Part 1
http://www.comicbookmovie.com/spider-man_movies/news/?a=78686
and Part 2
http://www.comicbookmovie.com/spider-man_movies/news/?a=79380
for those of you who may have missed them.
Like I said, I only have a few more left. But these are a few things I think people might have missed while watching "The Amazing Spider-Man."
All three Raimi films have an American flag splashed on screen as a tribute to the 9/11 attacks and because Spider-Man is an American hero. Most people think Webb dropped this homage. That isn't true, he just toned it down. Remember the scene with all the crane operators? The scene where the father of the child Spider-Man saves says "Hey Kowalski, you're getting over time!" Right after that line the camera moves up to a shot of a big American flag on a building. Most people missed this, but it was obviously in keeping with a tradition Raimi started. I for one love the homage and hope we get it again in the sequel.
Peter gets himself into a fight in an alley-way while asking some guy when was the last time he was in Queens. After beating the guy up for a few seconds a bunch of the guys buddies run into the alley to give their friend a hand. At this point Peter looks up and runs away from the group of guys. Most people didn't understand this scene seeing as how Peter could beat up all five guys no problem. He did after all beat up an entire group of armed New York City SWAT officers without breaking a sweat. So why did he run away from five back alley punks? Because he didn't want to reveal he had superpowers, nor was he trying to make the news that night. We know this from the fact Peter runs away and does some minor flips here and there. When all he needed to do was take a giant 30 foot leap and make it to the roof. But they had all seen his face and every one of those guys would have called the news to report the fact they just saw a man jump 30 feet into the air after being assaulted by him. Which is also why he climbed the side of the building without sticking to it when all five guys could still see him. But the moment Peter was out of view, he sticks to the wall. He even looks down to make sure they cannot see him before he makes the jump and sticks to the other building. He was being very careful not to show that he had superpowers. That is why he ran. If he had stayed and beat up all five guys, he would be all over the news as some kind of superhuman that five guys could give a discription of what he looked like to the police and media. The way Peter played it out was some parkour kid punched a back alley pimp that was smacking around some poor woman. That doesn't make the news.
That last one was pretty lengthy, which is why I saved it for last. Thanks for reading. I hope you guys enjoyed these write-ups! Here's looking forward to the next Spidey film. I'll be back to make sure you guys don't miss a thing.