Comments on: AMAZING SPIDER-MAN Trailer Shows Up in More Permanent Form

By: signifyingmnky

signifyingmnky — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 06:05:47 +0000

Caught this on the big screen tonight before Captain America, and it still came off underwhelming. In fact, the theater was a full house and only a single kid applauded the trailer. They rebooted this far too soon. And that’s just the beginning of their problems.

Sure they’ve pulled from the source material, but from the looks of the trailer, they’ve neglected what makes Spider-Man, Spider-Man. He’s not dark. He’s not broody. He’s a guy who got powers, ignored the responsibility that comes with such powers and learned a hard lesson from it that leads him to heroism. He has the same problems many of us run into in their lives, but he escapes to his role of Spider-Man, and loves it. Beyond the friction his heroism inflicts on his love life, there is no reluctance to being Spider-Man, just child like joy.

That Spider-Man, the unlucky, wisecracking webcrawler is suspiciously absent from this trailer.

By: M.

M. — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 17:39:17 +0000

At the end of the day though, this is all about Sony preserving the movie rights to Spider-Man. Same goes for Fox with the X-Men franchise. Having a potential blockbuster would be icing on the cake. If the movies fail they’ll keep making more so they can keep the rights. In a way this is like the Superman situation.

By: Set

Set — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 19:30:54 +0000

Hmmm….I got nothing. Just not digging this take at all. I will give this the benefit of the doubt. I will go see it. But man, Im kinda underwelmed. hope I spelled that right.

By: Nate

Nate — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 19:19:03 +0000

I could have sworn they said this would be a continuation of the original trilogy sorta a Spider Man 1.5

By: Pack

Pack — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 11:35:32 +0000

Someone else mentioned this in passing but I saw the trailer as a mash-up of Nolan’s Batman (The opening music and shot of the city) and Harry Potter. (The young boy forced to cope as his parents leave.) The movie is a year away and I’ll decide what I think of it then but that’s my response to the trailer.
Oh, and the costume looks hideously, Green-Lantern-level ugly in the pictures published in EW.

By: marius

marius — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 08:24:41 +0000

I liked the first-person view part of the trailer. I would love to go see see the movie but I’m not sold yet. I’m not excited about another origin story and I don’t think it is necessary. It’s not been long since the last movie and everybody should be familiar with the character by now(I mean, to have done so well at the box office even ppl who don’t know the comic must have a general idea of him by now). I also think this thing with his parents is too big a topic for an origin flick so maybe it’s an idea they’ll expand on in a trilogy. Lastly but not least, for another time the full Spider-Man image we got here seems so cgi (AGAIN) that I feel disappointed. You’d think that after 10yrs since the fist movie cgi tech has done something to make him seem more real. Probably the Mirror’s Edge-style scene was done digitaly (something that could be used as part of a video-game, at least) but I hope that’s not the final product. The best parts of SM I remember were when the suit was getting torn and Peter’s face was partly shown. That was great ’cause it looked real. I hope It’s still a work in progress we’re seeing here.

By: Jason

Jason — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 07:45:48 +0000

Spider-Man 3 was the epitome of terrible summer movies…hopefully this re-boot succeeds. Looks a little fake, but otherwise an interesting trailer.

By: Deep_Shock

Deep_Shock — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 07:23:02 +0000

Not impressed!

By: comic_dude

comic_dude — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 05:35:39 +0000

I don’t mind it. Let’s face it, it can’t be worse than what was done with Venom in Spider-Man 3.

By: turkish101

turkish101 — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 04:45:46 +0000

Wow, that was… not good at all. I know people pretty much don’t care about this, considering that next summer will see Dark Knight Rises and Avengers, two much more anticipated films. But also… the existence of this movie is so totally unnecessary, and this trailer really drives that point home.

That first-person stuff… UGH. Looks like a video game, and I’m not talking about the POV. Everything in it just looked…. plastic-y and inauthentic.

They should have gone ahead with a Spider-man 4, or wait a few more years for the franchise to cool down (or both).

By: m2c2

m2c2 — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 01:31:13 +0000

Well, the non-Spidey stuff looks very Twilighty, which I suppose is unavoidable (in the sense that someone from marketing must be involved in making sure this movie is a hit). But the POV stuff beats the pants off of anything Rami managed to do (and he managed to do pretty well).

By: CT

CT — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 01:20:53 +0000

So what if this is Sony’s version of Batman Begins? They’re taking a serious tone and that’s cool. Let’s wait and then make it a weekend winner because it’ll be good. So what? That’s what I want! A movie that’s very good and a different take on what went before.

By: Keith

Keith — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 00:57:31 +0000

@zona

I doubt this movie will gel with the Avengers universe since Sony owns the movie rights to Spider-Man, and are probably more inclined to do their own thing. Until the rights revert back to Marvel Studios, Spidey is on his own.

By: Cameron

Cameron — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 00:48:39 +0000

I’m wondering if this will be like that miniseries “With great Power” where they tell the story of Jim after he gets his powers but before uncle Ben dies. I think that would be a better way to go so that we can get a chance to get to know uncle Ben better and make it that much more heart breaking when Peter loses him and gives a better glimpse of why Peter does the thongs he does. I’m also interested to see the parents angle play out. It could be interesting to juxtapose Peter’s father figures which could include curt conner’s depending on how they portray that relationship….

By: zona

zona — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 00:09:11 +0000

It was too soon for a re-make, besides Raimi’s run was good (except for part 3). The subway scene in part 2 was just amazing. This new one looks… like a mere repetition… However… We are looking at Pete’s parents… We know they are involved with shield… Shield is involved with a certain group of heroes that had their own movies… I think this movie is going to exist in the same universe as the Avengers…That would be the only reason I could see for a re-make this soon

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 22:42:10 +0000

A competent bit of been-there-done-that-already. All the beats of the trailer were things covered in Raimi’s version, making this seem even more utterly useless. A different girl, a different costume, a different villain. Which is more like simply juggling details than telling a vital new story.

That solemn musical score thing they do as they pan over a tracking shot of a cityscape was cliché twenty years ago.

Whatever. It’s just a trailer.

By: Brandon Yates

Brandon Yates — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 22:24:36 +0000

Emo Spidey. We just had the origin movie 10 years ago, they could have kept the story going like, I dunno, 007. No need to reference the previous movies, but moving forward with, god forbid, new stories. Message Board Whine!

By: Jim8ball

Jim8ball — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 22:12:21 +0000

Liked the music at the end and the first person view swinging through the city. Still not excited about the suit and I’m afraid there will be too much written into the origin with his parents.

By: Dangersmith

Dangersmith — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 21:55:45 +0000

@Batmangorilla;
Your perspective on this makes a lot of sense. I for one am interested in this slightly creative take. I’m prob’ in the minority tho’.

By: David Fullam

David Fullam — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 21:47:59 +0000

The Amazing Emo Man!

By: Unit_99

Unit_99 — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 21:35:20 +0000

YAWNNNN! It is too soon to do another Spidy film. Yes! I know Marvel’s argument “Well it will be 10 years next May 3rd 2012 since the original Spiderman.” This argument works for diehard fans, and those who were either not alive or too young to remember the first two films. But the general movie audience is going to puke at yet another Superhero film. Honestly, Marvel is running their products into the ground. Spidy is a HUGE financial player at Marvel only followed by the X-MEN. But ppl are sick of superheroes!

By: Batmangorilla

Batmangorilla — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 21:25:05 +0000

There are two ways to adapt a concept. The first is being loyal to the source material and making “the movie”. Spider-man, A-team, Star Trek: the Motion Picture. The second way is to take the source material and make a movie from it without really being loyal to anything. Just using some of the ideas. Mario Brothers, Dark Knight, Transformers. In essence, the second way makes it your own rather than pleasing the fanboys. We got one Spidy franchise more or less loyal to the comic and this is a create your own version. Its unclear what it will be like, but from this trailer I can tell you right off the bat it’s not a Spider-man movie but a creative piece. Lets treat it as such rather than saying this is what the others should have been like. This is a fun attempt at playing with the concept. The costume may look dumb but I was successfully teased.

By: Dangersmith

Dangersmith — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 21:19:29 +0000

@DaVeO;
Y’know what, in addition to what I’ve said previously, I could really do without the origin story yet again. I wish they’d just go straight into the action of a fresh new story, and either thell the origin as a flashback/ recap, or make it an integral part of a sequel, maybe in the 3rd installment, if it does that well.

By: Dangersmith

Dangersmith — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 21:14:36 +0000

@Freddyfred;
At least someone isn’t being an old stick in the mud! I’m right there with ya!

By: Dangersmith

Dangersmith — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 21:10:47 +0000

We,ve had ‘light-tone’ Spidey in cartoon form, tv shows and a whole movie franchise for decades! One dark take on the character isn’t that big of an issue.

By: Dangersmith

Dangersmith — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 20:58:33 +0000

When this movie hits theaters, I’ll buy my ticket, get me a great seat and gorge myself on oversized popcorn, nachos, hotdogs, a bucket of syruppy soda until I’m a ghastly obese mess at the end of it all.
Thanks for bringing back the mechanical webshooters (the bio-organics were just stupid and gross), and if you haven’t quite guessed it yet… YES, I plan to enjoy the shit out of this one (with a little wiggle-room for disappointment).
Whine-on my ppls, whine-on!!!

By: Troy Wilson

Troy Wilson — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 20:26:15 +0000

I won’t mind the dark tone if they actually have Spidey telling some jokes this time.

By: Freddyfred

Freddyfred — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 20:13:36 +0000

Oh and why would anyone assume that they would make his parents spies?!?!? waay back in the original comics they did – but don’t u think they would change them to scientists ?!?!? which is where Peter would get the blueprints to build and improve on an invention his father started ?!?!? aka – the web shooters …… just a thought….

By: Freddyfred

Freddyfred — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 20:10:22 +0000

it looks good, very good – and yes it’s only a trailer – but the tone is alot more serious, which is perfect to get us away from Spiderman 3 – Having it be more serious is great because u will feel the danger that much more now when Spidey goes up against the lizard and with him dealing with his powers and the loss of uncle Ben. Peter puts on the mask to become someone different – a smart ass who laughs at danger – as long as they have him do wallcrawling and building hoping mixed in with his comedic one-liners – this movie will be awesome !!!

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 19:46:28 +0000

Looks better then those other crape spiderman movie