BLUH. That's the start of my every thought when thinking, pondering, writing about, or debating the upcoming reboot of the Spider-Man franchise, creatively titled The Amazing Spider-Man. Coming less than ten years after Sam Raimi's definitive and massively successful interpretation--be honest, these movies were HUGE, and the first two were smashes both with audiences and with critics--going back to square one seemed, seems, and will continue to appear like a bad, almost tragic, choice. Bad, because at this point the only people who don't know how Peter Parker became Spider-Man are either never going to see a Spidey flick, or live in a hut in Africa, and tragic, because hot DAMN the cast is truly the goods.The issue is a matter of focus--why are we seeing this story again? The trailer and the official line is some vague "mystery" that will be revealed concerning Parker's parents, but even that holds no interest to me. I don't care about Parker's parents, or what their history was with SHIELD, and I especially don't care if they created the symbiote in the Ultimates comics. The reason? Because alive or dead, government spies or not, as long as Peter has Uncle Ben, he has no reason to be Spider-Man. Without that death on his conscience, without the words "With great power comes great responsibility" echoing in his mind, all the intrigue and mystery is just fluff and noise.
The official Facebook page posted seven new images, and none of them do anything to spark my interest. I hate the idea of mechanical webshooters on film, I think Andrew Garfield, while a fantastic actor, is way too pretty to ever sell Parker as a social outcast, and just the look of the film is so...small scale. It's like a pilot for Spidey High, airing Thursdays on The CW. And that's a shame, because Denis Leary is more than likely going to rock as Captain Stacy.
Click the pic of Garfield bringing the smolder to see the full set:
Source: Collider via CHUD
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