"YOU'RE A WANTERD MAN, PETER PARKER..."

Gwen Stacey. The Amazing Spiderman (2012)

Oooooh, a 4 minute trailer!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtdgzQWmQFg&feature=relmfu

Just some thoughts on the content.

Obviously, watch the trailer first.

BAD
Meh, getting the feeling I've seen this bridge scene before somewhere? Oh wait, I remember, wasn't there a moment almost exactly like this in the first Raimi Spiderman film?... And giving the kid his mask, I'm not feeling it- forced sentimentality is the worst. And what is it about this guy? He seems to be whipping that fucking mask off every chance he gets! You're wearing the bloody thing to hide your identity- keep it on or don't bother wearing it!

GOOD
I like this costume actually, and I think he moves well in it. Certainly a leaner Spiderman than in the Raimi films, truer to the comics. I like the shape of the eyes too, and 'love it or hate it', he has his web-shooters back.

BAD
Why are the police actually shooting at Spiderman? They don't look like rubber bullets judging by the damage to the wall. Seems a little excessive, no? Considering he's not actually killed anybody or knocked off a bank. Do the police in New York city not have anything better to do with their resources? five hundred men IS excessive, I doubt that many went out looking for the Reservoir Dogs.

GOOD
Nice to see Spiderman getting a bit lippy with the criminals now, rather than the wet-blanket approach of the previous films.

BAD
What the hell have they done with the Lizard? It looks more like the Hulk. Actually, more like the thing that the Hulk fights at the end of the Edward Norton version (was it Abomination?), or even Thing from Fantastic 4. That's disappointing. I can see why they've upped the scale, it certainly looks different to anything in the previous films this way, and it looks very dangerous, but the face just looks a bit, well, 'wrong'. I miss the long crocodile mouth of McFarlane's artwork. At least we see it in a ripped lab-coat for a few moments.

GOOD
Mmmmmm, hello Gwen Stacy. She was always a better love interest than MJ.

BAD
Put away the skateboard you fucking Emo.

WTF?
What the hell was the giant cloud-explosion on top of the tower? Is that plot related?

VERDICT:
Still out. I think this film is on shaky ground, but I'm hoping for the best.

Did you know? For the first Spiderman films, which were eventually handled by Sam Raimi, directors approached for the job include James Cameron and David Fincher. Fincher?!? Now THAT would be a film worth seeing!