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| The Amazing Spider-Man opens July 3rd. |
In 2002, Spider-Man bursted in movie theaters with the single weekend record at the box office. Becoming the first movie to open with a $100 million dollar weekend, the Spider-Man franchise went on to destroy that record twice. As far as the films went, the first two were exceptional and the third...was a movie. Any way, the Amazing Spider-Man comes out in theaters on July 3rd with a new cast and new director. No more Tobey Maguire and Sam Raimi. Hello Andrew Garfield and (500) Days of Summer director Mark Webb. Will The Amazing Spider-Man do just that?
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| Spider-Man 2's train fight was iconic. Can The Amazing Spider-Man deliver the same great action sequence? |
Previously written in this blog in Advice the Dark Knight would give Spider-Man and Vice Versa, Spider-Man's original concept worked well as opposed to Batman's flawed and failed Batman Forever and Batman and Robin. That's why Batman could reboot a lot easier than Spider-Man. Unfortunately, most people have fresh memories of the great films in the franchise. Tobey Maguire's Peter Parker was outstanding and considered by many as one of the best heroes on screen. Raimi's vision for the francise had a very comic style without hindering storytelling. Spider-Man 2 was called the greatest comic book movie ever by Roger Ebert. The franchise has one of the most iconic action scenes in comic movie history with the train top fight between Doc Ock and Spidey, culminating with a runaway train and a mask-less Spider-Man human surfing the people he saved. The first two films were well written, well casted, well conceived and well performed. Again the third installment...was a movie too. How can they top that? By telling another origin story? Come on, gotta give us something this franchise hasn't seen at all.
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| Andrew Garfield takes the reigns as the nerdy web-slinger. |
That's what Sony and Marvel is attempting. This Peter Parker will be snarkier than ever and will show case Parker's scientific side more than the previous series. Gone are Parker's organic web-shooters. Now, Peter has to make his own shooters. Of course, there's going to be the traditional trial-and-error period every superhero has, but this could be different from Maguire's flight into a wall in the original. It will also introduce a new (...or original) love interest- Gwen Stacey (played by Emma Stone). It'll also be the second time a Spider-Man love interest goes from a natural redhead to a blonde as Bryce Dallas Howard did the same in Spider-Man 3. Odd, Kirsten Dunst was blonde that went red for the original three films. This film also has another new villian by introducing the Lizard. Now, the original story had Curt Connors as Peter's teacher. This one appears to go in a different direction. Connors worked at Oscorp with Peter's father. Will their teacher/mentor relationship translate to this new style? Spider-Man has always had one mystery that many fans never got to know: what happened to his parents. As seen in the first teaser trailer, this film wants Spidey fans to see that story. Trailers show great fight scenes with the Lizard and a huge antenna collapsing toward the streets of New York, so fans will get to see plenty of action, but will it top the originals?
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| Emma Stone's Gwen Stacey will develop much different from Kirsten Dunst's MJ. |
Tuesday audiences will get to view The Amazing Spider-Man for themselves. It has a lot to live up to, but also a bit to make audiences forget. What remains to be seen will be the plans Marvel has for the rest of the series and will they mess up the third part as bad as they did originally. If they do, it's no problem. The Spectacular Spider-Man is likely due out in 2023 if there's any hiccups. If it's successful, then this franchise can swing it's way to new heights.
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| The Lizard is unlike any previous Spidey villain. Can he compete with the Green Goblin and Doc Ock? |
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