The Amazing Spider-Man Trailer
I am a fan of the first Spider-Man film. It has a classic storyline, a great villain and awesome direction. I am not a fan of the sequels as much. They are not terrible movies but I just think they are a big step down from the first film. I was one of the people that was surprised and happy when Sony announced they were doing a Spider-Man reboot. Then word came out that Marc Webb was involved, along with Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, and Rhys Ifans. I was moderately excited but I would not say the feeling was growing as more and more casting and images leaked out. Now that the trailer is out I can say that I am officially excited.
I am a huge fan of director Mark Webb who has very few credits aside from (500) Days Of Summer, a few music videos and some television work. In this first official trailer for The Amazing Spider-Man it shows the tonal shift that this franchise wants to take. I am fully on board for what it is going for. It seems like the same song and dance in terms of the origin of Peter Parker but giving him more depth as a character. I would love to see a movie that has the (500) Days Of Summer feel and an X-Men: First Class-type origin. Webb has to take his time and make us fall in love with these characters before having them suit up and jump around.
I really like the trailer, the only thing that bothers me is that I do not know how to take the last forty five seconds, which shows a point of view shot of Spider-Man flying from rooftop to rooftop. It seems very amusement park ride gimmicky, and considering the movie will be in 3D that seems to make me take a step back and re-evaluate what this movie really wants to be. I would hope that it is not too focused on 3D considering I am not a fan of 3D at all at this point. It is just a gimmick and money maker, and I have never seen it enhance the story or visuals. I have a better experience with these films on Blu-Ray. The Amazing Spider-Man hits theaters July 3, 2012; check out the official trailer below and see what you think.
Comments (38)
I like this trailer. I am looking forward to seeing more. Hopefully this film is much better than Raimi’s dismal Spiderman 1 and 3.
Posted by Captain N on July 20th, 2011Trailer looks awesome! I’m impressed by everything they’ve done so far. My only gripe is that it’s another origin story, so we already know a big part of the story. I hope they change up other aspects of the film to keep things interesting. The tone for one seems to be a lot different from Raimi’s Spider-Man.
Marc Webb recently said…
[I]One of the things we tried to do was keep the stunts more grounded physically and that was a huge challenge because you have a character whose abilities are superhuman. How do you do that in a way that’s convincing and real?… We spent months and months and months developing rigs so he could swing in a way that wasn’t computer-generated. Obviously there’s going to be enhancements and CG [sequences], but it’s based in a physical reality and that’s a new technique [for this film brand].[/I]
Posted by Napalm on July 20th, 2011This excites me even more.
So, tags don’t work here. Noted.
Posted by Napalm on July 20th, 2011The first-person shots looked a little weak.
Posted by John on July 20th, 2011Napalm: That quote seems odd to me considering that almost all of the stunts in the trailer were CG. I hope it’s true.
Posted by Sean on July 20th, 2011As someone who loves Raimi’s Spider-Man trilogy (even 3 to an extent) I hate this trailer. This looks generic, mopey, humorless and not fun at all. In short, it looks like every other super hero franchise that I don’t care about. Nolan’s Batman films are wonderful, but I hate that in their wake everything else has become “darker” and “edgier.” And the origin story again? Good grief.
Maybe it’s just a bad teaser, but as of right now I have zero interest.
Posted by Nate on July 20th, 2011Meh.
Posted by Andrew on July 20th, 2011Yeah, that swinging was all CG. Vic Armstrong has also been bragging about the real life swinging. Hmmmm.
Posted by dan day on July 20th, 2011Mirror’s Edge, anyone?
Posted by Colin on July 20th, 2011nice, liking the more graphic biological stuff and hints at a more realistic social dysfunction. the cg is to clean but I like the POV idea – will be a roll coaster ride in 3D
Posted by rus in chicago on July 20th, 2011Looks like someone played Mirrors Edge.
Posted by Itchy-finger on July 20th, 2011@Colin, dang you beat me to it.
Glad to know I wasn’t the only one that got that feeling watching the trailer.
Posted by Itchy-finger on July 20th, 2011pov idea is great! but I wish they hadn’t “spoiled” it.
Posted by anton on July 20th, 2011I HOPE the POV idea is not in the actual film. I hate that shit.
Posted by Matt on July 20th, 2011Looks…. Uninspired, boring, casual.
Posted by Chris on July 20th, 2011I wish these reboots would have the guts to skip the damn origin story. We all know Peter Parker got bit by a spider.. just start the story with him being Spider-Man already!!
Posted by Niklas on July 20th, 2011That POV shot looks worse than a video game. Seriously. Just terrible. It’s almost embarrassingly terrible.
Why not just do that with a real camera? I’m sure it could be done, no?
Posted by Joe C. on July 20th, 2011As a nerd and a cgi artist I loved that final scene, as a filmmaker however.. Not that impressed.
Posted by kyri on July 20th, 2011This looks generic and dull. If only someone had the balls to do sixties-set adaptation more in line with Bakshi’s classic animated t.v. show (all psychedelic weirdness and eye-popping post-apocalyptic color).
Posted by T. Heilman on July 20th, 2011Fuck origin stories.
Posted by antho42 on July 20th, 2011Sean: I know, but that came straight from Marc Webb. I hope that end sequence was only for the trailer, although that seems unlikely.
Posted by Napalm on July 21st, 2011Somebody on rowthree hilariously commented: “Peter Parkour?”
Posted by Henrik on July 21st, 2011have you guys&girls watched this leak http://youbentmywookie.com/entertainment/watch-first-teaser-trailer-for-the-avengers-leaked-online-13242
Posted by jay on July 21st, 2011The first-person in 3D is jaw-droppingly outstanding and the free-fall off the building is classic movie magic.
Posted by Matt Gamble on July 21st, 2011Meh… the last 3 films left a bad taste, this movie doesn’t look or feel like its going to change that
Posted by brugal on July 21st, 2011Not to totally geek out but I do like that fact that they seem to be following the original comic story line a little better where Peter meets Gwen Stacy and starts dating her long before Mary Jane.
I liked the Raimi 1 and 2. I thought it was cool that he tried to incorporate Gwen Stacy’s death sequence into the first film with the Green Golbin and the sky cabs scene, but he substituted Mary Jane for Gwen Stacy and of course Mary Jane lived in the movie. Raimi then followed the comic to a tee with the Greeen Goblin’s death. Gwen Stacy’s and Green Goblin’s death was an epic two part story line (ASM #121 and #122) in the original comic and affected Peter for a long time after. I thought it was a game changer for the comic series, someone actually dies and now no one is safe.
Posted by Mikey T on July 21st, 2011I thought 3 sucked shit, it made me hate to like spiderman, but I think this could have disney potential behind it to make it look cool. It can’t be worse that 3.
Posted by mark on July 21st, 2011@Joe C. You are full of shit. I mean really full of shit.
Posted by swarez on July 22nd, 2011Is this supposed to be in 3D? Cause the end sequence is tailor made for that shit.
Posted by swarez on July 22nd, 2011I agree with Swarez on Joe C., but without the harsh language
Effects-wise that POV scene looks good and to be so negative about the quality sounds more like trolling than expressing a taste.
My guess is that the POV-stuff will be in the movie and for good reason: it puts the viewer in Spidey’s boots making it more personal, plus it’s a visual treat that makes it stand out from the previous 3. And I imagine it will look very cool in 3D.
The talk about the stunts for this being more grounded physically and being achieved with rigs: I assume all the “third person action” will be shot that way.
I’d love to see Joe C. try and do the POV-stuff the practical way without getting anyone killed
Posted by Bas on July 22nd, 2011You guys are NUTS and I’m no troll.
How, in ANY way, does that effect break any new ground? The movement of the “camera” as he bounces around looks RIDICULOUS. The buildings look less realistic than in the last two Spider-Man films. When he’s running it looks like I’m playing GOLDENEYE. The movement is so videogameish.
I agree, in 3D, that might be fun, but give me a break. The shot looks more cartoon like than the first Raimi film.
Surely if they couldn’t manage to do a POV shot like that with a real camera(they managed to do high wire work like this in the film I AM CUBA 50 years ago, albeit, not as fast and crazy), they could have AT LEAST blended a real actors arms in the suit with the CGI background. His arms look atrocious in this. Feels like a really really well animated first person videogame.
No thanks guys.
Posted by Joe C. on July 22nd, 2011That shot in I AM CUBA is far more mindblowing than this one. Obviously watching it online can’t do it justice, but still… I for one was hoping for something more interesting than a POV shot. The Spider-Man in the reflection at the end looks as bad as the Spider-Man in Raimis original…
Didn’t they significantly cut the budget for the movie too? I guess maybe that’s mainly in cast & crew since they can’t really survive having subpar effects, but compared to when the Spider-Man 2 trailer introduced Doc Ock and the whole world was blown away that it actually looked like it would work, this is just lame.
Also, too much emo.
Posted by Henrik on July 22nd, 2011Henrik
Agree with you 100% on the I AM CUBA shot(s).
You echo what I said. Compared to the Raimi films, this just looks more serious and less fun.
Posted by Joe C. on July 22nd, 2011Hey Joe C., thanks for mentioning I am Cuba. Never heard of it, but that tracking shot looks amazing so I’ll check that movie out sometime.
I gave the Spider-Man trailer another look, but I’ll stand by my statement that it looks just fine. I agree it’s not 100% believable as a truly filmed shot, because it still has a slightly cartoony feel. But Joe, in your first post you called it ‘worse than a video game’ and ‘almost embarrassingly terrible’ and that’s not a fair assessment imo.
Posted by Bas on July 22nd, 2011OKAY. It’s not “worse” than a video game.
But if I were to put that shot in a movie I made, I’d be embarrassed by it. AND I’M A NOBODY!!!
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Posted by Joe C. on July 22nd, 2011And I stand by my statement that they could have set up some kind of cabling rig, or pole setup that could have flown a camera all around those buildings.
They shot the film on a RED Epic, which is no bigger than a Hasselblad. It’s like a toy. I would have set up a massive amount of piping and cable and shot that camera around the city. They could use computers to erase the rigging leaving an ACTUAL POV shot. Now that would be “Amazing” in 3D, and something that would actually be impressive.
It’d be like when you used to watch Bond films for the stunts.
Posted by Joe C. on July 22nd, 2011What you propose sounds cool and potentially cooler than what we’re getting here. But the POV here still looked OK to me and combined with 3D will hopefully look and feel like you’re there swinging on a web. In the end though, if the acting and script don’t work not even the best stuntwork or cgi can save this movie.
Posted by Bas on July 22nd, 2011I’m excited about this, but I know web shooters were in the beginning, but I got used to organic web shooters; so, I’ll see how this goes.
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