USER EDITORIAL: Dissapointing Amazing Spiderman Trailer

USER EDITORIAL: Dissapointing Amazing Spiderman Trailer

After seeing the teaser for the new spidey flick I would have to say the marketing guys failed miserably. Why you ask? Let me tell you.

Editorial Opinion
By Potterman - Jul 21, 2011 05:07 AM EST
Filed Under: Spider-Man

First, the teaser makes me feel like we are going to get a teenage drama for an extended period of time. That is not cool. Lots of scenes of developing a character everybody knows. The teaser really gives me a gut feeling this movie is meant for a younger audience.

Second, the rooftop scene reminds me of the movie doom and every other movie that tried to portray (badly) the first person experience. I don't need to see some cheesy special effects that mimic me being the webslinger. It looks fake, it looks CGI and maybe it will be cool in 3D but I would rather have that experience in a different media.

To me this reeks of a movie aiming at a teenage audience that will try to capitilize on 3D and I am disappointed in that...

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JoshWilding
JoshWilding - 7/21/2011, 5:39 AM
You can't even spell Spider-Man... O_o
Potterman
Potterman - 7/21/2011, 6:06 AM
Yea. Because I really care about the difference between Spiderman and Spider-Man. and this is coming from a guy who has JoshWilding as one word for a name.
ThreeBigTacos
ThreeBigTacos - 7/21/2011, 6:14 AM
You have written a brilliant and well thought out article. As a matter of fact, I think this may be the best article on this site! (Sarcasm)

C'mon now, im glad you can judge a whole movie by it's trailer, can you please teach me how to do that?
Potterman
Potterman - 7/21/2011, 6:18 AM
Haha. I like your sarcasm and i hope i am wrong. I was really hoping to get exciting after seeing the trailer. But after seeing it I cannot. Thats how I feel. Come talk to me this time next year. And if I am wrong I will buy you some tacos.
ThreeBigTacos
ThreeBigTacos - 7/21/2011, 6:21 AM
Haha good comeback and you made me smile... deal :P lol I cannot resist tacos
Potterman
Potterman - 7/21/2011, 6:22 AM
Also if you read carefully all I said was that the marketing guys were aiming for a younger audience based on the trailer. Can you honestly tell me otherwise??
Potterman
Potterman - 7/21/2011, 6:24 AM
deal. But you have to send me some tacos in the meantime because mexican food sucks in Australia.
CaptainMaximum
CaptainMaximum - 7/21/2011, 6:25 AM
Failed miserably ay? Can't I come across an article that doesn't bash trailers so bad? Were you expecting an oscar worthy trailer?
Potterman
Potterman - 7/21/2011, 6:31 AM
I dont care that the trailer was bad. The first Dark Knight teaser didnt even have scenes. just audio.

My problem with the teaser is it makes the movie look like its meant for the new age spidey fans. under 18.
Potterman
Potterman - 7/21/2011, 6:31 AM
I dont care that the trailer was bad. The first Dark Knight teaser didnt even have scenes. just audio.

My problem with the teaser is it makes the movie look like its meant for the new age spidey fans. under 18.
CaptainMaximum
CaptainMaximum - 7/21/2011, 6:33 AM
Raimi's looked like fake cgi when web slinging. They did just start post production not too long ago so maybe it will improve some. I think they added the 1st person obviously for 3D immersion but also so they can give you a clearer idea of spidey's actions, easier to follow. You can actually see where his webs attach to instead it looking like we is webbing off the sky.
Potterman
Potterman - 7/21/2011, 6:38 AM
If they can do something like Transformers 3 when the dudes based jumped from the helicopters into the city I would be impressed. That was superb 3D action. for a movie coming out over 1 year later I hope they do better than that.
CaptainMaximum
CaptainMaximum - 7/21/2011, 6:52 AM
I think it makes sense to make the movie for a younger audience with Spidey being a teen himself. Makes sense for a writer to relate him to younger audience than appeal to an older adult audience. It won't turn into a high school musical so it can't be terrible. Who knows how much of a teen drama it will be but I think it looks like it will be more of a believable hero.
Potterman
Potterman - 7/21/2011, 6:53 AM
haha. please no musicals like spidey 3!
marvel72
marvel72 - 7/21/2011, 7:14 AM
i thought the teaser was good definetly better than the dark knight rises which only showed one good bit & that lasted all of a second.(bane vs batty boy)

this will be the second maybe even first highest grossing film of 2012.

thesymbiote
thesymbiote - 7/21/2011, 7:21 AM
The teaser was different from the Raimi versions. I'll repeat the tone. It was moody and mysterious.

Not once did you see Peter talk about his parents abandoning him, yet throughout the trailer, you could feel that inner turmoil in him about it.

A teaser that can be empathetic like that to me gives a sign of a movie thats very different. And pretty fresh.

The Raimi films were made for younger audiences, it being very "comic-booky" which wasn't a bad thing. The frist Green Lantern trailer was too.

This teaser was filled with emotion. That doesn't sound like a movie aiming directly for kids -____-

As for the POV sequence. People are over-analyzing is WAAAAY too much. It clearly looks like a sequence thats made for the trailer only (first reveal of Spidey in movie). But I actually think its really pretty cool. If people don't like it, I can understand why. But the sequence has NOTHING to do with the quality of the movie. The stuff BEFORE it does.
jjchiofalo
jjchiofalo - 7/21/2011, 7:23 AM
I personally love the direction that the film appears to be headed.
What people seem to forget is that Peter Parker starts as a teenager. The previous movies seemed to forget that, and most of the animated spider-man series forgot that. Based on what I can tell, it sounds like you want to forget that too.
Why criticize a movie because it's showing how a teenager reacts to something? Why criticize a movie that's trying to develop its characters. Sure everyone knows Spider-Man, but showing a new side to Spider-Man can help to distinguish the Tobey "Whiny" McGuire Spidey, from this one. unlike the previous Spider-Man movies, maybe there is an extra dimension to his character instead of the One Dimensional character from previous movies.
OR EVEN MORE LOGICAL. Maybe the movie is reminding the audience that he is a teenager, and he hasn't matured into superhero Spidey yet, and thus the teen angst is necessary.
BigK1337
BigK1337 - 7/21/2011, 7:41 AM
"First, the teaser makes me feel like we are going to get a teenage drama for an extended period of time. That is not cool. Lots of scenes of developing a character everybody knows. The teaser really gives me a gut feeling this movie is meant for a younger audience."

Concidering the fact that Spider-Man WAS a teenager during his time as Spider-Man and that all of his most major problems happen when he WAS a teen. And when you said it was made for a younger audience to relate with, I say NO SHIT SHERLOCK!!! Isn't that like the point of Spider-Man's creation, a great super hero anyone can relate to?

"Second, the rooftop scene reminds me of the movie doom and every other movie that tried to portray (badly) the first person experience. I don't need to see some cheesy special effects that mimic me being the webslinger. It looks fake, it looks CGI and maybe it will be cool in 3D but I would rather have that experience in a different media."

Okay I never watch any movie that utilize first person perspective of filming; but I have to say that is pretty cool. Plus this is a trailer, the use of that method of filming was meant to draw in the audience. And I like the whole feel of seeing through Spider-Man's world.

"To me this reeks of a movie aiming at a teenage audience that will try to capitilize on 3D and I am disappointed in that..."

Again, relatable audience for the film. What the [frick] is the point of making a moive, when you don't seel it to the targeted audience?


WanderingIrish
WanderingIrish - 7/21/2011, 8:05 AM
Spiderman once fought the IRA in Belfast and London - http://wanderingirish.com/2011/06/24/spiderman-takes-on-the-ira/
jjmeylar
jjmeylar - 7/21/2011, 11:41 AM
Whatever. I enjoyed it.
axiouz
axiouz - 7/21/2011, 12:07 PM
The rooftop scene reminded me of Mirrors edge and it looked [frick]ing epic. And the movie will make you eat your words, keep waiting.
axiouz
axiouz - 7/21/2011, 12:07 PM
The rooftop scene reminded me of Mirrors edge and it looked [frick]ing epic. And the movie will make you eat your words, keep waiting.
naterator
naterator - 7/21/2011, 12:42 PM
it was nearly identical to MIRRORS EDGE....lazy bastards
TheAmazingSpiderMan47
TheAmazingSpiderMan47 - 7/21/2011, 12:58 PM
I like the pov stuff, and if they get the fx right it can be AMAZING in 3D, also I like how this movie seems more story driven, and I like showing peters parents history
Blitzed
Blitzed - 7/21/2011, 1:54 PM
I feel the exact opposite. i think the fact that this is obviously a more contemporary take on Spider-Man than rami's films means its geared to a more mature audience.

In regards to the CGI first person scene; it is probably just the introduction to web slinging if its even in the movie at all. Your complaints about the quality are a little ridiculous considering the film is still 10 months away from screening. It was just a teaser.
Frogman
Frogman - 7/21/2011, 3:11 PM
It looks a lot darker than the Raimi Spidey trailers yet you think its aimed at younger people? Besides they're more likely to make money from teen-30ish people than middle-aged in my opinion, so of course it would be marketed for them!
CaptainDC
CaptainDC - 7/21/2011, 3:48 PM
I respect your opinion, but I view the trailer completely different. This looks much more darker, well though out, and fun. This movie looks great just from the teaser, and Batman Begins took the same approach, look how that turned out. I've always wondered what happened to Spidy's parents, and know we can see! This looks great and I completely disagree, CAN'T WAIT TO SEE IT
SpiderBob
SpiderBob - 7/21/2011, 8:21 PM
It seems to me that most haters of this movie grew up on the Raimi flicks which is fair enough,personally I was more disappointed (correct spelling) with Raimi's Spider-man trilogy than I was with the Star Wars prequels,in fact,I was gutted.In my opinion they sucked on every level
Of course this movie will be aimed at a younger audience,I'm nearly forty but will be there to see it as I'm a fan and have been all my life (since I could hold a comic),but not everybody is, not everybody lives in our world so they gotta put bums on seats.
Wait until it comes out then give it your treatment,how the hell can you judge a movie on it's trailer?For all you know the 'drama' sequences in the trailer could be all there is of that and the rest could be your popcorn!And whats wrong with drama?Character development is crucial to story telling and the way Raimi handled that was so rushed and generic it was all by the by.
I'm so relieved that Chris Nolan turned super hero movies on their head with Batman, and that now every studio and director is now approaching the genre in a more mature way,if you want the old costume,no character development,and drama stick to the animations.
molee
molee - 7/21/2011, 9:02 PM
just another raimi fan-boy
FireKnightRises
FireKnightRises - 7/22/2011, 12:31 AM
I hope they don't make him look like some brooding emo boy from twilight
"I have bad childhood!! I hate the world!!" thing, because that's not peter parker

Yeah He always had problems, he bullied in school, become orphan and such but he never give up and always optimistic in life

he had good foster parents like his uncle and aunt that cared and loved him and taught him the best things

he's the heart of marvel universe, you can't change that
FireKnightRises
FireKnightRises - 7/22/2011, 12:31 AM
I hope they don't make him look like some brooding emo boy from twilight
"I have bad childhood!! I hate the world!!" thing, because that's not peter parker

Yeah He always had problems, he bullied in school, become orphan and such but he never give up and always optimistic in life

he had good foster parents like his uncle and aunt that cared and loved him and taught him the best things

he's the heart of marvel universe, you can't change that
Potterman
Potterman - 7/22/2011, 12:37 AM
Actually I am not a fan of any spidey movie to date. 1 and 2 were ok at best. 3 was horrible.
fresthtodeath
fresthtodeath - 7/22/2011, 8:11 AM
Hey guys, been reading this site for years...but decided to join...especially to comment on this particular article.

"First, the teaser makes me feel like we are going to get a teenage drama for an extended period of time. That is not cool. Lots of scenes of developing a character everybody knows."

You're kidding, right? How many times have we said movies have been complete garbage because we don't take the time to develop the characters (Venom in Spider-man 3, anyone)??? It doesn't matter if its a new character or one that we've read for years...sure we love the action of spider-man, but it's really the character of Peter Parker/Spider-man that has made this hero so successful.

Whether you're a long time fan or a first timer, you have to develop the character so it fits within the confines of the film, or else we'll just have another Daredevil film where there is no character development and no dimensions or layers making a pretty dull protagonist (sorry if anyone is a diehard fan of the DD movie).
SpiderFan35
SpiderFan35 - 7/22/2011, 10:53 AM
Is this what passes for an article these days? Two paragraphs? I've seen many longer (and better) comments posts!
I agree with BigK1337, Spider-man was created as a teenage drama and now he is one of the biggest heroes of all time.
Of course they want young people to see it, they want everone to see it! How many people would have kept going to the 45 year old Tobey Maguire movies?
Everything is in 3D now, deal with it. And yes it looks CGI, it's called special and visual effects for a reason. Spidey is jumping and swinging around doing things that are impossible so this is how it gets done. Again, deal.
And the scene in the Doom movie was a nod for fans to the game it was based on, that argument doesn't even apply here.
Cogratulations on an "article" that every person commenting here so far disagrees with.
Toshitheshadow
Toshitheshadow - 7/22/2011, 3:22 PM
You know when I saw this article I was thinking to myself, why the hell was it made? Then, I read the comments and see the creator of the article saying
"First, the teaser makes me feel like we are going to get a teenage drama for an extended period of time. That is not cool. Lots of scenes of developing a character everybody knows. The teaser really gives me a gut feeling this movie is meant for a younger audience."

Wow!!! I was surprised. Listen up folks, if you want to make a movie of a teenage boy with powers, forget the things that make him a teenager and only focus on action. Yh, It sure will get good reviews. :D COME ON!!! This trailer has just sold the movie to me. I know that when I walk into that cinema I'm not going to be watching a re-make of Spider-man 2002, nope. I'm going to watching an entirely different thing that will give me as much joy as the previous one. I can't wait to see this movie.
Jedimosher
Jedimosher - 7/22/2011, 7:29 PM
It is a summer movie and IT IS TRYING TO APPEAL TO TEENAGERS! What are you guys expecting it to be?
efesone
efesone - 7/23/2011, 4:21 AM
You said there'll be a teenage drama and this is not cool. I take it you feel there is no drama in peter parker's life, it's all about drama actually also this is reboot that's why is going to be like teenage drama because everything start in he's highschool years. It's too early to say anything and this is just a trailer, sometimes trailers're good but movies turn out not good as trailer portrays and vice versa. I agreed with jedimosher. This is summer movie and generally for teenagers. This is too early to say bad things IMO.
SpiderBob
SpiderBob - 7/23/2011, 6:14 AM
'My problem with the teaser is it makes the movie look like its meant for the new age spidey fans. under 18.'
How is that new age?It's straight(ish) outta the comics dude,I would say Raimi's turd versions of Spidey were more about pleasing this and that,I reckon this trailer would appeal to a target audience of...fans.
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