Syzygy23 said:
Jonluw said:
I don't like the look of all the characters, but the witty banter is welcome.
And there's just something about the cinematography in the non-action scenes that strikes me as odd. Sort of tv-drama ish. I don't really know.
Also: I'd really like to know if they're going with Peter making his own web shooters like in the comics or not.
I'm not sure I like Spidey's voice either, but that might just be because I'm used to Toby McGuire. In any case, I think he looks too Edward-y. Or... Edward-y might not be fair. I can't quite put a finger on it, but he doesn't rub me the right way.
And I'm not really a fan of Gwen Stacey or whatever her name is, but I don't really read the comics, so I might just be rambling.
Except web shooters are fucking dumb. Natural web gland thingies make more sense.
It makes sense that he can be swinging around for hours at a time without suddenly running out of web halfway through his midnight shift pursuing bad guys. Unless he can somehow sprout a third arm in order to reload his web cartridge. Plus natural web glands fit with the whole "spider" theme.
I don't like this new movie.
The Lizard is the most boring villain out of all the spidey villains.
The actor playing peter parker doesn't look nerdy enough, he looks like some hipster douchebag.
The entire style is very emo-ish.
Also, isn't this a little EARLY to start remaking the spiderman franchise? Look how long we had to wait for the King Kong remakes! It wasn't fresh in anybodies minds when they did that. Spiderman is, I can still remember the last three movies.
Hi there. I'll be totally honest, here - This post is a short rant (as in, short for a rant) on why everything you think about this movie is wrong, IMHO.
First off, I'll deal with the thing you said that most tweaked my fanboy nerves. That the Lizar is the most boring of the Spider villains.
This simply isn't true. I mean, okay, it's subjective and all and you're entitled to an opinion but come on, would you rather see the Rhino in this movie? Or the Sandman? Sure, we'd all love to see a Venom movie but unfortunately Sam Raimie pissed all over that iconic figure and now Marc Webb has to disassociate himself from Spiderman 3.
The Lizard is a brilliant villain because of how important Doctor Connors is to Peter. Peter lost his dad, and then he had to look to Uncle Ben as a paternal figure - And then he lost Uncle Ben.
Curt Connors is the last person for Peter to look up to for guidance and fatherhood. And with the emergence of The Lizard, he has to face the one man he trusts, who looks after him, transformed by his most primitive, animalistic, murderous instincts. He was too young to help his father, too selfish to help Uncle Ben, but he has to try desperately to save Curt - from himself. All of Peter's fears, fears of being too late, of being irresponsible with his new power, of being simply not enough, are embodied in that one villain. They all lurk behind the yellow slits of reptilian eyes of the Lizard.
Secondly, I would refute that Web Shooters aren't dumb. It means that Peter isn't just some guy - It's not like anyone could have been bitten by a radioactive spider and become Spiderman. No, Peter figured it out - He did what no one else could have, and thus only he could ever be Spiderman. When he's up there swinging around, we know it's Spiderman's strength and speed, but it's Peters morals and intelligence - Intelligence that crafted the iconic webshooters.
In terms of how technically feasible they are... Eh... Him creating mechanical web shooters an refilling them in mid-air is just about as unlikely as Peter's body producing enough webbing to swing around New York every day. And it's a superhero movie, who cares how feasible something is, why not just go with the god-damn source material? Peter invented web-shooters, it's how it's always been.
With regards to the remake being too soon... Think about it. It's been eight years since Spiderman 2. Eight years is the difference between Batman & Robin and Batman Begins. Now Batman Begins was a pretty good reboot, was it not?
Oh, what's that? Spiderman 3 was only five years ago? Do you really want to count Spiderman 3 as an actual movie that happened? The movie that turned the black suit, one of the most dramatic, iconic, powerful villains in comic book history into a stupid coincidence in a church that made no sense, Toby McGuire acting like a giant douche in a jazz club for no apparent reason and thinking that leather makes him cool, and an even bigger douche taking Eddie Brock's place (who was by the way, a brilliant character and friend to Peter making it all the more dramatic when he became a villain).
Wow. Mini rant there. I digress.
Now, okay, maybe Andrew Garfield isn't as nerdy as Peter Parker should be... But he can definitely get the dorky thing down, and I don't even think Toby McGuire was much of a nerd. He just acted like a douche who was completely unlikable. At least Andrew Garfield's characters are endearing and a little witty, like Peter Parker should be, not just this annoying kid with a stupid smirk.
... I really hate Toby McGuire >_> Oh, and I hate the way Sam Raimie just dumped Mary Jane in his movies. Gwen Stacy was the definitive Spiderman love interest for ages, and had such a tragic, iconic death before Mary Jane was even noteworthy! And she gets such a crappy role in the Raimie films.
This movie might just finally do it right.
