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[Cinema] The Amazing Spider-Man Reboot

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DonkeyMagic said: ↑

This guy looks eurotrashy.
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I never quite grasped how to articulately describe that guy... you nailed it

#61 Royals Ego, Jul 23, 2011

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leaked screen-caps of The Lizard from Comic-Con

#62 tehG l i d e, Jul 23, 2011
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^Can't see those pics. Can you upload it using some other site uploader?

#63 Outlier, Jul 23, 2011
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Nevermind, I searched for it. Looks strange and creepy. A mix of Alien and a dinosaur. I just can't see how this movie could ever measure up to Spider-man 1 and 2. Those movies were epic. Not to mention the music score in those movies, they were fantastic.

#64 Outlier, Jul 23, 2011
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To be honest, I like this suit(Tobey McGuire) a whole lot better.
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Yup. Same here. It's like he's got those Green Goblin eyes . They went young but it's just too serious.

#65 redwhiteone, Jul 23, 2011
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Norton's Hulk was a POS.
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No, Norton's version was very good. Having said that... they need to stop with all the comic/graphic novel movies... 80% of them blow balls.

#66 Nook, Jul 24, 2011
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We do not need some euro trashy. skinny, wuss playing spiderman. I will not go to the theatre to see this garbage. Seriously... do we need women-like men in movies?

#67 Nook, Jul 24, 2011

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Seems pretty sincere to me:
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I do like what I've heard so far about the footage they aired.

There are two scenes that stuck out to me in the nearly 8 minutes of footage we were shown. One is a conversation in his school hallway after being reamed by the principal in front of Uncle Ben for bullying another student (Flash Thompson?). Uncle Ben asks if it was true, that he “humiliated” the boy. Reluctantly Parker confirms, but said the guy deserved it. “Did he? Is he the kid who hit you?” “Well, yeah…” “So, all this is about getting even? If so, you must be feeling pretty good about yourself.” Guilt tripped by Uncle Ben!

They’re interrupted by Gwen who walks into this family dispute as Uncle Ben says that because of this disruption he had to change shifts at work and Peter will have to pick up Aunt May (a change in Spidey’s origin story?). There was an earlier sequence that showed Uncle Ben seeing Gwen on Peter’s computer background. With a smile, he says, “She looks familiar. She’s the girl on your computer. He’s got you on his computer!”

First guilt tripped and then humiliated! The awkward banter that resulted was my first indication that my early trust in this cast was paying off. Garfield’s Parker came across as sweet, good natured, but nervous. “So… uh…” Gwen: “Yeah?” Peter: “Uh… do you wanna… or we could do something else… we could…” Gwen: “Yeah. Yeah. Either one.” It was just sweet and made me instantly fall for Gwen.
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The second scene that told me Andrew Garfield was perfect for Spider-Man was a scene as Spidey, so he has both sides of the coin covered as far as I’m concerned.

The Spidey footage wasn’t an action scene, but really illustrated Spider-Man as a character in a way that the Raimi films, as much as I dig them, severely disappointed in: Spider-Man is a smart-ass and loves to crack wise with bad guys. There are those moments in the Raimi films for sure, but they always felt tacked on to me, not organic.

The scene has a thug break into a car. He sits behind the wheel and Spider-Man, in full costume is sitting in the backseat already. “In the future, if you’re going to steal cars, don’t dress like a car thief.” “Who are you? Are you a cop?!?” Spidey tilts his head. “Really? You seriously think I’m a cop? In a skintight, red and blue suit?”

We cut to Spidey with another thug who is brandishing a knife. Spider-Man raises his hands in the air and gets down on his knees saying (in an exaggerated way): “Is that a knife!?! Is that a real knife?!?” “Yes, it’s a knife!” “No, no! Not a knife! Anything but that!?!” then Spidey webshoots the Thug’s knife hand to the wall behind him and starts playing with the dude, even pretending to sneeze and shooting more web fluid on him.
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”I’m Doctor Curtis Connors. In case you’re wondering I’m a southpaw, not a cripple.” That’s the first thing we hear him say in the footage as Gwen Stacy and a batch of students (including Parker) surround him. “I’m the world’s foremost expert on herpetology. That’s reptiles for those of you who don’t know.”

He instructs the kids that he intends to fix himself and wants them to venture a guess at how. Nobody speaks up and Parker says “cross-species genetics?” Connors is impressed and asks after him.

There was a very impressive shot here that says everything you need to know about Curt Connors… It’s him standing at the edge of a reflective surface. He holds his remaining arm out in front of him and it casts a transparent reflection. The mirrored image looks like a ghost arm and the look on his face is a mixture of sadness and determination.

We see quick glimpses of his lab as he creates his serum, injects himself, and begins changing. We see him grow a very human looking arm, but it doesn’t look quite right. He peels skin off, flexes it, but it’s too pink and too big. Then we see his change. Half his face gets a new reptilian skin. We hear him say, “I’m stronger… I’m beautiful” but in a ****ed up gravely voice as we see him from a distance, holding up his arm in the sewers.

Their big money shot started with two girls standing in a bathroom stall, about to burn a picture of a cheating boyfriend. The toilet water drops out of the bowl, everything rumbles and they run out as the toilet falls through the floor.

From the hole comes a giant reptilian arm as The Lizard pulls himself out of the hole. His face is rounder and has a little original Steve Ditko quality. No lab coat, just naked lizard skin and he’s huge. He looked more like Venom and Killer Croc mixed to me than any incarnation of The Lizard that I’m familiar with.

The girls have their backs against the wall and the Lizard approaches, using his arms to keep them from running. He leans in and sniffs at them in a tight medium shot. The second girl he sniffs and his tongue sticks out and does a licky motion and they cut to black. Then a quick Lizard out of nowhere opening his mouth and swallowing us.
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#68 Oski2005, Jul 26, 2011
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I think it looks awesome. I'm mostly a DC guy but I've always loved Spiderman. From the preview, I'm as excited about this as I was about any of the other great Spiderman movies.

#69 Batman Jones, Jul 26, 2011
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First look(concept art) at the Lizard

#70 pge71188, Nov 30, 2011
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It's a bit insulting to do a reboot in such a short time.

At least wait for the CG to noticably improve...

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new trailer

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#72 Keyser Soze, Feb 7, 2012

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bravo Marc Webb for the trailer, I hope people would get the "Emo Spiderman" out of their minds after watching this, more hyped now to watch it.

still can get over thats Eduardo as Spiderman and Jules as Gwen Stacy, but Emma Stone does look hella good as a blonde, great casting choice

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Not bad. Still hated the costume. Even though I don't like Andrew Garfield but I still think he makes a better Peter Parker than Tobey and by the look of this I like this take on Peter Parker. Lizard cgi look like crap right now. They need to tighten that up a bit. Visually I already hate the lighting or color graded in the out of custome set pieces. Just doesn't fit the visual sense for me. Just too bright and clean looking.

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Damn, that looks awful.

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Still think it's way to soon for another Spider-Man reboot

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If I'm following this thread correctly, If I say this looks bad I get cool points, right?

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damn the new Peter Parker has a GINORMOUS head. Did none of the casting people not notice this? Plus he looks like a white version of Kumar.

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Still think it's way to soon for another Spider-Man reboot
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I'm in agreement. I love the storyline, and I'm sure I'll see the movie...but watching that trailer I was thinking that I've seen this whole thing not that long ago.

#79 MadMax, Feb 7, 2012
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I'm in agreement. I love the storyline, and I'm sure I'll see the movie...but watching that trailer I was thinking that I've seen this whole thing not that long ago.
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Yeah, when the guy asked him who he was, I was expecting him to pull the guy REAL close and whisper "I'm SpiderMan!" and then go on to star in My Life.

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