The Amazing Spider-Man: More than likely the X-Men: First Class of 2012, although the clip of Spidey and the thug is pretty bad as far as the acting goes. But let's rewind back to the very begining, the announcement.
Announcement
When it was first announced that they cancelled Spider-Man 4 and they were gonna reboot it, I'll admit to the fact that I cried. I loved the trilogy and never wanted it to be remade. Although after hearing what they were gonna do with it for Spider-Man 4, I became pretty glad that their rebooting it. The idea I hated most was completely changing the Felicia Hardy character, I mean the Vultress? C'mon, really?!?!? Keeping her as Black Cat could've been gold on screen.
Choosing the writer and director: I'll admit that I had never heard of of Marc Webb up until he was announced as director. I watched 500 Days of Summer and I became convinced that he is a damn good director though even after watching the trailers for the new Spidey film, I'm not entirely convinced that he is made to be an action director and as far as the writer goes. I was stoked when I found out that James Vanderbilt was gonna pen the script, I was so excited because I love his writing for Zodiac but as I mentioned the one clip before, I am not happy with how it was acted, although I feel part of the blame can go to Vanderbilt for how it was written.
Casting
I'll admit that I've never seen a movie that has Andrew Garfield in it, so I really can only judge by the trailers on his acting ability. He sounds the part but doesn't look it. So I'm kinda skeptical about him, I got really excited when I found out actors and actresses like Emma Stone, Rhys Ifans, Martin Sheen and Sally Field were gonna be in the field (Sally Field, holy shit!! How can you get a bad performance or movie that involves her.) Also, Denis Leary. Can't go wrong.
Character backround and look changes
Lets start with The Lizard. I'm in the middle for how he looks for the film, I like it because they tried basing it off of the Steve Ditko look and I give them credit for that but I don't like it because in a way it just looks bad. By that I mean it's not as animalistic I feel it should be. I also feel (judging by the trailers) that the character is a mix from the original comics and the ultimate comics. Which I'm not a fan of that, I perfer staying to how the character originally is but CBM's lately are trying to update and stay with the audience so therefore their basing it off of the Ultimate comics. It makes for a semi-deeper story. I also am not a big fan of how Peter is for this film but again it's them trying to stay with the auidence, I kinda like the new suit and I like they tried bringing in his humor but back to that clip, it's pretty bad. Although in the trailer, him being a smartass worked well.
Recent news: I do like that their changing the origin a bit because it keeps it fresh and we're not saying the same old thing that we saw 10 years ago. I think this is something half of the fans like but ah well. I think it's a very smart move so therefore the audience isn't bored.
Final thoughts
Overall this films deserves a chance though I don't think it's gonna be the best Spider-Man film yet despite that their using my favorite comicbook villain as the films bad guy. I think of done right the sequel can go toe to toe with Spider-Man 2. Maybe Gwen Stacey saga, anyone? Despite the fact that alot of us, including yours truely are pretty much in the middle and kinda wanna see this but at the same time are skeptical. Between the director, the good cast of actors and whom the writer is, this film has potential to be alot better than Spidey 3 but nothing compared to the first two, but has a better chance at being better than the original than the second. Either way, when July comes you can be damn sure I'm gonna be in line and in the theater watching this film and expect a review like from everyone else here.
What are your thoughts about the new Spider-Man movie between what we've seen and heard about the film? Comment below and if you want like I did in the article. Name your favorite comicbook villain.