Things You Might Have Missed in "The Amazing Spider-Man" part 2

Things You Might Have Missed in "The Amazing Spider-Man" part 2

Were you fan enough to catch these?

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By VIRILEMAN - May 11, 2013 02:05 PM EST
Filed Under: Spider-Man

This is the second part of the little things I think some people missed in The Amazing Spider-Man. It's no secrete that I think The Amazing Spider-Man is the best Spidey flick yet. Best Uncle Ben (I was actually sad when Uncle Ben died this time around), best Peter Parker (he actually looks like Peter, unlike Maguire) best acting, best on screen romance (and off screen apparently) it was more loyal to the comics (WEBSHOOTERS! WOO!), and the fact Spider-Man acts like the Spider-Man I grew up with. They didn't even try to make Spidey funny in the first three films. The Amazing Spider-Man blew the other three out of the water. My favorite scene wasn't even an action scene (the scene where Peter can't listen to his Uncle's last message because he's so grief stricken). The movie was all heart, which is what Spider-Man should be. Not to mention the action had meaning. The Lizard and Spider-Man were playing a kind of king of the hill in The Amazing Spider-Man. Spidey was trying to reach the top of Oscorp tower while Connors was keeping him from reaching the Ganali device. It was brilliant. In Spider-Man 2, while the action of the clock and train was great, it was meaningless. It was pretty much "Hey Spidey! Let's fight!" "ok." There was no objective other than to fight. Not to mention the Raimi films were oozing cheese from start to finish.


But I digress. I think some people may have missed some things in The Amazing Spider-Man that helped me fall in love with it. If you haven't read my part 1 here it is:

http://www.comicbookmovie.com/spider-man_movies/news/?a=78686

Anyway, on to the others.

"Come home Peter, you're my hero." Why did Uncle Ben say this to Peter on his voice mail? The scene with Uncle Ben and Peter in his room is very important. Uncle Ben plays with a rubix cube Peter completed and Uncle Ben actually messes it up. It's suppose to symbolize the difference between the two men and their intellect. Uncle Ben is just a factory worker while Peter has a very keen mind much like his father. So much so that Uncle Ben says he hasn't been able to help with Peter's homework in years. Uncle Ben, in a way, looks up to Peter. While Uncle Ben sets an example morally Peter's intellect is something Uncle Ben admires.

Right after Peter gets bit by the radioactive spider, he catches a fly out of midair. He then lets it go but procedes to put his fingers in his mouth. He is hungry remember? He, on instint, almost ate a fly. Even after letting it go he still can't help himself as he puts his fingers in his mouth like he just had some frosting on them. I like how they gave the film a sense of horror. It reminded me of The Fly by David Cronenberg.

The spider that bit Peter got zapped just like the spider in the comics. Don't believe me? Go back and watch. I'm sure that's what eventually killed it as well. I like how they don't come right out and say they were radioactive or anything of the sort. They just kind of leave all that up to the viewer. They were glowing after all. The extra zap I think was just for the fans. And who knows, maybe it got an extra bit of radiation or something. Good art leaves things open for interpreation.

Peter tells the car thief he is going for more "those guys that do the louge" after the car thief asks if Spidey is a cop. The reason his costume is a louge outfit is simple. If you read a bit about the louge suit they are very aerodynamic, they also breath very well keeping the rider warm when it's cold and cool when it's warm. They're also tear resistant and very flexable which is great for a guy sliding up and down buildings.

At one point it is stated that Spider-Man's webbing is 10x stronger than steel. It was on Peter's computer as he watched the Oscorp video doing a sales pitch of the bio-cables. I just thought that was cool. Most people probably caught that though, so whatever.


Well those are it for now. I only have a few left. If you guys and gals enjoyed these two articles enough let me know in the comments and I'll do the last instalement some time soon. If you hated these two articles make sure to, I don't know, go watch The Avengers again or something. Everyone loved that movie right? If you're still in a bad mood after watching the HULK punch a giant alien in the face there is just no helping you friend. Thanks for reading!

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GuardianDevil
GuardianDevil - 5/11/2013, 4:14 PM
Hers my only serious problem with TASM, at the end of the film he breaks his promise and disregards the responsibility that he learned in the final scene. Makes it feel like he didn't learn a dang thing through out the whole movie, It felt like he had learned before but then he ruined it all by breaking the promise and disregarding the lesson he learned.

There were a ton of other issues, but I would've forgiven them if Peter had actually retained the lesson he learned.

Nice article though, cool fun facts.
GuardianDevil
GuardianDevil - 5/11/2013, 4:30 PM
Like at the start he acts selfishly and irresponsibly, he supposedly learned through out the course of the film.

At the end, he makes a promise to Cap Stacy, to protect Gwen. But does he keep it? No, he instead acts selfishly and irresponsibly AGAIN.
Odin
Odin - 5/11/2013, 5:37 PM
"And Spidey quiped! COME ON PEOPLE! Spidey finally quiped!"
GuardianDevil
GuardianDevil - 5/11/2013, 9:01 PM
@LizardKing
Yeah, I agree. I didn't hate TASM, i had other issues with it (Obviously taking alot of things off of Batman Begins, Peter stalking Gwen, stuff like that) but I would've forgiven them if Pete had accepted/learned responsibility by the end. It seemed as if he did, then they threw on the final scene where he ruins his growth as a character. Just made me mad....
FOOM
FOOM - 5/12/2013, 2:07 AM
What you said Fenix. Funny thing is from the way Peter behaves/is portayed throughout TASM you'd think he's still connected to SM3's symbiote.
I don't think Webb gets it at all.
FOOM
FOOM - 5/12/2013, 7:17 AM
@VIRILEMAN

I've read and re-read a stackload of Spider Man comics in my time including all the Lee/Ditko, Lee/Romita, Thomas/ Romita,Conway/Romits etc runs, Marvel Team Up, Spectacular Spider Man etc etc etc. Hell, I even vividly remember buying Amazing Spider Man #122 from the local convenience store in June 1973 so I don't need a lecture. And yes, Peter did say that in Amazing Fantasy #15 but he said it with the exception of Uncle Ben and Aunt May whom he adored. Never did he ever treat them as badly as Webb's Peter did (even though the comic Aunt May was often one annoying wittering old burden and I probably wouldn't have blamed him if he did). And what's more, he learned the error of his 'they can go hang themselves' attitude when Uncle Ben was killed 'aware at last that in this world, that with great power there must also come-great responsibility!'pretty quickly. Webb's Sidey just got cockier and cockier.
Back to watching re-runs of 'Spidey Super Stories' for you VIRILEMAN.
HOTSHOT
HOTSHOT - 5/12/2013, 7:59 AM
@VIRILEMAN, you use that same argument that Peter was selfish before his uncle died again and again when the topic we're discussing is that he continues to act selfish even after his uncle died. Then you accuse us of not reading the comics. We know that Peter Parker only cared about himself.....until his uncle died. Then he changed and became responsible. Now don't give us that crap about how Peter is still young so he is excused from being hated for his acts. All the other Peter Parkers were young too and they learned responsibility after Uncle Ben's death.

You accuse us of not reading the comics, well then show us the comic where Peter breaks a dead man's promise just so he could keep a girlfriend or just recieve personal pleasure.
GuardianDevil
GuardianDevil - 5/12/2013, 8:32 AM
@VIRLEMAN
I've read tons of Spider-Man comics, Pete STARTS off as a douche but he learns the error of his ways when Uncle Ben dies. He then grows as a character, and becomes one of the most selfless, good, noble and heroic comic characters of all time. A hero you relate to AND look up to....

TASM did a poor job of displaying this, because at the start he's selfish and irresponsible which is a good thing because he's supposed to be that way. But, by the end of the film was he any different?? Was he a changed person??? Did he do the selfless and heroic thing, or the selfish and irresponsible thing?? The second, and he did it after he supposedly learned.

He didn't learn anything, at the very end he's just as selfish and irresponsible as he was at the beginning.
HOTSHOT
HOTSHOT - 5/12/2013, 3:49 PM
Sooo....she forgave him for making her suffer to her father's death all alone and then spitting on his grave at the last second.

You have to admit they did a s*** job of writing there just to secure a happy ending for our 'hero'.
FreedomFreeLife
FreedomFreeLife - 5/12/2013, 7:26 PM
Yet Peter Parker goes after Sandman(without black suit) and still wants to kill him. After Sandman is killed, Peter tells to May(happy smile face) that he killed Sandman(and he does not wear black suit at moment).

So, its Raimi spiderman who break promes, not TASM.
FreedomFreeLife
FreedomFreeLife - 5/12/2013, 7:27 PM
TASM Peter stopped to follow criminals, but Raimi Peter Parker did not. So, Raimi Peter Parker is asshole
WYLEEJAY
WYLEEJAY - 5/12/2013, 11:06 PM
He's still a teenager guys. He has a lot to learn. You don't grow up overnight. Its straight from the comics, he fails to protect Gwen, and she dies. His fault. He has to live with that. The people close to him are his weakness. If he was a flawless character he would be a loner and never let anyone close to him. He's flawed, cause he's human. Even in the comic books. He did end up Marrying Mary Jane after all. How much trouble has that caused her? That's what One more day took away from us. That element that made him flawed. No Mary Jane in danger. Look at how much people complained. No, this film got it right. You will get to say "That's what you get for breaking a promise"! If they kill her off that is.
HOTSHOT
HOTSHOT - 5/12/2013, 11:56 PM
Freedomforlife, what promise did the old Peter break? The old Peter makes mistakes and he's an asshole, the new one does it and he is awesome? Wow.
HOTSHOT
HOTSHOT - 5/12/2013, 11:59 PM
If you had read the comics, you would know that the black suit still influences Peter for a few minutes after he takes it off. He wakes up one morning wearing nothing but his undies, he then smiles about a previous assault on a villain. Then he puts on the suit again.
AC1
AC1 - 5/13/2013, 3:48 AM
Every version of Peter learns responsibility from Uncle Ben's death. However, they also constantly make mistakes that return to bite them in the ass - it's one of Peter Parker's most memorable character traits, and goes hand in hand with his bad luck. It's also the thing Marvel comics gets praised for the most - realistic, fallible characters, who constantly make mistakes and get in their own way.

Plus, while Peter's last line in TASM suggests he's going back on that promise, you never actually see him do so - he could just be saying that to make Gwen feel better, I mean she's just lost her father and she's still madly in love with Peter, he'd have to be a real dick to keep ignoring her, even if her father did ask him to. For all we know, TASM2 could begin with them still broken up or estranged, and the film could deal with them struggling with the idea of getting back together - and, probably, Gwen will be killed before they get the chance to properly reunite, adding to the tragedy and playing out much like the comics.

You guys are too narrow minded. You think you know every single piece of information about the story but you're unable to think about the different possibilities - instead you get hung up on the one that you believe gives you the right to say it was a bad movie. And it was by no means a bad movie. It was very well written, incredibly well acted, well directed, the editing was decent (but the film's main flaw IMO), and it was astoundingly faithful to the spirit of Spider-Man, both the early Lee/Ditko 616 variety and the Bendis Ultimate version, in all the ways that matter, while updating them to fit into a modern context.

And what's all this bullshit about Peter mistreating his Aunt and Uncle throughout TASM? Seriously? You must have lived some ideal, perfect life if you never had difficult times in your life (such as unresolved issues about missing parents, a conspiracy floating to the surface surrounding their deaths, and [frick]ing superpowers and the weight of the responsibility they carry) which led to family arguments. Was Peter wrong in those situations? Probably. But he wasn't mistreating Ben and May, they were arguing, which is something that families (especially ones with teenagers) do.

Or would you have preferred a boy scout ripped out of the '60s wearing a sweatervest, thick glasses, etc, and a matching vocabulary. You know, like the Raimi movies, which as fond of them as I am, have almost no personality at all. Unless you count Peter crying in every other scene as a personality.
Arrow96
Arrow96 - 5/13/2013, 8:55 AM
Great article! Keep posting these, 'cause I find myself everyday waiting on CBM for part 2(Now 3). I really liked how you described the sad scenes, they got me the most. As I said, keep on the good work.
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