The Amazing Spider-Man - OPEN SPOILERS NOW

[Irvy]

I'd say the 2002 film was right for the time but it's aged pretty quickly. I was 13 when it came out and loved every minute

[krec9]

Originally Posted by youbastards

What about JK Simmons as J Jonah Jameson....JJJ isn't even IN the reboot! One of the strongest supporting characters in Spidey history was just tossed out with Uncle Ben's corpse that nobody mourned...

no but they might be putting him in the second one remember the daily bugle paper towards the end ?

[Deckard]

JJJ will be in the sequel I'm sure, we got a hint at the Daily Bugle wanting photos of Lizard, we got Parker attempting to get those photos but failing in the sewer and his camera being crushed.

[jnmx2000]

Originally Posted by Matt S

Well, just came back from the Amazing Spiderman, and loved it. Went in pretty open minded. Did not re watch any prior Spidey movie.

Lizard effects themselves, look real to me. Those saying it looked fake or off just left me scratching my head. I went in expecting crap Lizard special effects, and thought it looked very, very good. . Not sure if I loved the design, but it works well - felt like I was watching a real creature and not an effect.

Speaking of real, holy crap! Those Spiderman shots of him swinging around look amazing *pun intended*. Not once did I feel like I was watching a CGI shot, as I did in the last three movies. To be honest, not sure which shots are practical and which are not......

Actors - excellent

Story - very good - I agree that the twist origin story in marketing B.S.; of course, there is the parents substoryline, but its a little tacked on, IMO. Didn't detract from story, but added just a little to the Peter storyline.

Mask removal reveals - happens three or four times, but only one bugged me, when Spidey takes his mask off at school, and just runs down hallway...! Argh

Music - completely forgettable


Loved it overall, bring on more!

I feel pretty much the same way, except I wanted them to change the origin more, I hope they go the route with Peter being genetically altered by his dad to further push the mutation story line they have going on and peter being the beginning of it all.

I'm also quite shocked that James Horner did the music and this was pretty flat, seems like he only gives his best to James Cameron.

And the shot of peter running down the hallway with his mask off was a real "wtf?" moment, like really? why? lol

[Deckard]

Well I'm off for some bbq dinner, see the movie for yourselves, keep an open mind, and most important, remember these stories existed before Raimi got to them and he's not the be all end all of Spiderman.

[Bullseye]

More me the flying sequences in ASM was an amalgamation of all of my favourite artists work. Nearly every epic pose was shown during one of the scenes.

Spoiler The high school fight sequence game me Goosebumps. The way he crawled around the lizard wrapping him in the web was just incredible. And the scene behind Stan Lee was pure gold

[Matt S]

Originally Posted by jnmx2000

I'm also quite shocked that James Horner did the music and this was pretty flat, seems like he only gives his best to James Cameron.

And the shot of peter running down the hallway with his mask off was a real "wtf?" moment, like really? why? lol

I am convinced that the go to guys that do movie after movie after movie need a rest. They are all sounding generic

Yeah, that scene left me kinda mad - there was absolutely no reason he would have taken his mask off at that moment. I mean, it lasts seconds, but I was like, 'come on'

[Darth Snoopy]

Just got back from seeing TASM and it was AWESOME!

I give it a 9/10

[Matt S]

Oh, and I did see this in Imax 3D - just wow! Excellent picture/sound quality. That format has me spoiled!

[Webb Head]

Originally Posted by Bullseye

That is something I really liked about the movie, the way his movements were very spider like, unlike the raimi films.
Overall, this one outdid the others IMO. I loved it. 10/10