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There is a nice balance. We don't want him to be running his mouth constantly, but a good bit of jokes here and there work, a number that doesn't make you tire of them and roll your eyes. Plus, I for one would rather have three or four great Spidey jokes (Don't call me late for dinner), than dozens of mediocre ones. I think Raimi's films met that balance well, as did the first Amazing Spider-Man. I need to see #2 again soon to determine how I feel about it overall.
Nice post I Agree .
But the way he behaves with Aunt May... now that's being a jerk. He just got her husband killed, the last thing Peter Parker would/should do is add to his aunt's worries.
100 % I Agree with you.
For me, his Peter just had it all: you believed he was a dope that'd never be able to impress anyone, and especially not MJ of all people. You believed the relationship he had with Harry, which was built up throughout the series and not crammed in lazily like it is in ASM2. You believed all of Peter's faux pas and sympathized with his lack of confidence and unbelievable awkwardness. And most importantly of all, you felt his crippling guilt and anger following Uncle Ben's death, and his mission to use his powers for good. Maguire's interpretation honestly had everything I feel a Peter Parker should have.
While Andrew's Pete does a lot of this as well, especially nailing the pain of the character as so many of those important to him die tragically, I don't feel like he is an outsider quite as much, and he often does very show offish things I don't think Peter would do (like the time he obnoxiously kisses Gwen right on the stage at graduation). Even after Peter gets his powers in the comics he's still a very humble and awkward guy, and I don't think he'd do some of the things they've written him doing in ASM1 and 2.
Very well said mate. Garfield may be a better Spider-Man at times but when it comes to Peter Parker Tobey wins for me.
Also...there's a degree of epicness that no other comic book movie has come close to matching with the powerful clip below
That scene gives me chills Always.
http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/nailbiter111/news/?a=112098
Following the mixed critical and audience reaction to the film, star Andrew Garfield revealed that the screen-story had undergone major rewrites and restructuring during production. The original script focused more on the relationship between Gwen Stacey and Peter Parker, as well as the evolution of Max Dillion into the psychotic Electro and Harry Osbourn's descent into madness. During production at the behest of Sony studios, the story underwent a major overhaul to introduce a number of additional characters from the Spider-Man mythos, including Rhino, Black Cat, Dr. Kafka, with allusions to Mysterio, Vulture, Dr. Octopus, and Kraven the Hunter, among others with the hopes of creating a line of spin-off films. For his part, Garfield himself expressed his own disappointment at the deviation from the original story.
I share Andrew's sentiments; such a shame. Sony is so focused on stupid spin-offs that nobody wants to see, some of which wouldn't even have Spidey in them, that they are seriously harming Webb and his team's effectiveness in pleasing fans. TASM2 had an opportunity to be so much better that what we got.
I hope to one day see a director's cut of the film with these bits of flesh placed back on the bones of the story so that it doesn't feel so out of place or convoluted at times. I would give anything to see a director's cut of Gwen's death scene where Harry laughs at her corpse and Peter snaps, beating him into the ground with his bare hands. THAT would have been stellar and so in character for the moment.
The good news is that the screenwriters split up creativity after this film, so we shouldn't be seeing either back for subsequent films.
Because Sony doesn't get it.
The worst thing is that in the film, the scene just ends, and we only see what happened to Harry in the post credits scene. Sony need to think about things other than $$$ for starters, and get their heads out of the gutter with these stupid spin-off pitches.
http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/JoshWildingNewsAndReviews/news/?a=112207
"Sony Hack" Documents Confirm Marvel Wants Spider-Man For CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR
http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/JoshWildingNewsAndReviews/news/?a=112202
Spider-man doesn't deserve and never should have been put in this silly, messy predicament.
http://www.comicbookmovie.com/spider-man/news/?a=112313
Bloody hell, it's amazing what really goes on behind the scenes. I absolutely detest Aviemore Arab, can you believe the guy? Jeez.
Amy Pascal definitely needs to be reprimanded and Arab just needs to be space shuttled away somewhere.
Getting rid of Arad and letting the Russo's produce would definitely help. The best thing to do is just let Marvel do it, Sony have ruined him enough. Was only the start of this year that I was excited about TASM2 and where the franchise was going, now I want nothing more than Sony to let go.
I don't know much of Avi Arad, and always thought he was good at his job because the Raimi films were so good, but looks like I'm wrong. If he is only thinking of making films for the merchandising, he can get the hell out of the picture. I don't know what it is with him and Sony about these spin-offs, but they need to realize and realize fast that nobody wants them, especially if Spidey is absent. We need actual filmmakers, people with creative visions and a love of the craft, not a greedy mindset and sapping imagination for what matters: SPIDER-MAN!
I can't even imagine how Andrew Garfield must feel right now, especially towards Sony's control over the films. He doesn't like how they take out the great content from scripts, just like they screwed Raimi and his team over, so I can't see him too enthusiastic about the future, especially if their behavior continues.
Sony are just idiots. What sense does it make to hold off on a sequel to TASM3 until 2018, when you think the last one didn't perform well enough? TASM3 is, according to Webb, a direct sequel to #2, dealing with Peter's mourning of Gwen, so why wait four years to continue that story when it needs to be made as fast as possible to keep audience interest? By 2018 audiences will have forgotten that arc was even still going on, or wonder why the hell it took so long to continue it. Sony is obviously holding off on #3 because of #2's "disappointing" box office performance, but holding off on sequels doesn't help either. As I said, by 2018 audiences may have no interest invested in a number 3 after waiting so long, and the box office intake could be even worse, especially if Sony screw up with that film like they have for No. 2.
Spider-Man is my favorite comic book hero in the Marvel universe, and he deserves so much better than these fools.
Great post ^:)^
I would say that's on Sony, yes. They wanted Venom in the film, and so the symbiote had to be introduced somehow. Peter gets taken over by the symbiote, and becomes a pompous fool, which we can see in scenes like that montage. The dancing montage and all that other crap wouldn't have been in the film without Sony's involvement.
And I could totally see those bean counters suggesting the script tbe changed to include that moment, hands down.