes the responsibility to help people. The film even states this mantra (although not in classic form)./

In this Uncle Ben dies due to Peter's inaction. Peter learns to...manhunt the one chap across the city? The police even point this out. OK he brings in other criminals Everyone he's gone after is in a hunt for this chap. It's not about helping people it's about vengence. Eventually Cap Stacey mentions in passing that Spiderman is a hero, he's a manhunter that Peter changes after that, but only because he created Conners. There's never really a point when Peter learns the key lesson that makes him Spiderman

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PostRe: The Amazing Spider-Man
by Fargo » Tue Jul 03, 2012 11:07 pm

Enjoyed it myself. Solid start to a new franchise.

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PostRe: The Amazing Spider-Man
by 1cmanny1 » Wed Jul 04, 2012 1:47 am

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PostRe: The Amazing Spider-Man
by Oh Teh Noes » Wed Jul 04, 2012 2:00 am

Well I loved it.

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PostRe: The Amazing Spider-Man
by Mafro » Wed Jul 04, 2012 2:08 am

StayDead wrote:Saying 2 was good in that trilogy is like calling it the tallest dwarf. 2 considering what it had in it would have a hell of a hard time being as bad as the other two.

Someone post that Back to the Future GIF about people now mistakenly thinking all the Spider-Man films are bad because of the third one.

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PostThe Amazing Spider-Man
by ITSMILNER » Wed Jul 04, 2012 5:54 am

Loved it! I would say its better than the original trilogy, really like the relationship between pete and gwen look forward to seeing how they get on in future films

A couple of little nitpicks tho main one being the suit....it didn't look right to me at all in the beginning it looked like it didn't fit him properly and just had a general cheap feeling altho i did warm to it in the end

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PostRe: The Amazing Spider-Man
by Denster » Wed Jul 04, 2012 6:46 am

The next person to claim the first two films weren't good is getting a strawberry floating punch!




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PostRe: The Amazing Spider-Man
by Skippy » Wed Jul 04, 2012 6:59 am

Exactly, I have no idea where this sudden hate for those films has come from! The first may have aged a bit but it's still good and the second is fantastic, one of the best superhero flicks ever.

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PostRe: The Amazing Spider-Man
by Something Fishy » Wed Jul 04, 2012 7:40 am

This one seems to be getting a mixed reception.

seems to be gooseberry fool, great or meh depending on the viewer.

Definitely leaning to a DVD watch here and save the cinema trip for Batman.

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PostRe: The Amazing Spider-Man
by ITSMILNER » Wed Jul 04, 2012 9:48 am

The first 2 were good (SM2 is still one of the greatest comic book adaptations) but Tobey was an annoying Peter Parker

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PostRe: The Amazing Spider-Man
by Qikz » Wed Jul 04, 2012 10:20 am

Mafro wrote:
StayDead wrote:Saying 2 was good in that trilogy is like calling it the tallest dwarf. 2 considering what it had in it would have a hell of a hard time being as bad as the other two.

Someone post that Back to the Future GIF about people now mistakenly thinking all the Spider-Man films are bad because of the third one.


I enjoyed the first two, but rather than my opinion being tainted by the third film it's been tainted by the likes of the avengers films since those lot really showed people how to make a really really good superhero film.

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PostRe: The Amazing Spider-Man
by Foxhound » Wed Jul 04, 2012 10:27 am



Not a bad little short, despite all the Abrams lens flare. Shot in London too, so the SFX shots of NY near the end are pretty impressive for something which probably didn't have a large budget.

Should be going to see the real thing sometime this week.

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PostRe: The Amazing Spider-Man
by Dante » Wed Jul 04, 2012 2:16 pm

Well just got back from seeing it...

What a non-event that was. Didn't hate it but never eally enjoyed it at the same time either - it was almost like the team behind it had never really read a Spider-man book in their life. All the little things they got wrong got on my nerves and it was constantly American blockbuster cheesy as well.

Disappointed, felt like it gave us nothing different in terms of what Raimi's Spider-Man gave us too.

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I'm not a huge Spider-Man fan but i've read every issue of Amazing since about 92, but my friend who has been reading since the 70s was really down on it

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PostRe: The Amazing Spider-Man
by jiggles » Wed Jul 04, 2012 2:21 pm

Dante wrote:Well just got back from seeing it...

What a non-event that was. Didn't hate it but never eally enjoyed it at the same time either - it was almost like the team behind it had never really read a Spider-man book in their life. All the little things they got wrong got on my nerves and it was constantly American blockbuster cheesy as well.

Disappointed, felt like it gave us nothing different in terms of what Raimi's Spider-Man gave us too.

:cry:

I'm not a huge Spider-Man fan but i've read every issue of Amazing since about 92, but my friend who has been reading since the 70s was really down on it


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I'm going in blind with this tonight in the three dees. I hope it's mildly enjoyable.


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