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[Spiderdevil]

So all the reviews have been positive except that one guy who we know is a hater and has been spreading false rumours about the movie since ages,he probably knows nothing about the movie

All the reviews have been super awesome,I expected 'it was good' or 'meh its okay' kind of reviews so i am overwhelmed by the hugely positive response.(many saying it is as good as the avengers)

Still its just some 8-9 reviews so I'll hold the celebrations till we hear atleast 10 more positive reviews

 

[Eggyman]

It's very nice to be reading these reviews.

 

[Ramsay Snow]

I'm so happy today! Woohoo!

 

[Streetlight]

In the trailer when Peter says 'I've made enemies, powerful enemies.' does anyone else think that's a major hint it's going to be the Green Goblin in the sequel? Could just be referring to the Lizard, but still....

I'm so ridiculously excited to see this after those quick reviews. And since it's after my exams there's more reason to look forward to that day. To think the 500 days thread will be in single digits soon.

 

[Spider-Fan]

Glad the reviews seem positive toward early screenings.

I've defended ASM since it was the cast was announced. That's two entire years of heated debates with Raimi fans and random naysayers. This doesn't include the endless debates regarding the quality of the Raimi movies.

I've been waiting for a Spider-man movie that I could enjoy since I was a small child.

So yeah, once it's official that ASM is fantastic, the haters can expect to see my victory dance. t:

Why do people act like the Raimi films are anywhere near consistent in quality and belovedness? Spider-man was decent, but not great. Spider-man 2 was excellent and is probably still the best Marvel film, followed very closely by Iron Man (I was underwhelmed by The Avengers). And Spider-man 3 was trash.

I can't stand when people choose loyalty to a director over the superheroes themselves.

What matters the most is what works for the character but some people attack any other directors vision no matter what works best for the character.

It's very frustrating. These clowns obviously think these superheroes were nothing before their director revealed the superheroes true appeal. What a joke.

Thank you all for making my earlier point. I love being called a "clown" for enjoying movies

 

[Ramsay Snow]

Even though there's been positive reactions today, there still has to be name-calling and all that trash on forums. Just lovely

 

[Eggyman]

There's wrong on both sides. Best way I find in dealing with it is to just move past it, and not quote posts from previous pages just to say 'I told you so.' Might feel good, but doesn't do anything positive for the boards. You don't like it, rise above it.

 

[GENERAL RAAM582]

*yawn*

Good morning everyone. I had the pleasure of reading the previous pages. lol'd

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

Glad the reviews seem positive toward early screenings.







Thank you all for making my earlier point. I love being called a "clown" for enjoying movies

I said people who are more loyal to directors than to the iconic characters were "clowns".

How was it directed toward you? It was directed to people who think Raimi is the final word on Spider-man and dismiss ASM without giving it a fair chance.

 

[Oscorp]

It's funny.

Hadn't it been for Internet forums like these, we wouldn't even care about fanboys here or haters there. We would just watch the film with our friends and enjoy it with our own mind, not caring about what geek#32254 in Bremen thinks about it, and be happy.

I'm extremely happy that there are very positive "reviews" about the early screenings and really look forward to the film. I don't care about "There is no other than Tobey and Raimi!!!" comments out there anymore like I did before. I simply don't agree with them and just move on. At least, that's my mindset at this very moment.

 

[Eggyman]

I said people who are more loyal to directors than to the iconic characters were "clowns".

How was it directed toward you? It was directed to people who think Raimi is the final word on Spider-man and dismiss ASM without giving it a fair chance.

I didn't see anything wrong with what you posted. It was very clear. I always imagined a mod's job on the board to be one that defuses problems, not feeds them. Poor judgement there, and I mean that with as much respect as I can muster. If I didn't think he was a hater before, I'm starting to now with that eyerolling attitude on display.

This isn't a nice situation at all.

 

[Spider-Who?]

I said people who are more loyal to directors than to the iconic characters were "clowns".

How was it directed toward you? It was directed to people who think Raimi is the final word on Spider-man and dismiss ASM without giving it a fair chance.

Having "loyalty" to a director is no different than having loyalty to a character. People like what they like. Calling someone a clown for that is not only childish, but a needless insult no matter who its directed at and no matter how you slice it.

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

I didn't see anything wrong with what you posted. It was very clear. I always imagined a mod's job on the board to be one that defuses problems, not feeds them. Poor judgement there, and I mean that with as much respect as I can muster. If I didn't think he was a hater before, I'm starting to now with that eyerolling attitude on display.

This isn't a nice situation at all.

But to be fair I doubt it's an agenda against the reboot .I just think he doesn't like the way I express myself. t:

 

[Eggyman]

But to be fair I doubt it's an agenda against the reboot .I just think he doesn't like the way I express myself. t:

I Know. I just don't feel it was handled very well.

 

[Oscorp]

Having "loyalty" to a director is no different than having loyalty to a character. People like what they like. Calling someone a clown for that is not only childish, but a needless insult no matter who its directed at and no matter how you slice it.

However, if someone is "loyal" to a director rather than to the character, then why is there really a need to bash a film that's not connected to said director anymore? It's the same the other way around, why bash Raimi so much when there is a reboot going on now anyway?

Also, if someone is rather a fan of Raimi than of Spider-Man, then they really don't have much weight in their opinions of what a Spider-Man movie should be if you ask me, but more of what a Raimi film should be, so there is no reason to even take them seriously.

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

Having "loyalty" to a director is no different than having loyalty to a character. People like what they like. Calling someone a clown for that is not only childish, but a needless insult no matter who its directed at and no matter how you slice it.

Yeah I shouldn't have called anyone names unprovoked.

But I do find loyalty to directors over these characters offensive. Which is why I lashed out.

 

[Oscorp]

Yeah I shouldn't have called anyone names unprovoked.

But I do find loyalty to directors over these characters offensive. Which is why I lashed out.

I think what some people don't seem to get is that it's not the loyalty to the director that is annoying in itself to some people, but that these Raimi fans still insist on arguing about what's a good or bad Spider-Man movie when that director isn't even involved anymore, as if they know more about Spider-Man than "actual" Spidey fans because they think Raimi's vision is the only way to go. That, and that many of those bash ASM for the only reason that Raimi, Maguire etc. ain't making it.

I don't care too much nowadays anyway, but I can definitely see why you think it's annoying and offensive and I think some people are a bit narrow minded not to see that.

 

[Arun1910]

You guys will love me for this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmjflhkH_-Y&feature=channel&list=UL

On this guys channel there are 6 videos of ON set TASM footage!!!

 

[Eggyman]

Good reviews though, eh? I'll admit, even though I've enjoyed everything about this movie so far, I was bracing myself for the worst. That's partly due to it still being an unknown quantity, plus the negativity from some has probably got to me a little. I've had my summer disappointment with Prometheus, so now I'm gonna try and stay confident about this being awesome.

 

[AbsractPo3tic]

This was posted to Tumblr from one of the writers for The Daily Blam:

Quote:
THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN WAS ON THE SAME LEVEL AT THE AVENGERS
Just saw a press screening and it was the most emotionally impacting super hero movie of all time. The narrative goes above and beyond anything the previous trilogy gave us. It is not what you expect and everything you never knew you needed from a spider-man film. Andrew Garfield IS Spider-Man.

Now am I insane?

I told you. I told.

Poni boy runs daily blam so that's probably him. Glad to hear the movie is dope and there's some freaking positivity in here instead of believing a guy who apparently hasn't even seen the movie.

Anyway this whole spider man vs amazing spider man thing is silly. We all love spider man and we all have different opinions. There are ways to discuss that without making others feel ostracised, on either side of the equation. Now personally, I don't get why either side is offended but that's me. I just think since everyone here loves spider man then it really shouldn't matter what film you prefer cause this is only going to get worse as more reviews come in

 

[GENERAL RAAM582]

You guys will love me for this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmjflhkH_-Y&feature=channel&list=UL

On this guys channel there are 6 videos of ON set TASM footage!!!

Kinda old, sorry.

 

[TheWallCrawler]

However, if someone is "loyal" to a director rather than to the character, then why is there really a need to bash a film that's not connected to said director anymore? It's the same the other way around, why bash Raimi so much when there is a reboot going on now anyway?

Also, if someone is rather a fan of Raimi than of Spider-Man, then they really don't have much weight in their opinions of what a Spider-Man movie should be if you ask me, but more of what a Raimi film should be, so there is no reason to even take them seriously.

Wow, you said it more perfectly than I ever could've

 

[chaseter]

I've defended ASM since it was the cast was announced. That's two entire years of heated debates with Raimi fans and random naysayers. This doesn't include the endless debates regarding the quality of the Raimi movies.

I've been waiting for a Spider-man movie that I could enjoy since I was a small child.

So yeah, once it's official that ASM is fantastic, the haters can expect to see my victory dance. t:

Kinda pointless to debate against a movie you know nothing about aside from the cast isn't it? Sorta moot to defend the honor of a movie 2 years ago yeah?

pssst..the answer is yes.

 

[chaseter]

However, if someone is "loyal" to a director rather than to the character, then why is there really a need to bash a film that's not connected to said director anymore? It's the same the other way around, why bash Raimi so much when there is a reboot going on now anyway?

Also, if someone is rather a fan of Raimi than of Spider-Man, then they really don't have much weight in their opinions of what a Spider-Man movie should be if you ask me, but more of what a Raimi film should be, so there is no reason to even take them seriously.

This is true, but it also swings, pun, the other way where people think Webb has made the perfect Spidey movie...thus skewing their opinion about the character as well. You will also see tons of people just happy they got something different than Raimi because they didn't like those films that much. There will be flaws in this movie, it happens in every movie, but those people will come in here to proclaim it's perfection at the hands of Marc Webb...thus creating a new line of director loyalists. It's a fanboy circle. The next guy who tackles Spider-Man (if this movie is good) will be compared to Webb and so on and so forth.

I will give it a fair shot. If Webb trumps Raimi then he will get my praises and I will board the Webb train choo choooo.

 

[Mike_D202]

Just watched ALL of the B-roll:

Spoiler

Looks like Gwen's dad (Dennis Leary's character) finds out it's Peter and they end up working together.

I wonder how this scene will play out and wonder

Spoiler

If Gwen's dad bites the dust since everybody including Gwen is dressed in black in the rain on the City Hall's steps.