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Amazing Spider-Man Movie Reviews *Spoilers*

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Re: Amazing Spider-Man Movie Reviews *Spoilers*

Postby MacGyver » Thu Jul 12, 2012 4:47 pm

Wombat 909 wrote:I think people taking apart the car thief scene are taking this way too seriously. Spidey sees thief breaking in, swoops into the car and thus. Do we need to see Spidey open the door, sit inside, get comfortable, close the door and proceed. It's just a comedic moment to entertain. So many movies and TV shows have scenes where a bus or large vehicle goes by and someone disappears with it, no explanation given and it's the same here. Picking this scene apart is really people just looking for flaws. If you didn't like the movie, fine but I think taking apart how Spidey got into a car is picking at straws which aren't really there.


No it's a straw that is there. I can suspend disbelieve to an extent...after all the movie has a guy swinging on webs.

However...scenes like the car scene or the subway (where Peter leaps onto the ceiling and NOBODY reacts even to think..."Wow! How odd?")...those scenes yank me right out of the movie because they come off as unrealistic even for the world the movie is portraying.

The crane scene is in the same catergory. It's cheesy and trying too hard to emulate what Raimi did. Spidey is so exhausted that he can't swing normally but then he shows up and has plenty of strength to battle the Lizard? Come on! By the way, is C. Thomas Howell the director's neighbor or something...? Seemed odd when he showed up.

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Re: Amazing Spider-Man Movie Reviews *Spoilers*

Postby RadioCity » Thu Jul 12, 2012 7:02 pm

Update from boxoffice.com:

Wednesday Update: "Sony reports that The Amazing-Spider Man will hit $400 million today. The superhero flick is headed for a healthy sophomore frame domestically thanks to strong word of mouth."

Should hit $500 m next week. Really strong. Not sure if my $850 m WW total is still in play at this point, but I think $750-800m WW definitely is.
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Re: Amazing Spider-Man Movie Reviews *Spoilers*

Postby davidg » Thu Jul 12, 2012 7:33 pm

i thought this was a great Spiderman Movie, i really did enjoy it, i thought Andrew Garfield, did a great Job as Spiderman, i really did like the scene where spiderman was fighting the Lizard in the High School, i can't wait to see the next movie.
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Re: Amazing Spider-Man Movie Reviews *Spoilers*

Postby iron_patriot » Thu Jul 12, 2012 8:04 pm

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iron_patriot wrote:I thought there was a lot of wonder here. The crane scene, the balancing on the ledge of a building, the swinging on chains...all very fun stuff.

Also, we see a cop defending Spidey to Capt. Stacy, and we see that he's the one who owns the car, so maybe he had help?


The crane scene was the worst part of the film.


It was my favourite part of the film... I know it was cheesy and reminiscent of the Rami movies but I didn't care. It was so uplifting and emotional for me personally that I just sat back and let it play. It was needed for Spidey to get to Oscorp but more to the point, its about him realizing that there are people who believe in him and sucking it up and pushing through the adversity.


Same. I cried two out of the three times that I saw this movie. Yeah, it was unbelievably cheesy and with the full fanfare kicking in and a spotlight, pretty unapologetic about it. In a decade where, other than the original Spider-Man films and the Marvel Studios movies, everything's been so serious, this is what I wanted out of superhero movies, moments that raise them up.

The crane scene is in the same catergory. It's cheesy and trying too hard to emulate what Raimi did. Spidey is so exhausted that he can't swing normally but then he shows up and has plenty of strength to battle the Lizard? Come on!


You could say that about ASM 33, the most revered Spidey comic ever. Spider-Man just fought Doctor Octopus, got beaten badly(had a broken leg by the end of the story, I believe) and is now trapped under tons of heavy machinery, which is way out of his strength range. And after that, he fought dozens of Ock's cronies, all to save Aunt May. This one was to save the entire city.
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Re: Amazing Spider-Man Movie Reviews *Spoilers*

Postby Aziz » Fri Jul 13, 2012 3:31 am

I will be honest in saying what I saw did not have good quality picture, and some scenes were obviously cut, I'll have to wait to see the full movie in good quality to form a full proper opinion

Right now, I think it's the best movie for Peter Parker, not the best Spider-Man movie, but easily the best version of Peter Parker, and that's the most important aspect imo.
I hope it's mainly due to the version I saw being chopped that I didn't get the privilege to get full form of the costume and web apparatus and fluid created, the mask in the wrestling area was shown, ordering diving costume was shown, but not how he redesigned it to make the full suit, and on what base
Unfortunately though, action scenes didn't impress, probably the bad quality of the image did something big to downgrade my enjoyment, but SM3 and SM2 are superior in action scenes
The villain has his moments, there are obvious faults in the way he's depicted, and the story as a whole has its faults, but I will give props for the good stuff they did
When it comes to how music is played on which scene, how it triggers emotions, I believe Raimi version had a superior job in that aspect

I think a B- is pretty fair for what I saw, not so Amazing, but easily better than Spider-Man 2 in plenty of stuff
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Re: Amazing Spider-Man Movie Reviews *Spoilers*

Postby Aziz » Fri Jul 13, 2012 3:44 am

RadioCity wrote:Update from boxoffice.com:

Wednesday Update: "Sony reports that The Amazing-Spider Man will hit $400 million today. The superhero flick is headed for a healthy sophomore frame domestically thanks to strong word of mouth."
Where does this come from? Movie mojo and rotten tomatoes stated this movie domestically didn't reach $150 million domestically, yet
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Re: Amazing Spider-Man Movie Reviews *Spoilers*

Postby FSUSpiderFan » Fri Jul 13, 2012 7:17 am

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Wombat 909 wrote:I think people taking apart the car thief scene are taking this way too seriously. Spidey sees thief breaking in, swoops into the car and thus. Do we need to see Spidey open the door, sit inside, get comfortable, close the door and proceed. It's just a comedic moment to entertain. So many movies and TV shows have scenes where a bus or large vehicle goes by and someone disappears with it, no explanation given and it's the same here. Picking this scene apart is really people just looking for flaws. If you didn't like the movie, fine but I think taking apart how Spidey got into a car is picking at straws which aren't really there.


No it's a straw that is there. I can suspend disbelieve to an extent...after all the movie has a guy swinging on webs.

However...scenes like the car scene or the subway (where Peter leaps onto the ceiling and NOBODY reacts even to think..."Wow! How odd?")...those scenes yank me right out of the movie because they come off as unrealistic even for the world the movie is portraying.

The crane scene is in the same catergory. It's cheesy and trying too hard to emulate what Raimi did. Spidey is so exhausted that he can't swing normally but then he shows up and has plenty of strength to battle the Lizard? Come on! By the way, is C. Thomas Howell the director's neighbor or something...? Seemed odd when he showed up.

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The car scene bugs me because it makes no sense and that is not how Spidey operates. That is a Batman move to show up like that. I saw what they were going for with the crane scene but I think it fell flat with being too much like the New Yorkers rallying behind him in the first movie and also just being silly. Where they were truely uplifting and captured the spirit of Spider-Man of perfectly was when he saved the kid from the burning car.
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Re: Amazing Spider-Man Movie Reviews *Spoilers*

Postby iron_patriot » Fri Jul 13, 2012 7:21 am

FSUSpiderFan wrote:I saw what they were going for with the crane scene but I think it fell flat with being too much like the New Yorkers rallying behind him in the first movie and also just being silly. Where they were truely uplifting and captured the spirit of Spider-Man of perfectly was when he saved the kid from the burning car.

I thought it lasted a little bit too long, though.

Plus, seeing the way Garfield was talking to the kid, I leaned to my buddy and said "Creepy guy alert!"
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Re: Amazing Spider-Man Movie Reviews *Spoilers*

Postby FSUSpiderFan » Fri Jul 13, 2012 7:33 am

iron_patriot wrote:
FSUSpiderFan wrote:I saw what they were going for with the crane scene but I think it fell flat with being too much like the New Yorkers rallying behind him in the first movie and also just being silly. Where they were truely uplifting and captured the spirit of Spider-Man of perfectly was when he saved the kid from the burning car.

I thought it lasted a little bit too long, though.

Plus, seeing the way Garfield was talking to the kid, I leaned to my buddy and said "Creepy guy alert!"

Oh come on, really? There was nothing creepy at all. Now if he was in a dark alley luring the kid to check out his cool web shooters... That is creepy my friend.
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Re: Amazing Spider-Man Movie Reviews *Spoilers*

Postby iron_patriot » Fri Jul 13, 2012 7:40 am

FSUSpiderFan wrote:Oh come on, really? There was nothing creepy at all. Now if he was in a dark alley luring the kid to check out his cool web shooters... That is creepy my friend.

It was the smile. Could have been worse, though, he could have offered him some candy.

Sorry, guys, my sense of humor right now is formed by Family Guy and lots of ASM Classics.
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Re: Amazing Spider-Man Movie Reviews *Spoilers*

Postby RadioCity » Fri Jul 13, 2012 9:44 am

AbdulAziz wrote:Where does this come from? Movie mojo and rotten tomatoes stated this movie domestically didn't reach $150 million domestically, yet


Got it from boxoffice.com http://www.boxoffice.com/latest-news/2012-07-03-the-amazing-spider-man-grabs-75-million-from-midnight-shows

Domestic Total as of Wednesday July 11, 2012: $159,713,629 ($400 m worldwide)

Should be around $200 m domestic by Monday and $500 m worldwide next week.
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Re: Amazing Spider-Man Movie Reviews *Spoilers*

Postby FSUSpiderFan » Fri Jul 13, 2012 1:54 pm

iron_patriot wrote:
FSUSpiderFan wrote:Oh come on, really? There was nothing creepy at all. Now if he was in a dark alley luring the kid to check out his cool web shooters... That is creepy my friend.

It was the smile. Could have been worse, though, he could have offered him some candy.

Sorry, guys, my sense of humor right now is formed by Family Guy and lots of ASM Classics.


ASM classic humor is awesome but Family Guy...stopped being funny years ago and obviously warps your brain.
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Postby iron_patriot » Fri Jul 13, 2012 9:53 pm

FSUSpiderFan wrote:ASM classic humor is awesome but Family Guy...stopped being funny years ago and obviously warps your brain.

Probably why I enjoy the Ultimate Spider-Man cartoon.
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Re: Amazing Spider-Man Movie Reviews *Spoilers*

Postby FSUSpiderFan » Sat Jul 14, 2012 6:46 am

iron_patriot wrote:
FSUSpiderFan wrote:ASM classic humor is awesome but Family Guy...stopped being funny years ago and obviously warps your brain.

Probably why I enjoy the Ultimate Spider-Man cartoon.

Man, you are further gone than I thought. We need to inject you with some quality entertainment stat!
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Re: Amazing Spider-Man Movie Reviews *Spoilers*

Postby lastk13 » Sat Jul 14, 2012 2:50 pm

FSUSpiderFan wrote:
iron_patriot wrote:
FSUSpiderFan wrote:ASM classic humor is awesome but Family Guy...stopped being funny years ago and obviously warps your brain.

Probably why I enjoy the Ultimate Spider-Man cartoon.

Man, you are further gone than I thought. We need to inject you with some quality entertainment stat!


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