(Less than) Amazing Spider-Man Trailer

[espanolbot]

Hot on the heels of the Dark Knight Rises teaser, here is the trailer for the upcoming Spider-Man reboot,

Whoa, first Howling goes all emo and Twilighty, and now this? This is kind of strange. Kind of disappointed that Dr Connor's isn't Welsh though.

*Sigh* We will miss you Tobey Maguire. Your protrayal of Peter as a self obsessed manchild balancing on the edge of kidnapping Mary Jane and keeping her in a hole in Aunt May's basement will surely be missed.


The end sequence looks familiar though...

Yeah, that's right. Faith don't need no stinkin' superpowers!

For legality,

Comments

[punishermax]

Andrew Garfield looks like hipster Edward Cullen with the glasses on.

[18lemons]

Everybody is complaining about that, am I the only one who sees it as Peter trying to be cooler than he actually is? I see it and go "Oh Pete." and laugh to myself.

[icon_uk]

Hmm, interesting they're actually having someone wonder about what happened to his mum and dad, though perhaps it doesn't really matter, since the comics managed it for years, until they brought in the "They were spies on the side" bit.

Don't know enough about this take on Peter to judge yet, but the jury's out. Pretty enough, but I want Peter-the-picked-on-science-geek and I'm not sure this is him.

It may be a little derivative (and IIRC the bullet time effects in The Matrix grew out of some effects used for a car ad) but I LOVE the Spider-Cam sequence.

[18lemons]

Like I said above, I see it as Pete trying to be cooler than he actually is. I know I tried it in high school, it didn't work for me at all.

And yeah, I love the Spider-Cam sequence too, I'm thinking that since this is being shot in 3D, it might look good in 3D on the big screen.

[darkknightjrk]

"Pretty enough, but I want Peter-the-picked-on-science-geek and I'm not sure this is him."

I get that, but I saw an interview with Marc Webb, the director of this, that made a good point:

"If you look back to the early Stan Lee and Steve Ditko comics, he’s a nerd with big glasses. The idea of what a nerd is has changed in 40 or 50 years. Nerds are running the world. Andrew Garfield made a movie [called "The Social Network"] about it. Nerds are no longer pariahs and knowing how to write computer code is longer a [mocked] quality. What was important in those early comics was this notion that Peter Parker is an outsider and how we define that in a contemporary context."

[punishermax]

I really don't understand why this movie can't just do what the new Hulk movie did and tell the origin in the credits and get it over with there. Everyone knows his origin, do we really need to see it again? He gets bit by a spider, yes alright, we get it, move along.

[big_daddy_d]

That's exactly my stance on it.

[mrstatham]

It makes me laugh that, I think it was Brevoort who said 'this movie isn't a reboot, but it kind-of fits inbetween the other ones', or something along those lines.

In that case, what the fuck happened to his perception?

[turtlefu]

It looks like their making Gwen a scientist/intern

Which...

makes no sense at all?

Yeah, Andrew is too good-looking to play Peter. And I really hope they show the scientist side of Peter. And get Peter even reasonably right (which the Raimi films never did)

Also, I am NOT interested in what they are doing with his parents. They do NOT need to be in this! Don't make them spies, please!

(Also, I love how Gwen says Peter lives with his Aunt and Uncle like "OMG ISN'T THAT SO STRANGE AND FUNNY" Way to be insulting, Gwen)

[arxh]

It looks like it might be closer to the spectacular spiderman characterization where gwen was doctor connors assistant.

[18lemons]

It looks like they're making Gwen a scientist/ intern
Which...
makes plenty of sense.

Originally, Peter met Gwen when they were studying science at Empire State University. I thought it was generally accepted that Gwen was as smart as she was attractive. Gwen's been given internships in other mediums too. In the Spectacular Spider-Man cartoon she's give an internship at Connors' lab along with Peter. She manages to keep it longer than Peter too.

[lucky_gamble]

This film could really do wonders for Emma Stone's career. She's possibly the only reason I'm going to watch the film. Other than that, I hate the guy's hair and the total lack of funny in the trailer.

[mrstatham]

She's not really doing so bad as is. I know lots of people who either know her off the back of Superbad, Zombieland or Easy A.

[cyberghostface]

When I first saw the Sam Raimi Spider-Man trailer I was so giddy and excited. This just gets a "meh".

And I know Spider-Man 3 was bad but the first two were great. The second one in particular is IMO the definitive comicbook film. When you read some of the supporters on the internet, you'd think this was the equivalent of Christopher Nolan picking up from Joel Schumacher. But I guess when you're replacing something you have to tear down your predecessor.

[amaniwolf]

I agree with you, this trailer also reminds me of the first person perspective video game, i think it's Razor's Edge? With all the running and jumping from the character's perspective. Just feels very bleh to me.
Think i'll pass on this. And not just because of the trailer, but they gave that actor, puffy Twilight hair, and he's supposed to be a teen,....right, he looks like he's in his 20's, which he is. Not liking this at all..

Redux from another trailer post

[thatnickguy]

Idiot Producer: We need to make a new Spider-Man movie. All right, what's popular and making stupid amounts of money these days?

Yes Man: Well, there's Twilight.
IP: Great! They're making lots of money?
YM: Well yes, but...
IP: But?
YM: Well, it's filled with really bad writing, cliches, and emo characters.
IP: What's its demographic?
YM: Sceraming...teenage girls?
IP: Perfect! We need to expand beyond basement nerds!
YM: But sir, people HATED the emo Peter Parker in...
IP: Who?
YM: Peter...Parker? Spider-Man?
IP: Oh right! You mean that Toby kid. Well, what's that Twilight guy look like?
YM: Bland, big stupid hair...
IP: Perfect! Get someone just like him.
YM: But...
IP: Oh, and when we release the trailer, make ABSOLUTELY sure there is zero humour in it.
YM: But Spider-Man's supposed to be funn...
IP: ZERO!
YM: Yessir. *sob*

Re: Redux from another trailer post

[starwolf_oakley]

Idiot Producer: What kind of bad guys did those Twilight movies have?
Yes Man: Well, the first one had a vampire that was all about hunting and killing humans. The third one had newborn vampires that couldn't control their rage and bloodlust.
IP: Hunting, killing, rage, bloodlust... Just add in a few "science is bad" morals and this movie writes itself!
YM: It may have to. *sob*

[starwolf_oakley]

Some of the music at the start sounds a lot like Placebo's "Running up That Hill."

The "Peter's parents were spies" bit works if you realize Peter risks his life as Spider-Man in secret so no one will know it is him (Peter) doing it. Spies operate for the benefit of their country, often when their country doesn't know about it.

The ending of the Colin Farrell movie "The Recruit" could work as an ending of a Spider-Man movie.

"You were born to do this, Peter. It's in your blood."

[cypherfdp]

The Slightly Below Average Spider-Man

[thatnickguy]

For your dosage of "Amazing", please have your doctor prescibe you some Spectacular Spider-Man.

[abriel]

First of all: Enough with the origin story. The cartoon in the 90s told it, the short-lived MTV cartoon in the early 00s told it, the first movie told it. It's been told and retold as many times as Supes's and Bats's origin. We all know it. Peter Parker, science nerd who gets bitten by radioactive spider. Boom. Done. It can only be retold so many times before we all get sick of seeing it.

Second, where is the humour? Where is the wise-cracking Spidey? And what is up with the hair?

This is going to be just as bad as I thought it would be when I first heard they were rebooting this with a "darker" tone. Spidey and Dark are not too words that belong in the same sentence. Okay he has his moments of angst but he's also...well, Spidey.

We don't need yet another dark and broody superhero who never smiles and get can't past their tragic beginnings. Oy vey you putzes, not every superhero needs to be Batman!

[amaniwolf]

But it's EXTREME, and EDGY, and DARK! Love it! You must love it! Nolanverse Spidey! LOVE IT!

Yeah.....this is a pass for me, this is not my Spidey.

[detective_deathman08]

That last first person part was good. Honestly though I do not have high hopes at all for this movie. The Tobey Maguire ones were great, and would work well with the newer avengers stories. I wish this was more like a prequal of the first, maybe just detailing HS spidey.

[mullon]

I am underwhelmed.

[glprime]

Anything that doesn't start with "My tale is not for the faint of heart..." is already ahead of the game as far as I'm concerned.

While, yeah, it's not "my" take on Spider-Man, it could be a strong new series (and the action could be fun).

While not 100% sold, getting more hopeful.

[tzipwich]

Is quippy movie!Spider-Man too much to ask for? Is it really?

[mrstatham]

I'm sick of hearing this described as 'emo-Spidey', as though Peter didn't spend nearly the entirety of the Raimi movies moaning and bitching about Mary Jane and being hit over the head with the miserable stick. Any film that doesn't see Peter as being 'responsible' enough to lie to his brain damaged best friend to his own advantage is an improvement.

Plus, y'know, Emma Stone.

[golden_orange]

Ya know, I don't hate this.

Maybe it's because I'm not particularly wedded to either Spidey or the Raimi movies, but I reckon this could be pretty good, actually. Certainly, Andrew Garfield seems a bit more engaging than I found Tobey Maguire to be.

And yeah, like mrstatham says, it's not as if Raimi's Spidey was a ray of sunshine and good vibes either.

[mrstatham]

The moments where Raimi's movies tried to be sunshine and good vibes were particularly painful. 'Raindrops keep falling on my head', anyone?

[eyz]

On one hand it's great to finally have the web shooters, see a High School student Peter Parker, have the Lizard has a villain...
On the other I'm having so much pain accepting this guy as Peter Parker/Spider-man...
I mean, Hipster/Twilight Spider-man? Waugh....

Mmmmh... Another reboot really? And if the movie bombs, for example, will Marvel get the rights back from Sony and re-reboot it in its movie Marvel U?

And is it only me or is this direction a tad bit too dark for Spidey?

And what's up with the Mirror's Edge scene? Hopefully only made for the teaser trailer...right? Not in the actual movie...right?? Right??

[mrstatham]

I love how people jump on the 'hipster/twilight' train when this doesn't reallt bear any resemblance to either fad/movement/whatever. I don't see Peter glowing or sparkling, I don't see the entirety of the film being promoted as some soppy badly-written garbage romance. The guy has a popular current haircut, for fuck's sake. The hipster stuff.. Well, frankly that was bullshit when it was a term tagged onto Scott Pilgrim and it's bullshit now.

[tacitoz]

Am I the only one who hated Toby MacGuire's face?
And I kind of get why they need to redo his origin as this is kind of a new take, but yeah, it's been done before. Many times.
Welp, let's see how it goes.

[mrstatham]

Macguire did always seem to wear the same expression, save for when he kinda broke out that bemused smile/surprised look when he was telling Aunt May he was responsible for Uncle Ben.