The Amazing Spider-Man ASM: Stuff You Didn't Like Thread

[Golgo-13]

1. I didn't like that he revealed himself already to several people.

2. I didn't like the relationship between Peter and Gwen. That scene where he webbed her and brought her to him was very cheesy.

3. I wish they would have shown how he developed the web-slinging contraption and also his outfit. It was all too quick.

4. I didn't like how sometimes his hands stuck to things and sometimes they didn't. Wasn't consistent.

5. Didn't care for the basketball scene, too cheesy for my tastes. I mean he's flying through the air, up above the rim of the basketball goal, and no one seems to think nothing is odd about that? Or that a ball is stuck to his hand and a strong boy can't pull it away with both hands? Nobody thought that was odd, especially a guy who was wimpy before?

6. How did Spiderman get in that car before the thief? The thief had to use a device to get in, but Spiderman was already in there?

7. All those lizards in the city going to where Dr. Connors was hiding? That was silly, especially that they were crawling on the web to get there. What purpose did that serve? Why were they drawn to him? There are Lizards like that in NYC?

8. I did not like how Peter was bitten by the spider.

So in other words, you didn't like the movie?

 

[Jexx]

Well, he didn't like that peter was bitten by a spider.

(I know he didn't mean it that way, but it can be misconstrued)

 

[AF3619]

George Stacy didn't really get enough real time to develop in my opinion.

the character needed more screen time or development

 

[Thundercrack85]

I had three really.

Uncle Ben's death. Really, he threw his life away. What normal person (even a brave one) tries to grab a gun like that? In the Raimi version (before the terrible retcon in the third movie), it was a violent murder. Here it was just Uncle Ben needlessly trying to be a hero.

The mouse turning into a lizard. It was meant to be creepy, but it just looked really silly. They should have cut that.

The crane scene was very forced, and unnecessary. Seemed out of place in the film.

 

[Eddie Brock]

Uncle Ben's death. Really, he threw his life away. What normal person (even a brave one) tries to grab a gun like that? In the Raimi version (before the terrible retcon in the third movie), it was a violent murder. Here it was just Uncle Ben needlessly trying to be a hero.

The kind who practices what he preaches. Ben assessed the situation, realized that this guy posed a threat to the safety of others, and saw an opportunity to protect others. "Not a choice, a moral obligation." He died for being the hero that Peter neglected to be.

 

[Thundercrack85]

That's just silly. Kantianism gone mad. It's a miracle he survived this long.

They could have done better.

 

[Jexx]

uhh.. I would of tried to grab the gun.. at least I hope I would.. and I'm not even that brave..

And the mouse turning into a lizard was there to show how Peter 100% knew Curt was The Lizard.

 

[Shazam]

Why did Peter need the Lizard to grab his hand and pull him up at the end, while dangling off the side of the building???

Did Pete lose his wall clinging powers??? His own Spider Strength?? His agility??


At the least, he's not gonna fall ......

Was that just for drama's sake and to humanize Connors??

 

[Jexx]

I think it was Peter wanting to give Connors a second chance. So yes, to humanize Connors.

 

[Thundercrack85]

Conners wasn't really a villain. He risked his own life just so Oscorp wouldn't experiment on veterans. Then he went insane. But he was a decent guy. Even noble.

It did show us that he was back to his old self.

 

[Majmun]

Well, he didn't like that peter was bitten by a spider.

(I know he didn't mean it that way, but it can be misconstrued)

Hahahah, nah, I just didn't like how it went down.

 

[Lorus]

There were a host of areas where I feel the film doesn't work but if I were just to point out two things for now, they would be as follows:

Unless I missed something, the spider that gave Peter his powers was one of the many GM spiders that Oscorp seem to have dozens of and the employees come into contact with fairly regularly. This seems like a massive oversight, also Peter seems to give up on the quest to work out what happened to him, or doesn't mind that such spiders are so commonplace. Either option irritates me greatly.

The crane sequence is so misguided and undeserved that I absolutely loathe it the more I think about it.

 

[hopefuldreamer]

My biggest gripe is that Connors wife and kids weren't in it.

I really felt his character lost a lot of it's appeal because of that. When they are there, it's like you can see how much he has to loose and what a huge selfish risk experimenting on himself is... and it also give Peter that added reason to really want to help Connors without hurting him, because he wants to get him back to his wife and kids.

Here, despite the fact he did have a wedding band, he seemed like a reclusive, obsessed mad scientist. When he injected himself, it was played out like it was because he had nothing to loose.

I also didn't like the look. At all.

 

[Baneis8feettall]

Uncle Ben's death. It was like director wanted to skip that part.

Kurt Connors. He wasn't likable good guy. You can't relate with his pain.He was there to turn into lizard. 2D character.

Captain Stacy. Filler role. 2D character.

Lizard. He wasn't terrifying villain even though great potential. He wasn't interesting as well. Dinosaurs in original Jurassic Park looked more real. Maybe they should animatronics.

Reactions.Police and generally people.It was very normal to have a guy with spider abilities and giant lizard in city. I mean who would expect these? They were like everyday same thing.

Extremely fast paced story.It made movie great visual experience than a emotional experience.

Not much memorable quotes or scenes.

 

[Majmun]

The crane sequence is so misguided and undeserved that I absolutely loathe it the more I think about it.

Yeah, you can add that to my list as well. Watching that take place made my eyes roll out of my head. It was gross when I put them back in with all the sticky soda and popcorn butter on them.

 

[Jexx]

Captain Stacy. If he wasn't in the movie, it wouldn't make a difference. 2D character.

Yes it would of.. if he wasn't in the movie Spidey would of been looking for Uncle Ben's killer to whole movie.

 

[Baneis8feettall]

Yes it would of.. if he wasn't in the movie Spidey would of been looking for Uncle Ben's killer to whole movie.

I ment as he was just a filler character. I'll edit it though.

 

[Tony Stark]

I had three really.

Uncle Ben's death. Really, he threw his life away. What normal person (even a brave one) tries to grab a gun like that? In the Raimi version (before the terrible retcon in the third movie), it was a violent murder. Here it was just Uncle Ben needlessly trying to be a hero.

The mouse turning into a lizard. It was meant to be creepy, but it just looked really silly. They should have cut that.

The crane scene was very forced, and unnecessary. Seemed out of place in the film.

The crane scene was absolutely stupid. Especially where he falls out of the shot and the music stops to create some kind of suspense. Yeah like we didn't know he'd be safe.

 

[Jexx]

Uh.. I felt the suspense.. At the moment I didn't know if he caught it or not. It did it's job there..

 

[Daybreak_st]

There were a host of areas where I feel the film doesn't work but if I were just to point out two things for now, they would be as follows:

Unless I missed something, the spider that gave Peter his powers was one of the many GM spiders that Oscorp seem to have dozens of and the employees come into contact with fairly regularly. This seems like a massive oversight, also Peter seems to give up on the quest to work out what happened to him, or doesn't mind that such spiders are so commonplace. Either option irritates me greatly.

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As shown the employees who work in that area were wearing hasmat style suits when they came out of the room. In a controlled environment, and wearing those suits it's unlikely that the spiders would escape or bite anyone randomly. The spiders were genetically engineered to produce that sort of webbing that apparently oscorp sells a lot of, so them being in a controlled environment makes sense.

Not sure about Peter, but based on some posts around the net a subplot was dropped that may have developed his quest a little more.

My two cent theory is that in developing the Spiders Peter's dad may have used his own blood or dna at some point. The reason Peter doesn't become a giant Man-spider is because his dna is similar to his dads. Simple as that. Something along those lines was done in Ultimate Spiderman with venom being a suit created to cure cancer by Peter and Eddie Brocks fathers. Since Pete's dad used his own dna in the development of the suit, it doesn't kill Peter when it bonds with him as it had previous hosts.

 

[Jexx]

^

I love that theory a lot more than the idea that Peter was meant to become Spider-Man.

God, there should be a topic solely for gathering theories.

 

[Shazam]

I had three really.

Uncle Ben's death. Really, he threw his life away. What normal person (even a brave one) tries to grab a gun like that? In the Raimi version (before the terrible retcon in the third movie), it was a violent murder. Here it was just Uncle Ben needlessly trying to be a hero.

The mouse turning into a lizard. It was meant to be creepy, but it just looked really silly. They should have cut that.

The crane scene was very forced, and unnecessary. Seemed out of place in the film.

Normal people don't.....that's why we have heroic ones like Ben Parker or this guy.....

http://www.haaretz.com/news/israeli...g-virginia-tech-students-from-gunman-1.218227

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,266506,00.html

It's a shame when people are at the point of seeing this as a waste.

Now we can understand where Pete gets his guts from, to go up against Flash Thompson even knowing he was outmatched. Ben was an example for Pete.

 

[Havok83]

Normal people don't.....that's why we have heroic ones like Ben Parker or this guy.....

http://www.haaretz.com/news/israeli...g-virginia-tech-students-from-gunman-1.218227

It's a shame when people are at the point of seeing this as a waste.

Now we can understand where Pete gets his guts from, to go up against Flash Thompson even knowing he was outmatched. Ben was an example for Pete.

Agreed. This came right after his speech to Peter about one having a responsibility to do good if they can. In that moment, Ben felt he could potentially save lives by taking the gun away from this criminal. It was an honorable gesture

 

[El Payaso]

The crane scene was absolutely stupid. Especially where he falls out of the shot and the music stops to create some kind of suspense. Yeah like we didn't know he'd be safe.

Has any of us ever had doubts Spider-man is not going to die? I knew he was goping to be safe in SM2, but when the music stopped as he and Octopus were falling over the train was a great moment.

That said, the way some New Yorkers helped him here had a background. The stupid way to do it is just having them helping Spidey in the last second, with no background, and yelling slogans.

 

[Matt]

One huge problem that I had is that I never really felt Spider-Man's presence. He was there, but no one outside of the main characters and a crane worker really seemed to care. Raimi's films, for better or worse, showed the world's reactions to a guy in spandex swinging through Manhattan stopping crimes. It is a game changer and should be treated as such. This movie needed something like that. The impact should've been felt in the world. Same with the Lizard. A giant Lizard rampaged across the Brooklyn Bridge and no one at all seemed to mind. Is this common fare in the world of TASM? These should be huge events.

This is why it was a bad call to cut JJJ. His indignation, skepticism and shock reflect the feelings throughout the city. It gives the viewer a character through whom the eyes of, they can see the world's reaction to Spider-Man.