Comments on: 3/23/2012 – “Whatever a spider can?” What else do you do?

By: Carl

Carl — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 16:20:25 +0000

Agreed. It’s really too soon for a reboot, so it feels more like a fourth movie. I’m actually feeling, “Why bother?” I’d have preferred they just recast or go with a “soft reboot”. No origin, but no reference to the Maguire movies either. Treat it almost like a writer/artist change on a comic book. Some things are changed, but you’re not starting over.

I think a full reboot needs at least a decade since the previous film. It’s especially true of characters like Spider-Man, Batman, & Superman. Their origins are fairly well known and don’t need to be retold over and over. I liked how the Burton Batman film made it a flashback since Batman’s story is pretty simple and doesn’t have any fantastic elements.

By: Steve

Steve — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 07:57:23 +0000

I’m excited about the new movie, mainly because it’s looking like I’ll finally be able to believe that it’s Peter Parker on screen, since I never once bought Tobey as the character. He almost never cracked any jokes, and it always felt so badly forced on the few occasions that he did wisecrack (“here’s your change!”), and Tobey always felt ridiculously pathetic and sadsack-y where all of the humor in the movies was always at his expense (not helped by his hilarious crying face). And aside from having brown hair, he just doesn’t look at all like Pete.

So what I’ve seen of Andrew Garfield (forget his styled hair for a moment) and the way that he and the script are portraying Peter in the new movie as having a sense of humor –just judging by trailers and interviews– have me excited to finally see a decent representation of Mr. Parker on the big screen, at the very least.

The rest of the movie is kinda secondary right now. Gwen and George (Dennis Leary!) Stacy? Yeah, that’s pretty cool, I guess. The Lizard? A new origin story? Pete’s parents? Webshooters? They’re okay, but they won’t make or break the flick for me.

By: Frodo-X

Frodo-X — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 03:01:00 +0000

I agree 100%. I’ll probably wind up seeing it out of habit, as I’ve gone to see nearly every movie based on a Marvel character (Punisher 2 & Hulk 2 being the only exceptions), but I’m not excited about it at all.

I would so love for them to just glaze over the origin in the first five minutes, but I know that’s just too much to hope for.