Am I the only one who actually liked the previous Spider Man movies? I'm starting to think I am.
So alone.
See, the original Spider Man movies were really cheesy; I'll admit it. Peter turning into a emo guy as a result of him being "evil" or having J.J. Jameson be the random comic relief and then that moment with the waiter when Peter tries to propose...yeah, it had its weird moments. But besides that, it was pretty spot on. Perfect costume, accurate story, good villains (Except the Sandman). Hell, even Connors showed up in those movies and I, for one, admire the fact that they resisted temptation and didn't turn him into the obvious villain.
And above all, I liked the old Peter better. He was the perfect Spidey; not strikingly handsome, nerdy but not a doormat, an awkward personality that shifts completely when he puts on a mask (Insecurities), a motif, no pantomime acts, etc. His character literally evolves throughout the movies. He goes from insecure loser to confident hero. Being nerdy just means you're a bookworm and you're socially awkward. A badass outsider doesn't qualify as one. If you saw Tobey/Peter walking down the street, you wouldn't even give him a second glance. But this new Spidey is, like Bob said, carrying that Edward Cullen vibe: mysterious outsider who's pretty handsome and god, everyone wishes to date him but it's too dangerous. And he just seems to be ready and eager to become a hero whereas old Spidey didn't but he stepped up anyway.
I admire the fact they tried to "modernize" Peter with this new brooding personality but there was just no need. We still got geeks around. Geeks did not turn into brooding outsiders. They're still geeks. They will always be geeks. So it's not like the concept of having a geek as the main character is gonna be completely foreign to tweens and the age group below those.
No, just no. Pity because the whole thing had potential. I was all up for the reboot assuming they've done it right. Not a carbon copy of the old Spidey movies but just something...original and better. It can be done (See: Batman). Instead, they just took ideas from previous popular franchises and shoved them down Spidey's suit and voila! You got yourself a movie!
it suffered what I call the Resident Evil syndrome: It would have been an okay movie if it wasn't because it was named after a franchise that it didn't make justice to.
EDIT: Yes, the movie is cool. I'll admit that. But again, I don't feel it makes justice to Spidey's name.
*Abandons topic before flame war starts*
