So...this trailer is out.
...and I'm not really sure what to think about it. The Amazing Spider-Man, out in July 2012, will be Marvel's 4th film about Spidey. Since the director and entire cast departed after the last film in 2007, Sony is treating this film as a reboot. I think it's been recent enough that we remember how Spider-Man got his powers, what his powers and issues are - yet we're going to have to sit through all of that again in this movie.
Another confusing issue is the introduction of Gwen Stacy, played by the highly overrated Emma Stone, who was Peter Parker's first love in the comics. Moviegoers have spent 6 years loving (or loathing) Kirsten Dunst as Mary Jane in the original films. They also spent that time understanding Spider-Man organic ability to shoot webs but now he'll have mechanical ones like in the comics.
I'm just wondering if all of this rebooting and restructuring is really necessary for a film franchise that only left us 5 years ago. I'm highly unimpressed with the trailer but I could be proven wrong, as I was with X-Men: First Class.
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
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Hey, I like Emma Stone.
Yeah, I love how every nerd was up in arms a couple of years ago about the organic web shooters and said "that's not like the comic book" when all they had to do is wait a few years. People need to learn how to not overreact and realize it's a movie which is going to be different from a book or a comic book that's been around for 50+ years. Who would want to see a movie that is an exact representation of a book or a comic book that you've already read? That would be boring (e.g. Watchmen).
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