A few months ago, Mike and I were discussing the upcoming superhero movies that will be released in the near and distant future. As it turns out, the one movie he and I were the least excited about was The Amazing Spider-Man. It's directed by Marc Webb and stars Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone and Rhys Ifans and it scheduled for a July 3, 2012 release. I'm not saying that we think it'll be bad because that would be a narrow-minded, ignorant opinion about something that we haven't even seen yet; and we're not one of those guys. It also isn't that we think the cast or story/plot is awful because once again, we don't even know. It isn't even that we don't like Spider-Man, because we most certainly do. It's just that we don't care.
It seems just like yesterday that we saw Tobey Maguire flexing his ridiculously ripped physique in front of a mirror and web-slinging through the streets of downtown New York that yet another origin story (in our humble opinion) is unnecessary so soon. And let's face it, being the Sam Raimi fans that we are, we unfortunately left the movie theater sick to our stomachs after watching Spider-Man 3. It's kind of like when a girlfriend takes a dump on your hopes, dreams and heart (which is exactly how we felt when the movie was over). You don't really come out of that relationship eager to jump right into another very soon. So there's just something about The Amazing Spider-Man that doesn't leave us nearly as excited as The Avengers or The Dark Knight Rises.
Maybe it's the anime hair.
Or his Spider-Sneakers.
On thing is for certain, however. The newest trailer did leave me wanting a bit more. I like that we heard some witty remarks that Spider-Man is known for and that we got a better idea of what The Lizard will look like. I am hoping for greatness to come out of this new Spidey flick and I am also eager to hear what others have to say. Feel free to comment or send us a message and tell us how you feel about it.
Summer 2012 can't come soon enough.
-Danny
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