The Amazing Spider-Man I am the only one thats feeling this movie is getting worse with time?

I felt exactly the same when I watched it for the third time recently.

Still enjoyed it, but I was mostly thinking about how good the next film COULD be, and not so much what this film had actually achieved itself.

It was a good film that I still love. But it was nowhere near a GREAT film.

 

First of all, Mary Jane was not in this movie. Second of all, it is spelled "portrayal," not portrail.

I disagree that this movie gets worse with time. Its just as I have always said, a "setup film." It planted the seeds, and now the sequel will make or break the series. I am really excited to see what happens with his parents, or how/when he will catch Uncle Ben's killer. As a film on its own, it is pretty weak. But if the next movie is great, TASM will be much more appreciated. The next movie has so much potential to be AMAZING.

I really did feel bad for Dr. Connors. When he puts his hand up next to the glass and pretends to have two arms, you feel his pain. After the mistake he made of taking the Lizard formula, he ends up behind bars when he really is a good man.

 

errrm. does the OP think Mary Jane is George Stacy's daughter?

 

X-Men was a film that stands on its own, but it didn't set up any real story arcs for future films. Both were handled very differently, and I appreciate both. We will see which is more successful when the sequels are made.

 

I thought you meant X-Men: First Class. My bad. I'm tired lol.

But yeah, I do agree though that the first X-Men was a solid film on its own. You can same the same about the first Spider-Man though.

 

I am still waiting for KAW to tell me another movie that has two of it's major plot arcs and character motivations for the main character as well as an antagonist to the main villain and protagonist dropped halfway through the movie all in the name of a sequel.

 

Lizard's plan to convert all of the city into reptilian humanoids like himself was a pretty generic plot by a mad scientist or a mutant. I imagine they are not going to get much more original especially if the Green Goblin is used again. Imagine though Electro is created after getting struck by lightning and then becomes a petty thug who wants to hold Manhattan ransom with no one to stop him. Very cliche.

 

I would state I did enjoy the first 2 Spider-Man films I felt the 3rd film was disappointing.
The first film was passable as a origin story i would have liked to see him develop in high school, the main thing that made Spider-Man so appealing he was a teenager dealing with superhero problem and teenage problems plus he he had no mentor. In Spider man he was in high school for like minutes (not literally ) and then he is thrown into the adult world.
The story really didn't do much over three films there really wasn't a good solid story other than mary jane getting kidnapped every movie her character was too generic.

But in the Amazing Spider-Man has is a story there.peter trying to find out about his parents and dealing with these new found powers also of being high school which nice to see that he is still attending at the end of the film . As I stated before I like the the first two film regardless of their short comings . so now I don't think this film is worse with time I think this film did what the first three films fell short to do and that is tell a definitive spidey story.

 

Since I have only seen it once I can't tell. But I loved it so much and found myself thinking many complaints here were either just nitpicking for the sake of it, or simply misunderstanding the film. As far as I remember, the only thing I agreed on was that Dr. Connors / Lizard wasn't used to his full potential. Which is a pretty big thing in reality, but I still liked him very much as a movie villain. Not one of the best but certainly not as bad as some people make him out to be.

However, I have rewatched some major scenes on Youtube since then and I can tell you what I think so far:

As individual scenes they are not anything special, with the exception of the sewer scenes. However, this is kinda the opposite to Raimi's films to me. There, I can love watching one or two scenes individually at Youtube, but I can't stand watching the whole films. With this film, I don't find many individual scenes that are just cool to watch, but in the context of the whole film I loved it.

It's the opposite to TDKR to me as well. I have only seen that once as well, but I found myself bored and off most of the time. But I love watching for example the first Bane vs. Batman fight on Youtube because that scene stands out a bit. Amazing Spider-Man felt much more even than previously mentioned films throughout the whole thing, where the emotional scenes stood out much more than the action.

 

You mean Dr Ratha and the parents angle?

It was cut out from the movie

 

I mentioned it in another thread, but The Golden Compass did that. It had a big role in that film flopping and the sequel never getting made, so it certainly isn't an example of a good movie doing it.

 

what major plot arcs where dropped half-way through the movie because Webb had stated that he is expanding this origin story into the next movie so I wouldn't say it has been dropped .

 

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When Spider-Man first popped up . he was a teen in high school who people could relate too. Unlike Robin or other kid hero at the time he had no mentor he had learn everything himself while at the same time being in high school. he wasn't side-kick...he was the hero.
It what made him Such a hit in the first place and it is a big part of his origin story.
to see that just brushed pass is a little disappointing. And is part of his appeal to say that it isn't is non-sense.

As for the second movie the Story they were trying to adapt "spider-man no more" fell short in my opinion because the story-line deals with aunt may being gravely ill (something that was going for awhile) and J.Jonah Jameson turning the city against him it becomes too much for him and so he quits . In this second movie he quits because he simply wants the girl which was a major disappointment to me because that is a landmark issue it would have been nice to see it had it been done the right way. As for Doc Ock the fact that he was made out to be a sympathetic character something he has never been was weird .why not get someone who is actually a sympathetic character like the Curt Connors or morbius. But instead they took someone and turned him into a something he is clearly not. MJ's character was not done much justice her character was not the MJ we've known from the comics . As for the 3rd movie i wont go there. all in all the original the first 2 films I enjoyed them they're good movies or Pop corn Flicks but when i look at it from the stand point of an adaptation then I feel they come up short. I'm not saying they're bad movies at all ....well I mean the first two.

 

I've enjoyed ASM MORE times with every viewing. I stopped at 3 for money reasons. Day one Blu ray purchase for me and I can see my viewing of this movie going into double figures.

 

Is it just me, or is it weird that the topic title sounds more like a 'statement' line with a question mark at the end? It's like when you make a statement, but aren't entirely sure about it, so you give it the tone of a question.

Maybe it's just because it says 'I am' instead of 'Am I'...

 

I think it wouldve made more sense as a statement. As he is indeed probably one of the few. everyone ive asked seems to like the film better the more times they see it.

 

If I didn't know about the Lizard from the comics, the movie version wouldn't have bothered me that much.

 

I liked it more the second viewing, third viewing though I gave it a 7.5/10, lower than the initial 7.8/10 score

Whoa Oscorp, your score for the flick dropped again

 

I gave it a 9/10 the first time, and was unsure afterwards how I felt. Eventually I became satisfied with 8.5/10.