The After Credits Scene and other nitpicks

[Octoberist]

Originally Posted by Project862006

maybe it's chameleon?

Now that's stretching it. It's Mr. Fantastic. :0

[Eddie Brock]

Nitpick #2: the disappearance of Dr. Ratha after the bridge scene. The man was on his way to distribute an untested version of the Lizard formula on war veterans. Is no one else concerned about this? Did he stop because he saw the Lizard? Come on.

[Excel]

Everything with Captain Stacy was underdeveloped.

[PSYLENTGuardian]

Did anyone else mention how Peter just jumped off Gwen's apartment building without taking his backpack, and then him having the backpack on the bridge?

At least, I don't remember him jumping off with the backpack. My memory is notorious for being spotty at times

[Sidekick94]

I took the post credits scene as a sign that the next villain will be Electro because of the bolts of lightning when the guy disappears. I bet that they will save Goblin for the 3rd film. To be honest id be disappointed if Goblin was the villian again. I WANNA SEE NEW VILLIANS!.

[Sidekick94]

Originally Posted by PSYLENTGuardian

Did anyone else mention how Peter just jumped off Gwen's apartment building without taking his backpack, and then him having the backpack on the bridge?

At least, I don't remember him jumping off with the backpack. My memory is notorious for being spotty at times

No your right he didnt have the bag.

[Project862006]

Originally Posted by Sidekick94

I took the post credits scene as a sign that the next villain will be Electro because of the bolts of lightning when the guy disappears. I bet that they will save Goblin for the 3rd film. To be honest id be disappointed if Goblin was the villian again. I WANNA SEE NEW VILLIANS!.

exactly spiderman has the best rouges gallery outside of batman

[Slushy]

The mystery man was obviously

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Thanos. He is a super powerful alien, literally in love with death.

[psylockolussus]

Maybe its Electro?

[Oscorp]

There's bolts of lightning around that guy? That really makes it interesting

[Drummerdude7]

Originally Posted by Oscorp

There's bolts of lightning around that guy? That really makes it interesting

There's no bolts of lightning around him. There are a few flashes of thunder/lightning before and after he starts talking....just for dramatic effect I'm sure. With all the references to Osborn, i really doubt it could be anyone else but him. Electro would be a nice coincidence though.

[Drummerdude7]

My person nitpicks:

1) The Lizard

Lizard was the weakest point of the film for me. In context, he served his purpose. He looked great, sounded great, and payed great callbacks to his comic counterpart. Curt Connors, as a character, was far too underdeveloped, and the lack of his family in the film was certainly a missed opportunity. Another missed opportunity was the possible father-son relationship between Peter and Curt. I never once got the hint that Curt was anything more than a means for Peter to find out more about his father...they really could have expanded more upon the father/mentor relationship Pete has with Connors. Connors also descended into sinister villainy far too fast for my liking. Yes, the whole "mad scientist thinks he's doing good" was there, but after Curt's first transformation, he became a huge sinister prick almost immediately. It was very jarring and it would've been better to see the formula have a gradual effect on him as opposed to a very sudden one. I was also disappointed to not see a full on screen transformation into the Lizard. In the end, this film was more about Peter, and I'd rather an underdeveloped villain than an underdeveloped hero. Maybe a second viewing will ease my qualms.

2) Ratha's random disappearance

I'm going to blame this one on following spoilers beforehand. There was clearly supposed to be another scene with Ratha in the Lizard's sewer lab that got cut, and as such I kept expecting him to make a brief appearance after the bridge scene. Even the game says he's killed by the Lizard, and yet after Spidey saves his ass on the bridge, he never reappears. Casualty of editing I suppose, but I think his "exit" could have been handled better...especially since he was going to test a volatile formula on the veteran's hospital.

3) Peter's parents

Not a huge deal, but one that could have been spread out in the film a bit more. They deal with it very well near the beginning...it's a big catalyst for Peter, but the mystery seems to be suddenly dropped once Pete gets going as Spider-man. I think the marketing made a big mistake in playing up the line "The one thing that has haunted me the most is finding the truth about my parents." Yes, we learn they die in a plane crash, but a bit more investigating or theories would've been nice. But an explanation in the sequel(s) will have to do for now.

4) The pacing

This only took me out of the film a few times, but everything does feel pretty rushed. I don't mean rushed as in there's a lack of development, but it feels like everything moves along rather quickly. The Lizard is a big casualty of this...one minute he's Connors....the next he's the lizard. Then he runs away because he's reverting to Connors...but we don't see him revert to Connors and then he's the Lizard again.

5) The web fluid.

I did like how Oscorp/Peter's dad were responsible for making the webbing and experimenting in replicating the spider's web. I didn't like how Peter just special orders it from Oscorp. Wouldn't there be a little bit of suspicion with Spider-man's appearance and such a massive order of Oscorp's special cable thread? It would've been nice to see Peter buy a small amount and replicate it himself.

[Reikowolf]

biggest issue with the sequence is that it was in the previews... not much a secret if we knew what it was

[DarthBatman]

Yeah I was hoping for more with the after credits scene if Dr. Connors would of just said Mr. Osborn at least something just to confirm the fact of who it is. It fails in comparison to other mid credit scenes that is for sure.

[Drummerdude7]

Originally Posted by DarthBatman

Yeah I was hoping for more with the after credits scene if Dr. Connors would of just said Mr. Osborn at least something just to confirm the fact of who it is. It fails in comparison to other mid credit scenes that is for sure.

It just seemed to be in there to say "Oh, we're not done with the parents thing yet!"

If they had peppered the parents storyline throughout the film a bit more, the scene would be totally unnecessary.

[DarthBatman]

Originally Posted by Drummerdude7

It just seemed to be in there to say "Oh, we're not done with the parents thing yet!"

If they had peppered the parents storyline throughout the film a bit more, the scene would be totally unnecessary.

Yeah exactly I just know when I was sitting there with everyone that had not heard of any of the rumors of the goblin or really read the comics had no idea what the scene was supposed to set up they were all like what?

[Drummerdude7]

It was more a setup for the future storyline of Peter's parents though, moreso than Norman. The shadowy figure was never given a name, it could've been anyone. We're just meant to assume it's Osborn, given how much he is mentioned in the film.

"Did you tell the boy about his father" insinuates there's more to know about what happened to him, as opposed to who is saying that line.

[Eddie Brock]

Originally Posted by Drummerdude7

It was more a setup for the future storyline of Peter's parents though, moreso than Norman. The shadowy figure was never given a name, it could've been anyone. We're just meant to assume it's Osborn, given how much he is mentioned in the film.

"Did you tell the boy about his father" insinuates there's more to know about what happened to him, as opposed to who is saying that line.

Well, there is more to know. We don't know where they were going that night, and whether or not their accident was an "accident."

[spidermanJLA!~]

I agree. Everything was a bit rushed. And Uncle Ben(Who was actually a very likeable character in this movie) shouldn't have tried to be the hero. He died in a struggle. And I thought he was wise. And to be honest, there were just too many things happening that they couldn't balance it. I wanted more high school moments. More Spider-man moments. More Aunt May moments. But all in all, I can't complain because it was more of a setup film to future sequels.

[Eddie Brock]

Originally Posted by spidermanJLA!~

I agree. Everything was a bit rushed. And Uncle Ben(Who was actually a very likeable character in this movie) shouldn't have tried to be the hero. He died in a struggle. And I thought he was wise. And to be honest, there were just too many things happening that they couldn't balance it. I wanted more high school moments.

But that's what's great about it. It's one thing to give Peter lip service about doing things to help people, but Uncle Ben backs it up. He puts his life on the line to try and do a good thing. Sure, it got him killed, but he was the hero that Peter refused to be!

[Hugebear]

Originally Posted by Project862006

maybe it's chameleon?

Could be. [Man in the shadows] The Chameleon would certainly hide his identity.

[BREAD WARRIOR]

I only had two problems with the movie. Ironically both are in the first half which I thought moved a little fast. Maybe it's just me or I misinterpreted it but here it goes:

1. Uncle Ben's death and it's impact: I really thought the death itself was well done but I really didn't like the fact that Peter didn't take responsibility for his actions. To me it seemed like he only blamed the thief (he was right doing so) and he didn't really recognize that of he would of acted he could've prevented it. And that's what I liked about the raimi movies is that it seemed that Peter blamed himself more than the carjacker and he should feel responsible to some degree. Anyway I realize they were trying to be different but I would've really liked peter to take more responsibility for himself.

2. Peter and Aunt May: This one really isn't that big but when Ben dies Peter just kind there as May is crying he doesn't try to console her or anything he just walks off. And I get that he might've not known how to handle it but he should've tried something.

Anyway just my thoughts.

[Eddie Brock]

Originally Posted by BREAD WARRIOR

I only had two problems with the movie. Ironically both are in the first half which I thought moved a little fast. Maybe it's just me or I misinterpreted it but here it goes:

1. Uncle Ben's death and it's impact: I really thought the death itself was well done but I really didn't like the fact that Peter didn't take responsibility for his actions. To me it seemed like he only blamed the thief (he was right doing so) and he didn't really recognize that of he would of acted he could've prevented it. And that's what I liked about the raimi movies is that it seemed that Peter blamed himself more than the carjacker and he should feel responsible to some degree. Anyway I realize they were trying to be different but I would've really liked peter to take more responsibility for himself.

2. Peter and Aunt May: This one really isn't that big but when Ben dies Peter just kind there as May is crying he doesn't try to console her or anything he just walks off. And I get that he might've not known how to handle it but he should've tried something.

Anyway just my thoughts.

Who says he doesn't blame himself? Just because he never says it doesn't mean he can't feel it.

[BREAD WARRIOR]

Originally Posted by Eddie Brock

Who says he doesn't blame himself? Just because he never says it doesn't mean he can't feel it.

Yeah that's what I mean, not that I want everything spelled out for me in a movie or anything, but I would've liked him to show more guilt instead of acting like its all the thief's fault. I mean I'm sure if someone killed my uncle and I had superpowers I would probably want to hunt them down too but That's all Peter showed. Hatred and Rage not guilt or him feeling like he should've done more. Like Captain Stacy said, he's not fighting for justice he's just trying to fulfill a personal vendetta. It's not until the bridge scene that he truly realizes he has responsibility to help people but even at that point to me he still never showed that he had a responsibility to stop the thief.

Oh and don't get me wrong I loved the movie and everyone in it especially Garfield. He definitely portrayed what was in the script very well and conveyed the emotions he needed to.

[Sticky-Fingers]

I didn't really understand what was special about the spider that bit peter.

Apart from that i really enjoyed the movie as did the crowd i saw it with.

And im pretty sure GG will not be the villain in the sequel as isn't Norman still dieing as the film ends.