The Amazing Spider-Man The Box Office Thread

[chaseter]

Wouldn't that confuse the audience in one way or another?

They will keep enough connections to not alienate the GA...which is what I think they are going to do with this movie as well.

 

[spider-neil]

They will keep enough connections to not alienate the GA...which is what I think they are going to do with this movie as well.

use the opening credit to bring everyone up to speed. simple. effective.

 

[Spider-ManHero12]

They will keep enough connections to not alienate the GA...which is what I think they are going to do with this movie as well.

True.

 

[Green Day]

Yes and it will be all the more sweeter when TAS essentially rapes the BO.

Domestically spider man should beat it but overseas I am giving it to Ice Age. Ice Age 4 is in the top five oversea movies of all time. Ice Age 4 made more than 240m overseas than Spider-Man 3.

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

You mean Ice Age 3. Ice Age 4 hasn't been released yet.

 

[Green Day]

You mean Ice Age 3. Ice Age 4 hasn't been released yet.

Thanks for catching that.

 

[A Necessary Evil]

You mean Ice Age 3. Ice Age 4 hasn't been released yet.

Really?

I thought that was like the 14th ice age....

 

[chaseter]

Ice Age Global Warming

 

[moe]

What a bull ***** statement. First of all, Nolan's batman movies don't even feel like comic book movies, at least with Raimi, regardless of his short commings, you felt like you were watching an actual comic book movie. Secondly, trancending a genre depends entirely on the artistic vision of the film's creative team not that comic book movies need to anyway, which is why we're seeing them in the first place but to entertain your logic, Raimi's movies were bogged down with so much lovey-dovey, sentimental bullcrap that I'm amazed it managed to capture the attention of the audience it did. If the creative team put in the effort that should be put in to tell a great story that resonates with the audience much in the same way Stan was able to with the comics, you'd think twice before making such whacky comments.

wtf does that even mean... films are supposed to be artistic demonstrations... boxing and labeling them is beyond stupid.... feels like a comic book? what did you want in there to make it feel like it? perma-white joker? lego style batmobile? superman cameo? robin?

and as for trancending... i meant it in the sense that it doesn't fit into the superhero film formula that was established... where a vilian is introduced, he torments the hero and in the end gets defeated in a glorious battle... TDK went a different route, showed the short-comming and flaws and all the ugly stuff that happens when a masked hero steps into the light... and no victory on the horizon for the hero as the curtains close... that was a no-no in comic book movies.

 

[DACrowe]

I suspect the b.o. will not do as well as Raimi films (if you factor in inflation) because the general audience seems reluctant for a new spidey so soon. However, if it is good and WOM spreads it could set the stage for a hugely well received sequel. Time will tell.

 

[Mace Bloodstone]

 

[Spider-ManHero12]

Ice Age Global Warming

I'd see that.

 

[StylishHokie21]

I wouldn't say they dropped the ball until you have saw the film and how well or not well it is.

Also, how could have they dropped the ball when they needed to make another Spidey film in order to keep the rights?

They would have dropped the ball if they let this franchise go by not making another film.

And if your argument is to make Spider-Man 4 with Raimi, well....

You're right about seeing the film first, but I am going by what I've read and seen so far. Sony dropped the ball when they scrapped Raimi and went on to reboot this franchise. If they were smart, they would have given him a second chance or scrapped the reboot idea completely.

 

[I Am The Knight]

Ice Age Global Warming

Haha. I still haven't seen any of those films. Not a single one

 

[Spider-ManHero12]

^^ Really? The first one is good, but I haven't seen the others.

 

[Ajendo]

wtf does that even mean... films are supposed to be artistic demonstrations... boxing and labeling them is beyond stupid.... feels like a comic book? what did you want in there to make it feel like it? perma-white joker? lego style batmobile? superman cameo? robin?

It means what I said. TDK didn't feel like a comic book movie at all. It felt like an overrated generic action thriller where the main protagonist just so happens to dress up like a bat. Perma-white? Lego? hehehe um no.

and as for trancending... i meant it in the sense that it doesn't fit into the superhero film formula that was established... where a vilian is introduced, he torments the hero and in the end gets defeated in a glorious battle... TDK went a different route, showed the short-comming and flaws and all the ugly stuff that happens when a masked hero steps into the light... and no victory on the horizon for the hero as the curtains close...

Well, had sony and the creative team actually bothered to make a spidey movie that stuck closer to the source material, that's exactly what the spidey films would have been.

that was a no-no in comic book movies.

Aww you think so? Loooool no.

 

[A Necessary Evil]

Haha. I still haven't seen any of those films. Not a single one

First one's pretty good.


Didn't give a damn to watch the sequels.

 

[TheSlag]

and as for trancending... i meant it in the sense that it doesn't fit into the superhero film formula that was established... where a vilian is introduced, he torments the hero and in the end gets defeated in a glorious battle... TDK went a different route, showed the short-comming and flaws and all the ugly stuff that happens when a masked hero steps into the light... and no victory on the horizon for the hero as the curtains close... that was a no-no in comic book movies.

No victor? He had foiled Joker's attempt to cause mayhem, had captured (or lead to the capture) of the Joker, had defeated/killed Two Face. Yes, he was blamed for the death of Dent, and "quote" will be hunted down.

Kinda like it could be IMPLIED that Spider-Man would be AFTER Norman Osborn's death in SM1. *go figure*

And as Ajendo already pointed out, TDK's storyline is lifted from what should of been Spider-Man's birth right.. IF we would of had a Director that had chose to have taken a serious approach to the characters and storylines, as opposed to the kid friendly, carebear approach we got.

 

[Spider-ManHero12]

^^ I disagree. They are NOT as kid friendly as you think. Trust me, up until TDk, alot of the people who bash Raimi now thought S-M2 was the best comic book film ever. Maybe you need to rewatch the films again.

 

[TheSlag]

/\.. yeah you're right... A goblin costume that looks like something from a failed Power Ranger production, a goblin 2 costume that looks like he should be spoutin "CowwwaBunngaa Dude" or "Surfs Up".. or riding a skateboard (not aiming at kids AT ALL )

Bombs that turn people to skeletons and then disintegrate their skeletons. Looked like something out of a kiddie Saturday Morning Cartoon.

Dialogue that sounds like it was written, directed, and performed by a BAD high school drama play.

Evil, feeding off anger symbiote producing a Emo, dancing Peter Parker (say as opposed to ACTUALLY doing something EVIL). Or the same Emo symbiote induced Peter wanting his Landlord's daughter to cook him some MORE chocolate chip cookies and get him some MORE milk... YEAH.. EVIL BABY and SOOOO Adult oriented.

Yep... You're SOOOO right.

 

[chaseter]

I keep forgetting that Spider-Man is adult oriented. One day I will remember this.

 

[TheSlag]

I keep forgetting that Spider-Man is adult oriented. One day I will remember this.

Perhaps, IF you ever quit watching the cartoons (Amazing friends ) and actually started reading the comics.

BUT.. I'm not holding out hope.

 

[chaseter]

I know the comics were extremely adult oriented. I remember Stan Lee and Marvel being able to only sell them as M for Mature 18+.

 

[TheSlag]

I remember them getting into trouble with the comic code for telling stories that were too adult. Like Harry on drugs.

 

[chaseter]

Because we never had drug talks in school........................................

Or a good lesson was never involved at the end.................................

I remember that story. Harry did cocaine and he became super successful and popular at school and everything worked out for him that arc. Drugs are cool