[Film] The Amazing Spider-Man

[chee]

Not to mention the gravy monkey.

Why do my shoes hurt?

[spidey401]

Yeah, the SM3 wasn't as good as I hoped it to be as well, but it was decent. But a 4th installation with Carnage huh? Hopefully this one isn't all over the place.

[LIGHTFIRELT]

None of the previous Spider Man movies have failed imo because all of them did what they were intended to deliver, superhero action with a twist of emotional drama. Emo-Parker furthered the concept of a vulnverable hero.

[Guyver Spawn]

Some updates on the sequel:

http://splashpage.mtv.com/2009/04/06/sam-raimi-says-spider-man-4-villains-wont-be-announced-until-script-is-finished/

By July we should get some info on the lead villain.

[Guyver Spawn]

The official poster is here and Sam Raimi expressed interest in putting Morbius in the upcoming fourth film.

http://www.worstpreviews.com/images/headlines/temp/temp1550.jpg

http://showhype.com/story/spider_man_4_villain_might_be_morbius_the_living/

[BattleMonkey]

Enjoyed the first 2 spidermans, so I'll stay optimistic. I don't like being one of those people that act like one bad entry in a series magically ruins the good parts. 3 had some great moments in it, but it was a big mess thats for sure.

[xtr00kvltcorex]

SM3 was a muddled soup of too-many villains (including an unfleshed out Venom) and too much "I love u, no u don't!, that OUR kiss!" crap. it would have been better to skip sandman and focus on Venom.

That said.

SM4 should take not from SM2 and have ONE credible and amazing villain, i.e. Doc Ock, IMO one of the best super hero villain performances ever.

[Gendo'sPapa]

Boo.

Kirsten Dunst is returning as Mary Jane.

Well that's my first personal strike against Spider-Man 4.

http://www.latinoreview.com/news/disaster-averted-kirsten-dunst-returns-as-mary-jane-watson-7080

[THE Hal E. Burton 9000]

hate to be devil's advocate here, but what else should happen?

kill off Mary Jane, or come up with another excuse to write her out and leave only Gwen Stacy?

or really go batsh*t crazy and replace Dunst with some other chick who can pull off green eyes and red hair as MJ?

maybe introduce Black Cat in some way as a replacement?

not be an arse here, she got on my nerves during the third film too, but I don't see how best to transition without Dunst

[Eva Yojimbo]

I think they made a big mistake when they didn't do the Gwen Stacy storyline. This would've left more room for developing the Peter/MJ relationship with later films. SM3 sucked all kinds of ass from every conceivable angle. The villains were handled terribly and lacked any of the depth and humanity that those in the first 2 did. That 70s Show kid was a terrible choice for Eddie Brock, who is NOTHING like the Brock in the comics, and Venom really got the short end of the stick in terms of story. But what's worse was the whole "Peter going bad" with the Black Costume. I thought it was quite hilarious that their idea of him being 'bad' was walking in the street with a leather jacket and pointing at people like Fonzie.

Here's hoping 4 will be an improvement. I always liked Carnage and the whole Symbiote storyline, so we'll see.

[BattleMonkey]

Kristen as MJ was fine, the problem was they put way way to much focus on the "romance" aspect of Spidey's life. MJ's role really should be toned down. In the comics MJ becomes a very supportive aspect of Spidermans life and not a source of conflict as it was in the last 2 films.

Really no one seemed to hate her till Spiderman 3... it's just another one of those things where everyone takes Spiderman 3 and apply it to the previous films.

[Guyver Spawn]

Been while since I updated this thread. Sorry for the bump (did not wanted to make a new one), but looks like Vulture is the next choice for the main villain.

http://movies.ign.com/articles/105/1053073p1.html

[Uriel Septim VII]

I'm hoping there'll be a symbiote from space that increases Parker's funk level by 300%... There will be a dance scene.

[Guyver Spawn]

Sam said he was never a Symbiote fan, and too bad we are not getting The Lizard. Well there are two more sequels after this if the 4th movie does well enough.

[GasmaskAvenger]

I don't want to see Venom in another Spider-Man related film unless the director actually fuckin' respects the character

even though Sam mostly redeemed himself with Drag Me to Hell, i'm still fuming that despite making some wild-ass films in the past, he doesn't care for Venom

talk about uber contradiction


now...as long is its actually Spider-Man & not like "Peter Parker 3", I can do okay with it

now...for friggin' sake, get Lizard in the forth film!

looks like Vulture is the next choice for the main villain.

http://movies.ign.com/articles/105/1053073p1.html

i'm sorry, but Vulture is BOOORING

I would take Lizard, Craven the Hunter, Mysterio, Chameleon or hell, even Rhino over Vulture

we want to see Spidey fighting and shooting his web everywhere, no the love problems of Peter Parker, we already know that, just give us action

I agree with this dude. Hell, I want to see Spidey making puns, not moping

leave the angst to our boy Shinji, not Spider-Man (Sure, he mopes in the comic too, but I at least like to see the more sarcastic side of Spider-Man REALLY shine in this one)

[FreakyFilmFan4ever]

Eh. They need to spend less time with the love story, that's for sure. But it should only be used as a bit part to flesh out peter's conflict between his personal life and his extraordinary life. Kinda like how it was used in the first two films, instead of the third film where it almost became One Tree Hill with spider webs.

[GasmaskAvenger]

the lack of focus of Spider-Man (& underutilization of the costumes) in Spider-Man 3 led to me renaming it "Peter Parker 3"

why the mask always came off or got torn in it so many times?

just...why? It's not Spider-Man if what we came for hardly showed up in the film at all

[FreakyFilmFan4ever]

why the mask always came off or got torn in it so many times?

just...why?

Sam Raimi like seeing emotion in our hero. That's understandable, I guess. And it was kinda touching when it happened in the first two films. But in Spider-Man 3 it got gratuitous very fast.

[Gendo'sPapa]

Seems like the studio didn't learn there first lesson after undermining Sam Raimi in the script stage and forced him to bring in the whole Symbiote Venom stuff.

http://www.cinematical.com/2009/12/17/spider-man-4-delayed-working-title-is-spider-m4n-wtf/

For a while I had some hope but it looks like because the studio is going to fudge with the director's vision from the start Spider-Man 4 (refuse to call it Spider-M4N) is going to be a full on retread of the third film.

[Fazmotron]

Spider-M4N

:-{|

Thats pretty bad.


I like what someone said in the comment section.

Doesn't have a completed script? That never stopped a movie studio before. In fact I'm pretty sure Spider-Man 3 still doesn't have a completed script.