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[Dany]

What a qoute whore

 

[SmithnCo]

A young buckamazing-spider-man-review made testy by grief, a rebel without a comb, Garfield nails all bases here, star DNA aglow. Stare-y eyes melting, he’s winningly earnest; lithe of physique, he delivers in the dust-ups; blithely gatecrashing Gwen Stacy’s bedroom, he gives good dreamboat. (Total Film)

lol What the fuck?

"blithely gatecrashing Gwen Stacy’s bedroom, he gives good dreamboat."

 

[SRG01]

lol What the fuck?

"blithely gatecrashing Gwen Stacy’s bedroom, he gives good dreamboat."

I think the writer is still swooning.

 

[faceless007]

"gives good dreamboat." LOL, I want that to become a meme.

 

[Nlroh]

 

[Salvor.Hardin]

I'd love to give Emma Stone a good dreamboat, ifyaknowwhatimean.

 

[AgentChris]

I'd love to give Emma Stone a good dreamboat, ifyaknowwhatimean.

 

[Escape Goat]

I'd love to give Emma Stone a good dreamboat, ifyaknowwhatimean.

Is your dreamboat full of seamen?

 

[TrumanBurbank]

Now that this seems to be a good movie, I wish they hadn't shown so much in the trailers.

 

[Rafa=FedKilla]

That is one of the worst written sentences of all time.

Sounds like a sentence Expendable writes on his website or whatever the fuck he goes by now.

 

[Escape Goat]

Sounds like a sentence Expendable writes on his website or whatever the fuck he goes by now.

Expendable changed SNs? I guess I'll know once he starts pimping new movies.

 

[ViewtifulJC]

Just wait until the Top 10 movies to see in July, he'll link to his blog a few times

 

[Nemo]

Posters of this on the streets are looking fine as hell. I should contact my friend working and hook me up with one of those. They're huge

 

[Matrix]

And here we go.....


Devin Faraci ‏@devincf
Have been invited to a last minute courtesy screening of SPIDER-MAN. I believe it's 10 hours after embargo goes down.

That piece of shit gets to see it first.... ugh disgusting

 

[Kanyon]

Are we still taking suggestions for the official thread?

The Amazing Spider-Man |OT| Does anything a reboot can?

 

[Messypandas]

The Amazing Spider-Man |OT| Webb Shoots; Horner Scores

 

[Good Job Bob]

The Amazing Spider-Man |OT| He Gives Good Dreamboat

 

[Dany]

People care more about the witty OT than they do about the actual film.

Says a lot.

 

[Escape Goat]

People care more about the witty OT than they do about the actual film.

Says a lot.

I don't know how you came to that conclusion but okay.

 

[Messypandas]

People care more about the witty OT than they do about the actual film.

Says a lot.

The Amazing Spider-Man |OT| People care more about the witty OT than they do about the actual film.

 

[Dany]

I don't know how you came to that conclusion but okay.

big tentpole blockbuster summer film and everyone here seems all 'meh' on it.

 

[noah111]

I really do wonder if they're going to do that. Especially with how it actually happens

Spoiler

Peter's web snaps her neck

. It's way too fucking grim for a Spider-Man film.

I don't think so. They don't need to follow it by the numbers exactly, but

Spoiler

she could already be dead before he even catches her

for example. But just thinking about that scene on the big screen gives me fucking shivers. If they do it right, the fucking agony of it could be translated so well. Guuuuddd.. I hope they don't do it in the sequel, it needs to happen in the third movie or the fourth, but not the second. That'd be too soon imo and we wouldn't have grown enough of an attachment that would make it impact full enough as on the comic level.

Marvel wouldn't want this movie to fail. Spider-Man 3 sucked but, as we can see right now, Spider-Man is still one of the big three names of comic books. If Amazing Spider-Man fails, that'd only hurt whatever attempt at relaunch Marvel Studios would make. Especially considering Sony does seem to be more willing to cooperate with them in the future.

Yeah i'm not buying it as well. There may be internal strife between the employees or something but nothing grand enough to indicate a big agenda by Marvel Studios or anything.

I never doubted Garfield. He's amazing.

Same here, he's a great actor and more importantly he KNOWS spider-man. The way he movies and acts in some of even the Parker clips give me such an Ult. vibe, I think he's going to nail it.

Really happy that part of the movie is getting praise, because it's the most important thing to swing over the tobey fans (which there are many of; laymens) into accepting a new Spidey/Parker.

 

[EliteArtist]

I don't think so. They don't need to follow it by the numbers exactly, but

Spoiler

she could already be dead before he even catches her

for example. But just thinking about that scene on the big screen gives me fucking shivers. If they do it right, the fucking agony of it could be translated so well. Guuuuddd.. I hope they don't do it in the sequel, it needs to happen in the third movie or the fourth, but not the second. That'd be too soon imo and we wouldn't have grown enough of an attachment that would make it impact full enough as on the comic level.

In any way, shape, or form I would love this as well. I think the

Spoiler

neck snap

is doable and being very close to the source material. The worst part would be the audible noise. If the director chooses to get rid of all audio in that scene then it can easily be powerful. The only problem is the studio might not want to go in that direction.

 

[Salsa]

big tentpole blockbuster summer film and everyone here seems all 'meh' on it.

Im super excited to see it, but you cant blame other people when the project is pretty risky. It's soon after Raimi's films and the reviews havent been ALL great

 

[noah111]

In any way, shape, or form I would love this as well. I think the

Spoiler

neck snap

is doable and being very close to the source material. The worst part would be the audible noise. If the director chooses to get rid of all audio in that scene then it can easily be powerful. The only problem is the studio might not want to go in that direction.

If they don't do it by the fourth movie i'll be pissed. It HAS to come, this is Gwen and it's part of her story, ignoring it would be some mega bullshit even by studio standards.

If they do things right, they would introduce MJ and Harry in the sequel (possibly dating) and "do" Gwen in the third movie, with the fourth being about his loss and slow but steady MJ involvement. I think that whole 'two love interests' thing could play well with the modern/contemporary tone of the reboot, dare I say twilight style.

Love is an iffy thing in movies so it'll be interesting how/if they convince people that Peter falls in love with MJ so soon after Gwen..

Also, another good (real) review.

 

[EliteArtist]

If they don't do it by the fourth movie i'll be pissed. It HAS to come, this is Gwen and it's part of her story, ignoring it would be some mega bullshit even by studio standards.

If they do things right, they would introduce MJ and Harry in the sequel (possibly dating) and "do" Gwen in the third movie, with the fourth being about his loss and slow but steady MJ involvement. I think that whole 'two love interests' thing could play well with the modern/contemporary tone of the reboot, dare I say twilight style.

Love is an iffy thing in movies so it'll be interesting how/if they convince people that Peter falls in love with MJ so soon after Gwen..

Also, another good (real) review.

Makes me think what would happen if the movie did a time skip the same way the Raimi movies did with there being a two year interval between all the films. Wouldn't fit with the whole "highschool" setting they're going for, but even just a year passing would be acceptable. I may just want to see Harry and Pete in college together. By the way, do we know how old Peter is in the film? Or even, what grade he's in?

 

[the anime man]

The Amazing Spider-Man |OT| I'm back! I'm back!

 

[rekameohs]

The Amazing Spider-Man |OT| Dreamboating Emma Stone

 

[noah111]

Makes me think what would happen if the movie did a time skip the same way the Raimi movies did with there being a two year interval between all the films. Wouldn't fit with the whole "highschool" setting they're going for, but even just a year passing would be acceptable. I may just want to see Harry and Pete in college together. By the way, do we know how old Peter is in the film? Or even, what grade he's in?

Gwen is supposed to be 17 in the movie iirc, so Peter is probably as well. That would make them seniors or juniors (probably the former) so in their last year of high school, setting up a graduation for ASM2.

Unless that happens in this movie and just not a big deal (which I doubt).

 

[EliteArtist]

Gwen is supposed to be 17 in the movie iirc, so Peter is probably as well. That would make them seniors or juniors (probably the former) so in their last year of high school, setting up a graduation for ASM2.

Unless that happens in this movie and just not a big deal (which I doubt).

I think ideally I'd want ASM = Senior year, ASM 2 = Freshman in college, ASM 3 = Sophomore in college. I'm not quite sure as to why, but I feel that it would be a great progression. And if there is an ASM 4, then continue on with the yearly skip.

 

[Kammie]

Listening to the soundtrack on Youtube. It's weird... at times it makes me think of Harry Potter, at others a Shyamalan movie, or Danny Elfman... instrumentation-wise it's all over the place, too, it's not just a standard score.

I get the feeling that it's *really* going to stand out. It doesn't feel subtle at all.

It's not bad, but just... weird.

 

[Pachimari]

Are there any English reviews of yet, as the embargo ended today?

 

[noah111]

Holy shit, apparently Laura Ziskin died? She's been a producer on all the spider-man movies and I remember her from the hours of extras on the SM2 DVD set, and even in interviews for ASM. :\

[edit] ASM's production designer died too, wtf.

 

[Salvor.Hardin]

Emma admits that Rhys Ifans scared the shiz out of her while filming!

Emma recalls:

"I was in the closet and The Lizard is talking to me when I'm hiding. And the actual lines for the Lizard are, like, 'I can smell your perfume' and they were playing over the loud speaker for me. But I asked Rhys to record something that would just really, truly terrify me. Not as Gwen, but me as Emma."

Not only did Rhys agree to do it — he did it really really well!

Emme confesses:

"He said some horrifying, horrifying things. It was awful. And he was so incredible to do it, but everyone on set was like, 'I'm going to have nightmares.' It was like being in a horror movie…He terrified the crap out of me…which was so amazing of him to do."

There has to be a recording somewhere out there of this and I need to hear it.

Btw, did anyone check out Tuesday's episode of The Daily Show? Dennis Leary was on and it was pretty hilarious when Jon asked why he signed on to the reboot when he already played the green goblin in Raimi's films.

 

[Salsa]

Both looking a bit interesting for the Paris premiere. Garfield is way too awkward of a human being to be rocking that look.

she looks just awful here, like an old lady

get back to eating and lay back on the make up

 

[SLEEPS7ALK3R]

she looks just awful here, like an old lady

get back to eating and lay back on the make up

You seriously think she looks awful? /facepalm.

 

[neorej]

There has to be a recording somewhere out there of this and I need to hear it.

I'm curious for this as well.

Btw, did anyone check out Tuesday's episode of The Daily Show? Dennis Leary was on and it was pretty hilarious when Jon asked why he signed on to the reboot when he already played the green goblin in Raimi's films.

Yes, that was hilarious, especially since I dropped in on the Daily Show while the interview had already started and I was wondering what the hell Willem Dafoe was doing there, promoting ASM

 

[noah111]

Btw, did anyone check out Tuesday's episode of The Daily Show? Dennis Leary was on and it was pretty hilarious when Jon asked why he signed on to the reboot when he already played the green goblin in Raimi's films.

Bahaha they even joke about how he looks like Dafoe in an episode of Rescue Me.

 

[Salvor.Hardin]

Goran from SHH gives two thumbs up (I don't know who the fuck this guy is but the posters seem geniunely happy to hear from him).

watched the film yesterday.... And i absolutely loved it! Andrew is the perfect peter parker! I'd give the film 9 out of 10 points! The pacing was a little too fast. There were moments where i really started crying, maybe because I've been waiting so long for this, it was such a relief to watch it ultimately.

 

[megashock5]

goddamnit. This is exactly why I don't read comics anymore. I used to love reading Spider-Man comics but they just keep piling on this type of garbage to the point where I refuse to read them now.

I read 60s-90s at this point. Nothing newer than that. I have loved the Peter Parker/Spider-man character since I was 5 or so, and I hate what Quesada has done to him more recently. I quit new comics and started back at the beginning with the Marvel Masterworks Spidey volumes.

In my world Peter and MJ never split up.

 

[SmithnCo]

The Amazing Spider-Man |OT| He Gives Good Dreamboat

The Amazing Spider-Man |OT| Does Whatever a Dreamboat Can

 

[The Elite]

He's looking old as fuck.

He looks like he could pull of a college age Parker, which is exactly what I want.

 

[Busty]

Is it just me or does the '$125m gross over 6 days' number that's being banded around sound a little low?

It's by no means bad or a 'bomba' but considering it's Spider-Man and opening over the 4th July holiday it seems a little off to me. Unless the studio is deliberately down playing the numbers of course.

He looks like he could pull of a college age Parker, which is exactly what I want.

That actually sounds quite interesting to me. Parker at college, still fighting crime and transitioning into adult life already loaded with responsibilities.

 

[brandonh83]

Holy shit, apparently Laura Ziskin died? She's been a producer on all the spider-man movies and I remember her from the hours of extras on the SM2 DVD set, and even in interviews for ASM. :\

[edit] ASM's production designer died too, wtf.

That's messed up, looks like he was working on Django too. I knew about Ziskin but not him.

 

[witness]

Is it just me or does the '$125m gross over 6 days' number that's being banded around sound a little low?

It's by no means bad or a 'bomba' but considering it's Spider-Man and opening over the 4th July holiday it seems a little off to me. Unless the studio is deliberately down playing the numbers of course.

The thing is that the 4th of July is a fucking Wednesday this year so most are going to have to wait until the weekend to see it so it's not going to just explode out of the gate.

When are we getting American reviews?

 

[zomgbbqftw]

Is it just me or does the '$125m gross over 6 days' number that's being banded around sound a little low?

It's by no means bad or a 'bomba' but considering it's Spider-Man and opening over the 4th July holiday it seems a little off to me. Unless the studio is deliberately down playing the numbers of course.

Studio downplaying and lowering expectations. The hype levels have exploded over the last week or so and I think over the next couple of weeks TASM will continue to explode as Sony kick up their promotional activities another level.

I would guess $175m 6-day as a bullish estimate, $160m is slightly more realistic, but I think any where between $155m and $190m is possible over the 6 day period.

 

[noah111]

^Yeah, they don't know exactly how things are going to go down at the end of the day. Could be a total bomb, could be a surprise hit with proper word of mouth. Who knows..

Goran from SHH gives two thumbs up (I don't know who the fuck this guy is but the posters seem geniunely happy to hear from him).

Saw this as well, this stuff gets emotional for the hardcore spidey fans. :lol

They had college-age Parker in the Raimi films but he was still getting picked on which seemed strange to me. Even post college Parker would be great. I really want them to jump ahead and move away from the high school stuff for the next film.

It would be stupid for them not to. Maybe not college, but they will at least have them graduate. It doesn't seem ASM will have big time skips like SM1 or the others did, though. (which is a general plus imo)

 

[The Elite]

That actually sounds quite interesting to me. Parker at college, still fighting crime and transitioning into adult life already loaded with responsibilities.

They had college-age Parker in the Raimi films but he was still getting picked on which seemed strange to me. Even post college Parker would be great. I really want them to jump ahead and move away from the high school stuff for the next film.

 

[Salvor.Hardin]

They had college-age Parker in the Raimi films but he was still getting picked on which seemed strange to me. Even post college Parker would be great. I really want them to jump ahead and move away from the high school stuff for the next film.

What was really soul crushing about college Pete in Spider-Man 2 is that he has zero friends. Harry was kind of a friend but it was pretty clear they didn't really hang out or anything. There are a few shots of Peter just sitting in his room, alone. I don't know how Raimi pulled it off but the film creates an environment of intense depression surrounding Pete that was so easy to overlook for the escapist adventurism of the Spider-Man scenes.

Saw this as well, this stuff gets emotional for the hardcore spidey fans. :lol

It's hard not to get emotional for an actual underdog Spider-Man movie. Just the run up to this film itself encapsulates so much about the character.

 

[neorej]

Give me a movie with retirement-home-Parker. I want to see how THAT pans out.