The Amazing Spider-Man Marc Webb to return?

[OP84CC82]

The Amazing Spider-Man made me cry when Uncle Ben died and almost made my sister cry like 10 times. I commend Webb for that, making a 13-year old dude cry in the middle of a movie theater over the fact that Charlie Sheen's dad died. But seriously, I think that changing directors over the course of a movie series is kind of idiotic because you get shifts in tone. I loved the first film and I want to see Webb come back.

 

[OP84CC82]

I couldn't be the only one who caught that section at the end of the movie where Uncle Ben says on the voicemail:"You have a lot of unresolved things in your life" then the camera pans on the picture of his killer and a picture of Peter's parents as he says that line. And this wasn't a "D" effort. It received a majority of positive reviews. More positive than Prometheus. Its score on Metacritic is even higher than X-Men: FC's.
It got higher scored reviews from critics like Roger Ebert and EW than TDKR. A huge chunk of the people that gave the movie a negative review complain mostly on the fact that the movie is a reboot so soon. This movie's rating would have been a lot higher if more critics weren't bothered by that.

 

[grieven]

The Amazing Spider-Man made me cry when Uncle Ben died and almost made my sister cry like 10 times. I commend Webb for that, making a 13-year old dude cry in the middle of a movie theater over the fact that Charlie Sheen's dad died. But seriously, I think that changing directors over the course of a movie series is kind of idiotic because you get shifts in tone. I loved the first film and I want to see Webb come back.

Made me cry twice as well, and that's never happened in a cbm.

I'll be so upset if Webb doesn't come back to direct the sequel. Something needs to be worked out with Fox. He'll make sweet poetry of Gwen's death and how it affects Peter!

 

[socool]

The Amazing Spider-Man made me cry when Uncle Ben died and almost made my sister cry like 10 times. I commend Webb for that, making a 13-year old dude cry in the middle of a movie theater over the fact that Charlie Sheen's dad died. But seriously, I think that changing directors over the course of a movie series is kind of idiotic because you get shifts in tone. I loved the first film and I want to see Webb come back.

Made me cry twice as well, and that's never happened in a cbm.

You guys need to watch more dramas.

 

[OP84CC82]

Made me cry twice as well, and that's never happened in a cbm.

I'll be so upset if Webb doesn't come back to direct the sequel. Something needs to be worked out with Fox. He'll make sweet poetry of Gwen's death and how it affects Peter!

That's never happened to me in any film I've watched in general, well, except The Last Holiday, but that's a whole different story.

 

[chaseter]

That's never happened to me in any film I've watched in general, well, except The Last Holiday, but that's a whole different story.

I hope you cried in the The Last Holiday because you accidentally walked into The Last Holiday.

 

[chaseter]

Sony FUNDED the movie AND distributed it. Webb is coming off an indie movie. He doesn't know how big corporate movies work. I doubt he would allow those edits. There was a scene that had Peter and Gwen going on their first date that was cut and Webb really wanted it in there. But it "messed with the pace of the movie". Which I'm sure actually means "Sony wanted the movie to get straight to the action as quickly as possible." There were pictures of scenes that were in the movie. It even says in the game that Dr. Rathaus died, but the scene where he was killed wasn't in the movie, even though the picture of him in the sewers was released. The scene where Connor says "If you want the truth about your PARENTS", which means that plot did in fact carry onto the second half of the movie, but it was cut as well.

Raimi and Webb both should have stuck by their guns and they didn't. We got two subpar movies because of Sony. Looks like Sony successfully also got rid of two directors in a row.

So...who wants Marvel to have back the rights now? Who still wants Sony to keep Spider-Man?

 

[socool]

Raimi and Webb both should have stuck by their guns and they didn't. We got two subpar movies because of Sony. Looks like Sony successfully also got rid of two directors in a row.

So...who wants Marvel to have back the rights now? Who still wants Sony to keep Spider-Man?

I would like Marvel to have the rights because then the character would be done some serious justice, but I feel like almost all the MCU movies (sans Iron Man and the Avengers) are terribly cookie-cutter. They aren't bad, but they don't stand out. Say what you will about TASM, and I know it won't be nice, but it didn't feel like a generic movie.

 

[PSYLENTGuardian]

I still want Sony to go through with the sequel. Story-wise, ASM2 has a lot of potential, and they should take the chance to mine through a wealth of material to shape a good story. If they drop the ball with ASM2, I'm not going to place any trust in Sony.

 

[OP84CC82]

I hope you cried in the The Last Holiday because you accidentally walked into The Last Holiday.

I saw the movie on DVD so...

 

[OP84CC82]

Who still wants Sony to keep Spider-Man?

Me.

 

[Jexx]

Raimi and Webb both should have stuck by their guns and they didn't. We got two subpar movies because of Sony. Looks like Sony successfully also got rid of two directors in a row.

So...who wants Marvel to have back the rights now? Who still wants Sony to keep Spider-Man?

TASM wasn't subpar according to the audience.

 

[chaseter]

I saw the movie on DVD so...

You really cried at that movie?

 

[chaseter]

TASM wasn't subpar according to the audience.

More GA liked Transformers 1 than TASM. I wouldn't put all of my stock into RT user ratings when the same person can vote unlimited times by getting a new ip.

 

[grieven]

Quote:
Originally Posted by chaseter
Who still wants Sony to keep Spider-Man




Me.

Me too. I think they've all in all done a stellar job with the Spider-Man property across their films, culminating in TAS and hopefully leading to the greatest yet seen, though damnit they better get Webb back. The Marvel films have been well done overall as well, but I like TAS over all of them (Avengers included), and Sony treats their franchise with respect. If anyone wants to knock the handling of any Marvel properties, they can knock Fox for how they've handled Fantastic Four or Daredevil.

 

[OP84CC82]

Me too. I think they've all in all done a stellar job with the Spider-Man property across their films, culminating in TAS and hopefully leading to the greatest yet seen, though damnit they better get Webb back. The Marvel films have been well done overall as well, but I like TAS over all of them (Avengers included), and Sony treats their franchise with respect. If anyone wants to knock the handling of any Marvel properties, they can knock Fox for how they've handled Fantastic Four or Daredevil.

Agreed, the Men in Black films included I might add. I didn't think Spider-Man 3 was that bad to tell you the truth, and as a matter of fact, it's not Sony's fault. Raimi clearly cobbled Venom into the film because he wanted to get the fanboys off his back.

 

[Doc Ock]

I really enjoyed TASM, and will be seriously confused if Webb is on his way out. It spells bad news for Spider-Man with Sony IMO. This couldn't possibly be true? Could it? I mean it was number 1 at the BO correct?

I just want Spidey to have two trilogies, not two reboots...

 

[grieven]

I really enjoyed TASM, and will be seriously confused if Webb is on his way out. It spells bad news for Spider-Man with Sony IMO. This couldn't possibly be true? Could it? I mean it was number 1 at the BO correct?

I just want Spidey to have two trilogies, not two reboots...

Agreed, replacing Webb after the first movie sends the message of disarray and disorganization, and I think it will hurt the quality of the sequels. Hell, the replacement of the sequel's writers with Orci and Kurtzman already shows they're headed in the mindless, soulless cookie-cutter direction.

Bad move if you don't bring back Webb, Sony! Only way it can play out well in that scenario is to bring someone on that has as much or more credibility, which Fincher (who has been mentioned) might fit the bill. Short of that, you bring on a hack like Roland Emmerich, Stephen Sommers or Tim Story, or some unproven no name studio yes-man director, and it's pretty much game over. Answer, let Webb finish what he started, and all will end well.

 

[hitmanyr2k]

I hope it's not true about Webb.

And on Raimi, I love his Evil Dead films. I think he is a talented film maker. BUT, IMO, his spidey films are just, overall, average. With great bits in them.

I'd love to know who came up with the idea for sandman killing Ben? Who's idea was it of Ock to have tentacles that talked to him? Who's idea was it for that 'dance' scene in SM-3? Or the 'rain drops' scene? Who's idea was it for Gwen and MJ to be basically one characeter (and a poor one too IMO) and then bring in a poorly done cameo of someone who looks like Gwen? Who's idea was it to have spidey ALWAYS rescue MJ at the end of every film? Who's idea was it for to have some of the most boring scenes between Pete and MJ?

TASM may not have been perfect. Anyone can see it does have issues. BUT, in terms of tone, how they dealt with the characters, the emotion that it had, for me, it more than validated Webbs return to the chair

 

[El Payaso]

Better call up Stan Lee and tell him he got JJJ wrong. Stan even states JJJ is a caricature.

Don't worry. As you can read in my sig, Stan already knows the difference between what works in a comic and what works in a movie.

What's Ratha in this movie but a caricature? What about Norman? Both caricatures with no development what so ever...boiled down to the most generic form of a character.

Let's say it's true. Apply that to every character and it's the kind of movie Spider-man needed to get rid of.

What Spider-Man comics were you reading? That's like someone calling for a serious and grounded movie.

The kind of spider-movies I've been seeing in the past years is what worries me. Movies are what we're talking about, not the kind of comics.

Oh ok so making his parents his entire motivation for every thing he did in the first half of the movie and then not mentioning them the rest of the movie is great sequel bait!

You seem to be baffled by the lack of spoonfeeding.

The subject was stated, no need to repeat what's there (like saying "with great power..." every time they want to make a moment 'important'). The sequel can perfectly address those points.

Ratha, the antagonist that drives the villain's motivations disappears in the first act! Sequel bait!

So?

The most powerful scene in the movie where Peter rejects Gwen after her father died in his arms and made him promise to leave her is undone 5 minutes later with an awful and corny scene meant to illicit a positive response to end the movie. Sequel bait right!?

Totally.

Indeed. Bravo for the D effort according to critics and apparently the studio.

Hehe, so studios' opinion are now important to you?

And well, reviewers' opinions are? Because - assuming they are - they're mostly positive.

 

[rayc1971]

Agreed, replacing Webb after the first movie sends the message of disarray and disorganization, and I think it will hurt the quality of the sequels. Hell, the replacement of the sequel's writers with Orci and Kurtzman already shows they're headed in the mindless, soulless cookie-cutter direction.

Bad move if you don't bring back Webb, Sony! Only way it can play out well in that scenario is to bring someone on that has as much or more credibility, which Fincher (who has been mentioned) might fit the bill. Short of that, you bring on a hack like Roland Emmerich, Stephen Sommers or Tim Story, or some unproven no name studio yes-man director, and it's pretty much game over. Answer, let Webb finish what he started, and all will end well.

with webb being out this will pretty much be another reboot.new director with his own vision.even though i didnt think this movie was great i still would have liked to see webbs vision play out over a series of films.a new director might not want his version to have anything to do with webbs first chapter.so even with the same cast its gonna feel like a reboot.i think its more than just the fox commitment because spidey2 already had the 2014 date before this movie came out.so now fox is pushin webb for a movie right now?

 

[SpiderMarvelite]

no.

 

[spider-neil]

Made me cry twice as well, and that's never happened in a cbm.

I'll be so upset if Webb doesn't come back to direct the sequel. Something needs to be worked out with Fox. He'll make sweet poetry of Gwen's death and how it affects Peter!

I cried twice during ASM, a first for a superhero movie.

 

[SpiderMarvelite]

I cried twice. I swear if they get some **** director like Tarsem or Bay I will FLIP THE **** OUT.

Fincher, Brad Bird or Abrham IS PERFECT.

But I WANT WEBB.

 

[spider-neil]

A director returns or doesn't the movie can go with way;

Raimi returned for SM2 and it was great
Raimi returned for SM3 and it wasn't great

Favreau returned for IM2 and it wasn't great

Nolan returned for TDK and it was great

New director for Blade 2 and it was excellent

Singer returned for X2 and it was great
New director for X3 and it wasn't great

I'd rather Webb return but if he doesn't they have to choose the director wisely or it will doom this franchise.

For the record I don't have a problem with KB not returning for Thor.