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  • Chris Fluit July 3, 2012 at 7:05pm

    I don't.  I'm ambivalent about the new Spider-Man movie.  I'll probably get it when it comes to video but I doubt I'll see it in the theatre. 

    George Poague said:

    And do people want to see Spider-Man's origin AGAIN?

  • Figserello July 3, 2012 at 7:19pm

    How strange that they went for the origin again.

     

    On the one hand it's where the mythic power of these heroes often lies.

     

    On the other, given that everyone knows who Spider-man is and where he comes from, they have an opportunity to jump straight into a great adventure story from the get-go.  Like Indiana Jones, where the viewers knew everything they needed to know about him within 10 mins of the movie starting.

     

    It's a rare thing in movies that the creators have that opportunity.

     

    The audience knowing everything about the heroes was the reason the second movie in each of the series above were so good.  Batman Returns even had a lot to recommend it, weird and baroque as it was.

     

    I don't know why the 3rd movie tends to be so poor.  Too many cooks by that stage?

    • Doc Beechler > Figserello July 3, 2012 at 8:22pm
      Loss of a main vision certainly did in all of the other superhero three-quels. Even Raimi was forced to add Venom and his heart just wasn't in it. I'm hoping that Nolan's Batman is more Return of the King and less Godfather Part III.

      Figserello said:

      How strange that they went for the origin again.

       

      On the one hand it's where the mythic power of these heroes often lies.

       

      On the other, given that everyone knows who Spider-man is and where he comes from, they have an opportunity to jump straight into a great adventure story from the get-go.  Like Indiana Jones, where the viewers knew everything they needed to know about him within 10 mins of the movie starting.

       

      It's a rare thing in movies that the creators have that opportunity.

       

      The audience knowing everything about the heroes was the reason the second movie in each of the series above were so good.  Batman Returns even had a lot to recommend it, weird and baroque as it was.

       

      I don't know why the 3rd movie tends to be so poor.  Too many cooks by that stage?

  • Wandering Sensei: Moderator Man July 4, 2012 at 12:56pm

    I really thoroughly enjoyed this. The friend I went with asked me if I liked it more than the previous set of movies, and I told him that I definitely liked it more than the first one. I wouldn't have thought to go see it, but this friend wanted to and we were getting together for dinner anyway, so I did. I'm really glad I saw it. I guess I wasn't even thinking about the Twilight thing. I suppose, seeing as how they're both youthful, good-looking actors, they could have been in one of those movies.


    Of course, I wasn't going in looking for nitpicks. I wasn't going in expecting to enjoy it either, to be honest. It was just a really fun action movie with some real heartfelt moments in it.

  • ClarkKent_DC July 4, 2012 at 5:38pm

    Chris Fluit said:

    I don't.  I'm ambivalent about the new Spider-Man movie.  I'll probably get it when it comes to video but I doubt I'll see it in the theatre.

    George Poague said:

    And do people want to see Spider-Man's origin AGAIN?

    That's pretty much how I feel, but I think I won't wait that long to see it. 

    I suppose the thought was they had to retell the origin so people would know this is a reboot and not a sequel with a new cast. I would have preferred they did something novel like save the origin for the next movie, if they thought they had to do it.

  • Jason Marconnet (Pint sized mod) July 5, 2012 at 1:21pm
    I really want to see Savages. Safety not Guarenteed looks good, not sure it will open in my town this week though. I'd say I'm more excited for Savages than I was for Spider-man, and Spidey's my favorite hero. However, it's hard to outweigh the anticipation I had for Avengers and have for the newest Batman. I really love what Nolan has done with the Batman series.

    George Poague said:

    This may seem sacreligious (especially on this board), but I'm more interested in seeing "Savages" and "Safety Not Guaranteed" than the latest Spidey and Bats movies.

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