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[Martin Smith]

Figured the film should probably get it's own thread again instead of cluttering the Marvel Movies one.

I'm off to see this tonight. Fairly excited, but I've been resolutely avoiding clips and reviews, so I'm not entirely sure what to expect exactly. It's an adaptation of Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends tho, right? I shall be utterly disappointed if it isn't.

[Russell H]

It's true, although there's no Ms Lion (Grrrr.)

I've heard a lot of rumours about the voice actor for Videoman. I think they're saving Mr Frump for the sequel.

[Martin Smith]

It's true, although there's no Ms Lion (Grrrr.)

I've heard a lot of rumours about the voice actor for Videoman. I think they're saving Mr Frump for the sequel.

No Ms Lion?! Oh man, then why are they even bothering with the film?

[Chris D]

Planning on seeing it in a few hours. I've also been avoiding all the clips and reviews, so hopefully I'll have a good time.

[Tonycal]

I'll be seeing it tonight in IMAX 3D. My friends wanted to see it in IMAX 3D, I didn't care either way.

Someone I know said it was pretty good. So I'll find out tonight!!! I'm actually more pumped up than I thought I would be for this film.

[Adam Balson]

I'll be seeing this on Saturday (probably in 3D since I read an interview with the director where he said 'If there was a ever a film that should be made in 3D, it's a Spider-Man film' and after thinking about it, I totally agree).
So I'll be avoiding this thread until Saturday.
Surprisingly excited for this! In the past few weeks I've gotten to Avengers level excited.

[Eduardo]

Will be seeing on Thursday night.

[craggy]

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[Dave Wallace]

I was thinking "mohawk".

[Robert B]

I thought it was a pretty good movie but I didn't like it. Just wasn't what I want from a Spider-Man flick. Too dour, too brooding, too dark (in terms of both the tone and the color palette) and much too long.

Emma Stone stole the show, I thought. The Lizard was too generic and expressionless a bad guy.

This is probably a weird thing, but it doesn't feel like Spider-Man if J. Jonah Jameson and the Daily Bugle are nowhere to be seen (I get that PP is in high school here, but we don't even get a single mention of the paper anywhere).

Anyway, it's well crafted, and people are definitely going to love it, but for me it could have been a LOT more fun and may even be a victim of The Avengers raising the bar too high.

[HowardAshton]

I went to see it in Imax3D and loved it, much preferred it to Avengers, possibly my favourite Superhero film after Kick-Ass. Yes, the lack of JJJ is upsetting, but I can live with it. The Lizard was an adequate villain, linked into Peter's past and origin and posed a threat that was emotionally linked to him, but really his biggest strength was not requiring a massive amount of the film dedicated to him, meaning that we can spend more time seeing what we really came to see; peter, Spider-Man and Gwen. Stan Lee's cameo was the best scene of the film for me, excellently done. The tone was pretty dark overall, but not overwhelmingly so, my response was actually "Huh, it actually IS a pretty dark story when you think about it" rather than "well this is too dark". I was somewhat surprised with how they ended the film, I'll say no more about that, but those who've seen the film will know what I mean. I found the entire cast to be far superior than their predecessors, I was really no fan of Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst but even the guys I went with who loved the Raimi films much preferred Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone. Martin Sheen delivered a cracking Uncle Ben, there's really nothing more I could have asked for, Sally Field played a wonderful Aunt May. Rhys Iyfans was much easier to digest than Willem Defoe (I would not want to see Defoe in 3D, that man was terrifying throughout Spider-Man, but not when he meant to be...). Overall I'd give it 7.5/10, I do think the film was a perfect setup for a sequel, I really can't wait to see where they go from here.

[Robert B]

I loved both Maguire and Dunst, and I thought the new duo did a great job as well.

During the movie I kept thinking that Maguire looked a bit more like a character Romita would have drawn, and Garfield more like a character Ditko would have drawn. And that also sums up some of the differences in tone as well.

[Martin Smith]

I thought it was a pretty good movie but I didn't like it. Just wasn't what I want from a Spider-Man flick. Too dour, too brooding, too dark (in terms of both the tone and the color palette) and much too long.

Emma Stone stole the show, I thought. The Lizard was too generic and expressionless a bad guy.

This is probably a weird thing, but it doesn't feel like Spider-Man if J. Jonah Jameson and the Daily Bugle are nowhere to be seen (I get that PP is in high school here, but we don't even get a single mention of the paper anywhere).

Anyway, it's well crafted, and people are definitely going to love it, but for me it could have been a LOT more fun and may even be a victim of The Avengers raising the bar too high.

Huh, I disagree with pretty much everything you said. I really enjoyed it. Thought it was true to the source material and pretty much everything I wanted forgone a Spider-Man film.

Regarding JJJ, I think it was absolutely right to leave him out. The film's already got far too much to set up without jamming Jameson in there as well. There are Bugle mentions though -

Spoiler

the news channel is the Bugle, Peter is trying to get photos of Connors in the sewers for the Bugle reward shown on the paper. I think that's plenty enough to build into it for the sequel.

[John Mosby]

The first of my reviews is up at:

http://www.impactonl...azing-spiderman

[Chris D]

As someone who never really bought Maguire in the role, this was easily my favorite Spider-Man movie. Emma Stone, as always, did steal the show. But I have something of a hopeless crush on that girl. I thought Garfield embodied the way I've always imagined both Peter and Spider-Man. I have a feeling that people who really dug the Raimi movies won't be that into this one, but for those of us that never really connected to those movie should enjoy this one. I know I did. My younger sister also preferred this one to the others.

Yep, basically I'm a fan and I'm looking forward to the next installment.

[John Mosby]

Second review now up at: www.theregoestheday.com

(Should also say for anyone going to a screening... stay through first half of the credits, there IS an extra scene...)

[Robert B]

As someone who never really bought Maguire in the role, this was easily my favorite Spider-Man movie. Emma Stone, as always, did steal the show. But I have something of a hopeless crush on that girl. I thought Garfield embodied the way I've always imagined both Peter and Spider-Man. I have a feeling that people who really dug the Raimi movies won't be that into this one, but for those of us that never really connected to those movie should enjoy this one. I know I did. My younger sister also preferred this one to the others.

Yep, basically I'm a fan and I'm looking forward to the next installment.

Yeah, I really dug the Raimi movies and I liked all three of them, even the third one, better than this movie.

Although the production values on these superhero movies are so high nowadays that I can't really say many of them are "bad" so much as it's different strokes and all that. Generally speaking, the level of seriousness is usually inversely proportionate to my level of enjoyment, and this one was very serious. But hard to fault the craft, for sure.

I thought Garfield did an excellent job, especially with little details here and there. Like how he used his glasses as a prop, it was a little Christopher Reeves-esque. But I can't say he's at all how I've ever pictured Peter Parker.

[Chris D]

I thought Garfield did an excellent job, especially with little details here and there. Like how he used his glasses as a prop, it was a little Christopher Reeves-esque. But I can't say he's at all how I've ever pictured Peter Parker.

Yeah, it really does seem to just be a different strokes. And maybe a bit of a generational thing, meaning that I was only a casual Spider-Man fan until Ultimate Spider-Man came along and hooked me. I was never into the Lee/Ditko or Romita stories all that much, but I'm a big Ultimate Spider-Man fan, and where Tobey might have been a really great fit for the old school Spider-Man (can't really judge myself), I think Andrew Garfield was a good representation for the Ultimate side of things. Though that could just be me. I personally found the movie plenty of fun, despite being dark. Not on the same level as Avengers, but I felt some real chemistry between the leads and thought Garfield was having a good time in the role. That's something I only really felt with Maguire during the much lamented emo dance sequence (which I still think is pretty great).

[Robert B]

Yeah, it really does seem to just be a different strokes. And maybe a bit of a generational thing, meaning that I was only a casual Spider-Man fan until Ultimate Spider-Man came along and hooked me. I was never into the Lee/Ditko or Romita stories all that much, but I'm a big Ultimate Spider-Man fan, and where Tobey might have been a really great fit for the old school Spider-Man (can't really judge myself), I think Andrew Garfield was a good representation for the Ultimate side of things. Though that could just be me. I personally found the movie plenty of fun, despite being dark. Not on the same level as Avengers, but I felt some real chemistry between the leads and thought Garfield was having a good time in the role. That's something I only really felt with Maguire during the much lamented emo dance sequence (which I still think is pretty great).

I'm not sure if this has anything to do with the movie but I would say "my" Spider-Man was Roger Stern & John Romita Jr., that era. I'm not sure the Raimi movies fit with that.

Could never get into Ultimate....I feel like I've read about 12 issues of it over the years and nothing happened in a single one of them.

[Don Lerch]

I'm not sure if this has anything to do with the movie but I would say "my" Spider-Man was Roger Stern & John Romita Jr., that era. I'm not sure the Raimi movies fit with that.

Could never get into Ultimate....I feel like I've read about 12 issues of it over the years and nothing happened in a single one of them.

Thats Bendis for you