I enjoyed it, but it wasn't as good as the Avengers.
It felt like the entire first season of a really good TV series distilled into a film. Everything after the middle felt rather rushed and kind of over-edited.
It was better than its predecessors (especially #3) but really felt like it needed to be two films. I think that the first would deal with Peter coming to terms with his parents, and getting justice for Uncle Ben; the second would deal with the Lizard far more heavily. I'm not in charge of these things, however.
I really liked it.
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. . . whereas in Raimi's films he ALWAYS took it off for no apparent reason.
I really do not recall that so much? in the first movie, there was the half-mask kiss scene thingy. In the second, it was removed in the subway fight and then he did take it off in the secret lair to show Dc Oct the road back to his humanity and to reveal it to MJ, and in the third, another kiss scene up front and I can't remember another except when trying to remove the black costumn in the church.
Is the villain scary for a four year old kid?
I took my son to see Prometheus, but he's a bit older than that.
My littleist daughter really wants to see Spidy. She saw Avengers, and loves Spidy and "Angryman" which is her name for the Hulk.
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I hated it. The best I could say about it was that it was better than Batman & Robin. I felt that Peter was an unlikable ass most of the movie, and didn't understand the basic concept that masks are far more effective if you keep them on.
I don't know about unlikable ass. There are a few bad decisions, but that's what makes him Spider-Man and not Captain America. This was a much better origin story than Raimi's.
I wasn't that excited, until I saw the preview. It looks really good.
I just got back from it. It was a fun and enjoyable movie, IMHO.
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Spidery is a no fly zone, unless you feel you absolutely must see it on the big screen.
Positives: Actors who played Peter Parker, Gwen Stacy, and Capt. Stacy were good. There are a few very brief touching moments.
Negatives: The writers didn't give the cast anything to work with. The dialogue was flat. The classic snappy Spider-man patter was non-existent for most of the movie. Whoever was writing Martin Sheen's lines as Uncle Ben was eerily reminiscent of whoever was writing Charlie Sheen's "tiger-blooded" and "winning!" rants. One of the most memorable lines in modern pop culture was abbreviated to "Responsibility!" I think the Lizardman was animated by the same dude that draws Family Guy. The other effects were decent.
Oh, and the moral of the story at the end? The best promises are the ones you need to break.
re: the four year old: I'd say no. I was pretty distracted by the bad writing, but I distinctly remember a scene involving a six year old kid and a burning SUV that I would say absolutely not. Too disturbing.
In the aftermath of Spider-man yesterday, I saw Avengers for the third time, this time with my brother who had not seen it. I laughed out loud almost as much as I did the first time I saw it. I knew Joss Whedon directed it, but did not realize he wrote it as well. Rather than going to see Spider-man, see Avengers a second time.
Went yesterday. Didn't realize until it was too late that I was attending a 3D showing. Still, my first exposure to Tru3D wasn't all that bad, although I found most of the effects to be more distracting than thrilling.
That caveat aside, I liked the movie a lot--this Peter seemed more true to Lee/Ditko than Tobey was. And the fight scenes were incredible.
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To the producers of the next Spider-Man reboot: Skip Spider-Man's origin story altogether next time around. If anyone ever asks me how/why Peter Parker became Spider-Man, I will just show them the first half of Sam Raimi's movie. He did it justice, and he did it better (organic webshooters aside.)
Didn't think this was nearly as much fun as Raimi's Spider-Man. Didn't like the new origin. Really missed not having the classic Uncle Ben moments. Didn't feel a sense of wonder, fun or adventure until some much later scenes. Spidey-banter was meh.
Rambling...
Liked Andrew Garfield as Peter. Liked the Lizard, but he's probably my favorite Spidey villain so I'm just happy to see him in a film and given a good treatment. Liked the Lizard's Jekyll/Hyde thing, and the classic "I'll turn 'em all into lizard people!" plan. Liked Emma Stone as Gwen. A little confused by her holding a job in a lab at Oscorp while still a high school student, but maybe it was some sort of advance placement internship thing or something? Fight scenes were pretty good. Costume and webshooters were cool but did Peter steal the webbing formula? Looked like he stole the webbing formula from Oscorp and then claimed he invented it.
Eyerolled at construction workers/american flag graffiti shot. Felt like pandering, but maybe just me being an a**h**e.
Weird way to tie in the wrestling bit. Didn't really feel like an homage. More like a reluctant throwaway shot.
I know it sounds like I didn't like this movie, but I actually did. It had some good moments and wasn't a badly made film. I think it just felt too forumlaic, like the studio felt forced to make it so they could get the origin out of the way before moving onto the sequels. My only real problem was with the way the first act dragged on because of the origin retelling (and it wasn't even a great retelling.) From there on out, it was almost entirely enjoyable.
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@Kthulhu - Yeah. I got that impression too. I'm not a big stickler for movies staying 100% true to the source material. Comics themselves are full of alternate universes so why can't the movies be viewed the same way, right? And I know Peter's parents in the comics were CIA agents so that may be what they're focusing on for this version of the story. That's fine too. I just feel the origin story of Spider-Man (and Batman and Superman for that matter) are well known enough that any future film reboots of these characters could probably get away with just skipping them altogether.
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I don't think it was left unresolved, more like Peter eventually realized pursuing a vendetta was not the way to go (echoes of Bruce Wayne never finding Joe Chill in the 80's reboot).
Oh, and I did have some issues with it. They altered the most iconic line from the comics. "With great power comes great responsibility." There were other issues too. But despite that, I enjoyed the movie. I went in expecting it to be crap and it wasn't.
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@QXL99 - That might be what I didn't like about it. Classic Peter Parker chasing down the shooter was about him taking responsibility for a tragedy he caused. I didn't get the sense this Peter Parker was chasing the guy out of a sense of responsibility. I got the sense he was just angry and wanted to hurt the dude, especially after he tells one of the criminals "This could have gone a lot worse for you," after realizing he's got the wrong guy. In a sense, they turned the Lizard into the Uncle Ben of this story. Peter doesn't really acknowledge he's screwed up until he figures out what he's done to Doc Connors.
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Overall I agree with most of the opinions in the thread. It was a decent movie, a decent superhero movie, and a decent Spider-Man movie. Much better than the Raimi trilogy, with the possible exception of SM2.
There were times that the obvious 3D gimmicks intruded into the 2D version of the film ('oooh! look at the basketball!').
Garfield gave a good performance, it felt a bit more light-hearted than Maguire. One thing that was handled better was Spider-Man taking action - there weren't many scenes of him moping around deciding what to do (the closest was probably after the first Lizard fight, and even then he is pretty upbeat and has already made a decision).
I also liked how they made his super-strength clear from the outset.
@QXL99 - That might be what I didn't like about it. Classic Peter Parker chasing down the shooter was about him taking responsibility for a tragedy he caused. I didn't get the sense this Peter Parker was chasing the guy out of a sense of responsibility. I got the sense he was just angry and wanted to hurt the dude, especially after he tells one of the criminals "This could have gone a lot worse for you," after realizing he's got the wrong guy. In a sense, they turned the Lizard into the Uncle Ben of this story. Peter doesn't really acknowledge he's screwed up until he figures out what he's done to Doc Connors.
Actually, as written by Stan Lee, Peter ran down his Uncle Ben's killer out of anger; he did not realize his own culpability until the moment when he nabbed the shooter and saw who it was.
IIRC, he eventually, much later, cornered the guy and was about to go medieval on him... only to be interrupted by the guy getting a heart attack out of fright and die.
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@QXL99 - You're right. Don't know why I remembered that differently. Projecting? Anyway, this time around he knew from the start it was the guy he let go. Given that, I think he was more angry at himself than the shooter.
@Sissyl - I don't remember that part.
I remember reading months ago in some article about how this was going to be a different spin on Spider-Man. Modern, grittier, etc., but keeping to the same basic idea. That's pretty much what it was.
Ok...I had thought this was a really good version of Spider-Man. Though I could not stay till the end of the credits....anybody want to let me know what I missed?
Just saw it earlier today. Best marvel movie ever.
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Ok...I had thought this was a really good version of Spider-Man. Though I could not stay till the end of the credits....anybody want to let me know what I missed?
Curt Connors is in his prison cell. He then notices that another man is in there with him. The other man asks "Did you tell the boy? Did you tell the boy about his parents?" Curt says no. Lightning flashes. The man is gone.
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Ok...I had thought this was a really good version of Spider-Man. Though I could not stay till the end of the credits....anybody want to let me know what I missed?Curt Connors is in his prison cell. He then notices that another man is in there with him. The other man asks "Did you tell the boy? Did you tell the boy about his parents?" Curt says no. Lightning flashes. The man is gone.
Okay, before I read that I was 100% certain it was Osborne. Now I think it was Electro! :)
Better then the Raimi films!
Best one yet.
I'm hoping I like this. Spidey's my fave!
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...They altered the most iconic line from the comics. "With great power comes great responsibility." ...
That is my absolute biggest complaint with the movie. It is really my only major complaint with the movie. Change the suit, I don't mind. Change the origin, I don't mind. Change the most important sentence in Peter's life, that kinda bugs me.
I liked the movie, but I do have one problem. It's about the web cartridges.
How easy would it be to figure out who spiderman is by tracking who buys and uses web cartridges?
Seriously, how many people possibly could buy them? What's more how expensive would such a high technology be and how is Peter affording to buy them?
Assuming he's not buying them that would cover a lot of plot holes, but create more. He's supposed to be a good guy. Good guys don't make a habit of stealing. Even if he does steal them how long is Ozcorp going to let what's probably a pricy bit of tech get stolen before they lock down security. I get that he's a super hero, but he's got limits.
I know it's fantasy, but the web shooter cartridges challenge my suspension of disbelief.