New Spider-man Movie

[Tomato]

Er... Steamteck? Please remember to add your spoiler tags when posting info like major characters dying in a movie. It's really bad form just to leave it out like that dude.

[steamteck]

Fair enough

[BlueBard]

If there's any justice in the universe, I will be able to simply ignore this movie.  I will happily retcon the first Spider-Man 3 out of existence (which I haven't seen either) and mentally tack any sequels onto the end of the first two movies.

But I'd be even more satisfied if the rights reverted back to Marvel Studios sooner than later, so we can see Spidey how he REALLY ought to be done.  From what I am hearing, Sony changed too much of the original story trying to make this one seem fresh.  Granted, Spider-Man continuity in this modern era is a total mess... but surely those elements could have been blended together instead of surgically removed.

[BWPS]

They should have had Donald Glover play him like God intended.

[Xenolith]

I thought it was pretty bad.  I will definately skip the second movie.

My only question is if this was, or was more like, the Ultimate Spider-Man origin?

[Talavar]

I thought it was pretty bad.  I will definately skip the second movie.

My only question is if this was, or was more like, the Ultimate Spider-Man origin?

Not really.

[thalaw2]

Finally saw this movie and i have to agree with those who liked it.  IMO it's a very successful reboot only hampered by the fact that what it reboots was good work (except for Spiderman 3).  Acting is solid, script is good, action is solid. 

[murs47]

If this rumor is true, I'll be looking forward to the sequel even more.

Jamie Foxx casted as Electro.

[thalaw2]

That is cool!  Does race really matter with a character like Electro though?  How important is it to 'his story' or the story of Spiderman?

[BWPS]

I think he'd be fantastic as Norman Osborne, but I'm eager to see how they do Electro. And I'm still eager to see who plays him.

[JeyNyce]

I hope they go with the spectacular spider man Electro.  His costume looks like it could work on the big screen

http://www.superheroes-r-us.com/2008/the-spectacular-spider-man-animated-series-airing-this-weeend-on-wb/ 

[JeyNyce]

Bought the Blu-ray and watched it with my daughter.  She liked it I thought it was ho- hum.  I didn't like Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker.  There were so many thing wrong with his character it just made me sick watching him trying to be Peter Parker.  The story was good and the action/ fighting scenes were decent, but RAMI's Spider-man & Spider-man 2 were way better. 

[Tomato]

Bought the Blu-ray and watched it with my daughter.  She liked it I thought it was ho- hum.  I didn't like Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker.  There were so many thing wrong with his character it just made me sick watching him trying to be Peter Parker.  The story was good and the action/ fighting scenes were decent, but Nolan's Spider-man & Spider-man 2 were way better.

... Really?

[JeyNyce]

EPIC FAIL!!!   I DESERVE THAT. LOL

[docdelorean88]

Official new pic of Amazing Spiderman 2 costume:
http://www.comingsoon.net/imageGallery/The_Amazing_Spider_Man_2/large/hr_The_Amazing_Spider-Man_2_1.jpg
And while they're not showing much more than the mask, THIS is what i picture when i see Spiderman's mask. These are my personal PERFECT movie eyes. I really couldn't really ask for anything more in this area. In general i think the costume as a whole looks improved, they kept an element that worked well(the updated spider, with torso length legs), and got rid of what didnt work(eyes, and gridline webbing).

[captmorgan72]

This is looking to be the best Spiderman costume in a movie yet. Love the eyes!

[Podmark]

I'm with you guys. Those eyes look perfect! 

[Tomato]

Yeah, I think this is the perfect blend of the new movie costume and the costume from the original trilogy.

Truthfully though, the Amazing costume grew on me, and I think it worked as a "prototype" spider-man costume. It felt like something he nabbed off ebay for cheap, added some spider symbols to, and ran out the door. Now that he's more established, it makes sense that he'd update it... make his own costumes from scratch rather then having to constantly buy the same gear every time it got shredded by a bad guy.

[catwhowalksbyhimself]

I agree that it really is a great costume.   I didn't have any real probably with the earlier costume, but this one does look far better, and really has more of a classic spider man look to it while still looking like a slick big budget movie costume.  Whatever they paid the costume designers, it isn't enough.

[cmdrkoenig67]

Not sure I get why the red and blue of the costume needs all that brick patterning texture (yuck!).  They made the same costume errors in Raimi's trilogy, IMHO.

Dana

[Tomato]

It's a subtle way of adding some additional texture to the costume so it doesn't look too flat or uninteresting when viewed from up close. It's a decent method they've come up with to make the costume look legitimate on screen rather than some dude cosplaying as spiderman.

TBH though, you're the first person I've ever heard complain about it. When they added it to Maguires costume for spiderman, I remember a trend of artists (over)using the pattern, but I don't feel like any of the films overused it.

[Tomato]

http://screenrant.com/amazing-spider-man-2-photos-jamie-foxx-electro-ultimate/

-So, I'm sure there's gonna be some hate (WAAAAH, he's not wearing the goofy yellow lightning mask! Our lives have no meaning!) but... I'm ok with it. I'm not thrilled with the fact that they're supposedly gearing more toward the USM cartoon (Mostly because I'm still boycotting it) but I never had any issue with the direction the USM comic took with making Electro more of an elemental character.

[Starman]

I think Electro's look was always going to be tricky to nail ... I don't mind this so far.

[docdelorean88]

All in all, its really a good route to go with the costume. I HAD been hoping they do something similar to the Spectacular Spiderman's version. But... this really isnt that horrible looking. Its a solid design.

Speaking of solid designs, behold our Spiderman one more time:
http://collider.com/wp-content/uploads/the-amazing-spider-man-2-andrew-garfield-set-photo-1.jpg
Now, I post this link, not only to show off the most accurate costume to date, but because you can see the new webshooters in the shot... sort of...

[Podmark]

That just looks great! I think I have a new favorite movie Spidey costume.

[BentonGrey]

Hey look at that, it actually looks like Spider-Man.

[oldmanwinters]

Hey look at that, it actually looks like Spider-Man.

Indeed.  Although I'm surprised to admit it but I really miss those yellow sunglasses-style eyes.  It was quite the distinctive look for the new series.

Maybe this film will finally give us an explanation as to how Peter Parker is able to acquire such professional looking suits for himself.  I just can't buy the fact that he makes and repairs them all himself, especially in the Raimi trilogy where the fabric textures were about as super-detailed as possible.

[BWPS]

Hey look at that, it actually looks like Spider-Man.

Indeed.  Although I'm surprised to admit it but I really miss those yellow sunglasses-style eyes.  It was quite the distinctive look for the new series.

Maybe this film will finally give us an explanation as to how Peter Parker is able to acquire such professional looking suits for himself.  I just can't buy the fact that he makes and repairs them all himself, especially in the Raimi trilogy where the fabric textures were about as super-detailed as possible.

He was bitten by a radioactive spider so he gets spider abilities because as we all know spiders are like vampires, they bite their prey and then it turns into a spider. This gives him the super-power of weaving fine fabric textures which spiders are able to do. They kind of gloss over this detail in the movie's origin stories but it makes sense if you think about it scientifically.

[thalaw2]

That's why I hate getting bitten by radioactive spiders...sometimes I'm just not in the mood to sew all night. 

[Tomato]

In the ultimate spider-man comics, the original was made by the wrestling company he was doing gigs for, and all the costumes after that were made by MJ (which he still apparently made her do even during the periods where they'd broken up). Because making costumes is apparently women's work in the Ultimate universe 

But in all seriousness, they actually went out of their way to make the original ASM costume look like something a teenager could put together. Most of the suit is sports gear he could get on ebay, the soles of the boots are cut-up tennis shoes, and the lenses are from a pair of sunglasses. It makes sense that he'd go from there and start putting more of an effort into making his own suits. And I'll be honest... Even though I think it looks better, I could still believe a teenager made it (as opposed to the allways super-professionally made Raimi costumes)