Nothing seemed abnormal about Flash and Parker's relationship. I wouldn't call them friends either.
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Nothing seemed abnormal about Flash and Parker's relationship. I wouldn't call them friends either.
AgentChris
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MrPink93485
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Hey, another guy who enjoyed Captain Stacy!
I know Denis Leary has his haters and his fans, I'm not overly familiar with a lot of his work, but I surprisingly enjoyed his role a lot more than I expected myself to.
I know Denis Leary has his haters and his fans, I'm not overly familiar with a lot of his work, but I surprisingly enjoyed his role a lot more than I expected myself to.
Joel Was Right
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I like Gwen in this film but I just couldn't buy their relationship. It seemed so rushed and unrealistic. Her having a crush on him came out of the blue. Seemed like a convenient context to get her to go back to the tower
MrPink93485
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Almost every plot-line of any significance in this movie is rushed. Yet the movie felt a lot longer than it actually was.
AgentChris
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His role was more meaty that I expected. Denis Leary was smart casting. He has that Police Captain feel.
I feel like Peter Parker was a little too horny. But who can blame him.
Killing_Joke
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This thread is going back and forth. How did the Green Lantern thread go? Someone predicted ASM would have a similar reaction. Now i see why. These movies aren't iconic or memorable. They're just mediocre comic book movie cash ins.
I'm not sure why the lovers feel the need to defend this movie though. Everyone is in agreement that it's not worse then SM3. Which is the best compliment ASM can get.
I'm not sure why the lovers feel the need to defend this movie though. Everyone is in agreement that it's not worse then SM3. Which is the best compliment ASM can get.
ViewtifulJC
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The biggest thing was that she was on Peter's dick from day one. She doesn't really have any wants outside Peter, and everything she does revolves around him, from stopping bullies, to covering up for him, to helping with his wounds, to third-act antidote she somehow figured out, etc.
There's no build-up or escalation between her and Peter. There's nothing like the Peter/MJ storyline from SM1.
Well, I mean if you had Emma stone dating you, and cleaning your wounds. Wouldn't you be?
Good Job Bob
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The length people will go to defend some of these artless corporate cash grabs always surprises me.
GitarooMan
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Green Lantern is in another dimension of awful (mediocre and that movie don't belong in the same sentence), I'd be surprised for even the people who dislike this movie to say it's as bad as that.
TheKaeptain
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This is the only time I have ever liked something you have said.
AgentChris
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??? What does this even mean? If someone likes something you don't, you call them idiots. If you don't like a movie, you call them artless corporate cash grabs.
It's a movie about Spider-Man.
For the same reason the haters feel the need to trash it?
Neogaf is a message board where people post things.
lol like your one to talk.
EatinOlives
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Tag quote.
EDIT: Also, LOL @ the implication that 90% of superhero movies are generally anything BUT artless corporate cash grabs.
Okay, seriously, what the fuck is your problem? You have this huge, weirdly personal vendetta running through this thread against people presenting their well-reasoned critiques of this film.
For what it's worth, ViewtifulJC pretty much mirrored my thoughts and did it a fairly respectful manner.
Big Baybee
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I laughed.
thehypocrite
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I'm just expressing my opinions. There's thousands of post saying negative things about the movie, I've responded to 3 posters, stop the outrage as I clearly have no huge vendetta going on. Also I disagree that you and him have presented well reasoned critiques, thus I presented my arguments around that.
Relax, is just a movie, heck is based on a comic book character, why so serious?
Because you're telling people that their positions are "bullshit hyperbolic posturing."
Because you call their criticisms "cookie cutter diatribe."
Because you open up your arguments by calling other people's opinions "tangents."
Because you call people "armchair film directors" and "uninspired film critics."
Yeah, you're real well-reasoned.
And I'm the one who needs to relax?
thehypocrite
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Yep, you need to relax/chillax, this thread is about TASM, not about your personal opinions of me.
Big Baybee
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This thread has taken a turn for the worse. People need to leave this thread alone for a while. On both sides.
That's a false equivalency. The only thing that needs to leave this thread are the personal attacks. People should be able to disagree freely about this movie without stooping to ad hominem insults. It's ridiculous this conversation even needs to happen on GAF.
ViewtifulJC
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Let's all just chill on the personal attacks and get back to talking about how crappy/not crappy ASM was, eh?
the anime man
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K.
I liked it.
I liked it.
thehypocrite
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The best Spiderman movie, can't wait for the sequel.
Admiral Bone to Pick
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I definitely enjoyed it. The pacing was a bit wonky in the beginning and the score was really inconsistent with the scenes (particularly the skateboarding montage), but it really came together in the second half. The Lizard wasn't a great villain, but he was serviceable and his fight scenes with Spidey were well done. If the sequel follows up with some tighter editing and a competent villain, it could rival Spider-man 2.
demosthenes
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Just got back from it. Overall I enjoyed it a lot. Going to think over 1 or 2 scenes that just were meh to see what I think about them.
It's weird to hear you say that because that is one my favorite moments in the movie. There's a tendency for the bully character to be presented as a caricature for the hero to knockdown so he's all bully all the time and then a groveling coward after he gets knocked out.
The fact that he came up to Parker and wanted to express his sympathy just doesn't happen in these types of movies for characters in that role. They get cold cocked so all the nerds can imagine themselves beating up the guy that bullied them and then they disappear or become some weird sycophant of the main character.
The fact that they added that moment of empathy from that character was pretty awesome. They weren't friends, he was acting like a human.
I'm really interested in the direction they take for the sequel.
I would love to know of they are going just keep gwen going, or are they going to introduce a MJ.
I mean I have a feeling they are going to do the
for the sequel. It just makes sense.
Mind the misspellings and such, stupid iPhone
I would love to know of they are going just keep gwen going, or are they going to introduce a MJ.
I mean I have a feeling they are going to do the
death of gwen Stacy
Mind the misspellings and such, stupid iPhone
ViewtifulJC
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The best thing I can say is they can only go up from here. The origin is out of the way, so you can go in some more interesting directions story-wise.
demosthenes
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Ugggggggh, while it could make a great movie, it will be very :'(
Yea, I really liked that.
MilesWebber
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Saw it tonight in 3D and wow. Webb sure knows how to make 3D look good. The rest was awful.
Boring origin story rehash with an uninteresting villain and 75% awkward "teenage" romance.
At one point I thought I was watching Kick-ass and the next moment i thought i was watching King Kong.
Not worth the trip to the theater.
Boring origin story rehash with an uninteresting villain and 75% awkward "teenage" romance.
At one point I thought I was watching Kick-ass and the next moment i thought i was watching King Kong.
Not worth the trip to the theater.
Good Job Bob
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The idea of making Flash an actual multi-dimensional character and not just the typical one-dimensional bully that gets owned by the geek and never seen again is great, but like everything else in this movie it just wasn't executed well enough. Felt very half baked and clumsy.
Watched it today, gotta say, I was quite surprised at how much I liked the movie. Saw alot of negativity in this thread earlier so my expectations going into the movie were quite low.
The movie felt abit too familiar with SM1, which I guess it has to since it's an origin story, but I didn't realize that going in. Anyway, really enjoyed Garfield's spiderman and Emma Stone. ASM > SM1 for me. Though its also partly because I rewatched SM1 recently, and boy, it doesn't hold up as well as I imagined.
The movie felt abit too familiar with SM1, which I guess it has to since it's an origin story, but I didn't realize that going in. Anyway, really enjoyed Garfield's spiderman and Emma Stone. ASM > SM1 for me. Though its also partly because I rewatched SM1 recently, and boy, it doesn't hold up as well as I imagined.
So I actually bought SM1 tonight to compare them. From what I remember, the fighting wasn't nearly as good in SM1 and Spidey didn't use his abilities nearly as creatively, am I correct?
Like in this one he's all over the place and using webbing to catapult himself into people and swinging away and swinging back in for the kick, etc. There wasn't a lot of that in the first or am I misremembering?
I thought the action in this one was really good but I don't remember being very impressed with the fights in SM1-3.
TOM f'N CRUISE
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just watched it today... i liked it and will probably watch it again with other friends
I didn't notice anything odd in his review.
How so?
I guess you missed the part where he hugs Parker at the end of the movie?
One of the worse character arcs in a movie of all time srsly
That didn't seem very unusual.
Yeah, I loved the creative use of his abilities in ASM. Of course they had 3 previous movies to work off of. The fights in SM1 were certainly great for its time, but not nearly as creative.
TheKaeptain
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I was getting the feeling that they use to be friends. Especially when Peter calls him by his real name at the beginning of the movie.
I liked this a lot more than all the other shitty superhero movies that have been flooding the cinemas lately (Avengers included).
Hope the sequel is just as good! I know movie-gaf likes to nitpick heaps, but the small things don't bother me. On the whole I was really impressed with the film.
Hope the sequel is just as good! I know movie-gaf likes to nitpick heaps, but the small things don't bother me. On the whole I was really impressed with the film.
TheKaeptain
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This is exactly what I said when I left the cinema yesterday.
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