The Amazing Spiderman trailer looks good but not amazing.
Over the past few days I have noticed rave reviews regarding the second full length trailer of The Amazing Spider-man, kids seem excited.
The 12 year olds must be going crazy on twitter and their comments are pretty off the wall silly
“Beautiful.”
“Epicness!!!!!!!!! “
“I JUST WEBBED MY PANTS!”
And my favorite comment I came across was …….. “With this and Avengers.. Batwho?”
Obviously I had to check it out for myself. I buckled down took some time to break down this trailer and it took me all but 5 minutes.
First, here is the quick run down from the movie studio regarding the film for those who don’t know.
“The Amazing Spider-Man is the story of Peter Parker (Garfield), an outcast high schooler who was abandoned by his parents as a boy, leaving him to be raised by his Uncle Ben (Sheen) and Aunt May (Field). Like most teenagers, Peter is trying to figure out who he is and how he got to be the person he is today. Peter is also finding his way with his first high school crush, Gwen Stacy (Stone), and together, they struggle with love, commitment, and secrets. As Peter discovers a mysterious briefcase that belonged to his father, he begins a quest to understand his parents' disappearance - leading him directly to Oscorp and the lab of Dr Curt Connors (Ifans), his father's former partner. As Spider-Man is set on a collision course with Connors' alter-ego, The Lizard, Peter will make life-altering choices to use his powers and shape his destiny to become a hero.”
Now, I am not going to break down scene by scene of this trailer because I am sure you have already seen it.
The first 5 seconds I thought to myself automatically this looked like the past 3 Spiderman films.
Peter Parker/ Spiderman is played by Andrew Garfield. To tell you the truth I am giving this guy a shot and its really tough to figure out this guy. In the movie The Social Network he played Eduardo Saverin, I guess he did ok. I personally knew nothing of Eduardo Saverin from anything when I watched the film but I did appreciate Garfield’s performance. Even though I thought of him as a cry baby. I just don’t know how that will transfer into a leading role of a super hero. He looks like a high school kid who has not showered in a while but I will go with it, can’t be worse than Tobey Maguire performance in Spiderman 3 right?
Back to the trailer, it is up tempo in which I like and there are multiple scenes that look dark and seem to have some grit to it.
We see Peter in multiple scenes with Gwen Stacy. Ok, Gwen Stacy played by Emma Stone, maybe the studio could of got somebody else but I understand she is the “It.” girl right now. She can act but man her voice is deep! I am excited to see the interaction with Uncle Ben and Peter. I do like the casting of Martin Sheen as uncle Ben.
Throughout the trailer most of the scenes are at night, of course they have to be. Peter has school in the morning!
Spidey is fighting crime and of course running from the law, getting the feeling we seen this too….
I think the Spider-man suit was good from the previous films. How much can you change? Honestly the suit looks cheap but maybe it supposed to look that way because he is a kid?
Also Curious how Rhys Ifans will play Dr. Conners. Ifans is a respected actor and is well versed. Conners and Parker had a close relationship and according to the trailer Dr. Conners takes no time in turning into The Lizard. You would think the transformation would take place in the second film of this reboot, what’s the rush? Oh well. Oops that may have been a spoiler…sorry.
What I am most concerned about is The Lizard. With all the technology and CGI looks like a little more effort was needed. Yes, the Lizard looks like Goomba from Supermario bros movie. In the geek community we hoped that It would not be the case. As of right now the Lizard is more of a Goomba. No white lab coat either? Really? The size of the Lizard is impressive but not necessary, huh maybe that is why no lab coat? I prefer the Lizard looking more like um I do know maybe a LIZARD!! The only reptile thing about this guys is the eyes! Now I am starting to get upset.
Overall the trailer looked good and I could really rip it but I want to see the movie and give it a shot. You would have to think Columbia pictures/Marvel Entertainment would be concerned about going head to head with The DARK KNIGHT RISES but either they are convinced the film will be great or they are just in it to sell toys.