The Amazing Spider-Man

[AxlsMainMan]

Anyone else excited for this film? I think I'm honestly more excited for Spidey than the new Batman movie (Heath set the bar way too high as The Joker). Looks like the franchise is finally getting the treatment it deserves with casting leaps and bounds better than before (Tobey MaGuire and Topher Grace?? ).

[Mysteron]

Anyone else excited for this film? I think I'm honestly more excited for Spidey than the new Batman movie (Heath set the bar way too high as The Joker). Looks like the franchise is finally getting the treatment it deserves with casting leaps and bounds better than before (Tobey MaGuire and Topher Grace?? ).

I really enjoyed the Tobey Maguire trilogy. I thought he did really well as Spiderman. The new Spiderman reboot also looks good though, and it has received good reviews so far from what I have read

I also agree about the new Batman film, it does not look quite as good, from the promo, as the previous two.

[AxlsMainMan]

Saw it last night at the Drive-In and it was pretty much incredible, especially the action sequences. Only complaint would be that Andrew Garfield is annoyingly nerdy at times and Sally Field seems a bit too young to be playing Aunt May. Really hope Doctor Octopus finds his way into the new franchise as to me he was the only thing the original trilogy got right, and I'd also love to see Hobgoblin instead of Green Goblin.

[Genesis]

Avengers, Batman, Spider-Man, X-men, Iron-Man, Superman, Fantastic Four... How many more comic book movies is Hollywood going to make? They seem to have started drawing these since 1500A.D., there's going to be an infinite number of stupid villains and plots

[AxlsMainMan]

Avengers, Batman, Spider-Man, X-men, Iron-Man, Superman, Fantastic Four... How many more comic book movies is Hollywood going to make? They seem to have started drawing these since 1500A.D., there's going to be an infinite number of stupid villains and plots

You're just peeved the Aquaman movie has been shelved until 2015

[Fingers]

Avengers, Batman, Spider-Man, X-men, Iron-Man, Superman, Fantastic Four... How many more comic book movies is Hollywood going to make? They seem to have started drawing these since 1500A.D., there's going to be an infinite number of stupid villains and plots

Get ready for a ton more-after the money Avengers made, more will be green lit-for every Green Lantern that loses money, it seems like 3 or 4 hit it big-Wonder Woman is back on also.

[Loaded NightraiN]

Sally Field seems a bit too young to be playing Aunt May.

She is 65

[Genesis]

Avengers, Batman, Spider-Man, X-men, Iron-Man, Superman, Fantastic Four... How many more comic book movies is Hollywood going to make? They seem to have started drawing these since 1500A.D., there's going to be an infinite number of stupid villains and plots

You're just peeved the Aquaman movie has been shelved until 2015

Ha. I don't mind the occasional good one like Avengers, but take Spider-Man for instance. Part One was good, new and successful. They milked it as much as they could and now that that's crashed, they've gone for the next best thing - A "Reboot". Replace everyone and pretend as though the old movies don't exist. It's just fucking annoying

[Bodhi]

It was a much  needed reboot as far as Im concerned.  Saw it last night, and loved it.  I never liked the Toby Macguire films, they were way too cheesy for my liking.  Those films were just casted wrong pretty much across the board with the exception of James Franco and Alfred Molina.  To oversimplify the problems of those movies I will just say that  Toby Macguire  comes off as too much of a twat to play Spider Man, and Kirsten Dunst was nowhere near attractive enough to play Mary Jane.  It was hard to believe anyone would be jumping off roof tops to save her.  This new kid had the nerdiness AND the attitude down, which Macguire lacked.  I mean those films werent as bad as the Joel Schumacher Batman films, but they were close.  Finally we have a proper Spider Man franchise! 

[Gunner80]

Avengers, Batman, Spider-Man, X-men, Iron-Man, Superman, Fantastic Four... How many more comic book movies is Hollywood going to make? They seem to have started drawing these since 1500A.D., there's going to be an infinite number of stupid villains and plots

As many as they can. Glad they rebooted Spider Man as the original Toby movies sucked.

[DeN]

loved the trilogy with Maguire, it was really closed to the Spidey I used to read when I was young, and Sam Raimi is legend.
so I don't really see the point to reboot it, except the third was not as good as it should be.

probably a way to make more money with the franchise, with a more recent look at Spidey, to please younger generations.

I'll check it, but no big hopes on this one, just praying to not seeing some kind of twilight shit spirit on it

[Loaded NightraiN]

Spiderman 3 was so rushed because they only had everyone contracted for 3 movies

They had a Spiderman 4 in place, but things fell apart (with Toby mainly, I THINK!), with contracts

[AxlsMainMan]

The film took in $35 million this past Tuesday when it opened - a new record.

[Mysteron]

The film took in $35 million this past Tuesday when it opened - a new record.

Cool

It'd be good to hear your views on the new Batman movie too

[AxlsMainMan]

The film took in $35 million this past Tuesday when it opened - a new record.

Cool

It'd be good to hear your views on the new Batman movie too

Apparently it's 2 hours and 45 minutes

[DeN]

saw it last night. well...that's almost a total deception.

actors are good, but not touching like is the Sam Raimi trilogy,
the story...not the real one to my eyes, I suppose it's a "recent" revision of the origins of Spidey
the bad guy is a joke, the FX are ok but not amazing, and the complete movie is a bit boring.

can't wait for Batman, Christian Bale is my favorite actor

[Genesis]

They're going to make a trilogy out of this as well.. Good God... The horror.. When will these movies cease? 

[pilferk]

loved the trilogy with Maguire, it was really closed to the Spidey I used to read when I was young, and Sam Raimi is legend.
so I don't really see the point to reboot it, except the third was not as good as it should be.

Because Sam didn't want to do another one.  Toby wasn't in without Sam, Franco wasn't in without Toby, and Kirsten wasn't in, period (not that I think that's much of a loss).

So you're left with a valuable, money making (PRINTING) franchise without a movie in production.  And no director wanted to take on Raimi's sloppy seconds, with zero principal cast caryy over.

So you reboot or you let it die.  Given the value of the franchise..there's no chance Sony was going to let it die, and revert back to Marvel/Disney.  And you're not going to half ass it, just to get something out there to perpetuate the contract, because then you damage the franchise's value which slits your own throat (and pretty much ruins the reason for putting the movie out there to perpetuate the contract).

[pilferk]

They're going to make a trilogy out of this as well.. Good God... The horror.. When will these movies cease? 

When they stop making gobs of money.

[DeN]

Sam wanted to do another one. and Tobey too.
in fact they had given their word for two others movies.

Sony rebooted it for the money of course, with the story they wanted, cheaper actors (in terms of $), and cheaper director.