it's probably not the correct meaning of this thread, but I would like to talk about the design of the story and the setting of this new universe:
The origin is clearly there because it's essential to Webb's story and couldn't be done without it, otherwise they wouldn't have gone that route. I'm one of those guys who would've prefered not to have the origin, and just recap it like The Incredible Hulk did, but now I'm really excited to see why the origin is there, it's gonna be something special I just know it!
And the fact that they are going the Begins route is also good because instead of "just doing the origin" like in SM1 they are embracing it fully which first of all differenciates it from SM1 and lends itself to an interesting inspired story, though we have yet to see if there's a story there worth exploring, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
Now, the lizard... despite the first impression that Connors is gonna be bad to begin with, I think there's now enough proof that Connors is a nice guy and the way Rhys performs Connors brings the warmth in to the character I wished it to have. For now we have gotten just enough glimpes of the lizard design to keep at least me satisfied, but a lot of people tend to forget that we have no idea what Rhys' performance as the lizard is gonna be, and how the performance and design work together (like the joker). Many people could view the design through new eyes after seeing the movie, because, well, there's probably a good reason for them to do motion capture with the face.
And for Spider-man being a smart-ass, that's a very good choice, but still, there many versions of a smart-ass Spider-man, which is actually most of them now that I think of it, the smart-assness doesn't always work. Though, that's of course due to bad writing and I believe that they can pull off those funny one liners in this movie, especially when you got Andrew playing Peter.
As for the universe this film takes place in, I really like the feel of it. The world Peter lives in has always been a serious place in which Peter's humor and Spidey's quipping brings contrast to, so it was always kinda backwards to me that in the Raimi movies Peter/Spider-Man was serious all the time while the universe around him was silly and cheesy.
The one thing I don't know yet if I like is the emphasis on the father thing. It would've worked a LOT better I think if the origin was out of the way and Uncle Ben wasn't around. That being said, it all depends on execution and I'm very excited to see how they'll pull it off. I doubt they're gonna do the Ang Lee Hulk thing, Peter's dad wouldn't test on his son, and I got a feel that Marc Webb wants to do something original, something that none of us has really even thought of.
And finally, the new costume: it's very "techy" looking which fits this universe that has a heavy emphasis on science, and unlike some people, I'm glad they had the courage to go this far with the design. Most of the people there are left to hate this costume almost seem to hate it just because it's different from the classic costume, but not for a very good reason. But hey, I said most people, not all, some actually have good reasons.
Overall, I'm very very happy with what they seem to be doing, it's like the Spider-Man movie I've been waiting to see since I was a child. Wow, that was a long post
