MYSTERIO. I LOVE HIM. trustory. He'd make quite a visually impressive villian on screen. And he'll be able to test spidey quite a bit. Just hope they don't cop out at the end and have this herculean fight followed by a "oh look, an off button" kinda moment.
Everytime I come here and look outside of the PPC, it makes me happy that I don't play xbox and will not be getting Halo 4.
Everything I can find on the 'Venom Movie' says that the planned directer is the guy from Chronicle, it focuses on Eddie Brock (not introduced in the Amazing Spider-Man movie), and is planned to be some kind of bridge between Sony's "Amazing Spider-Man" and Disneys "Avengers".
Being slightly older than a portion of you, and having been a massive fan all my life, I just feel the need to say that it was a good movie, I enjoyed many things about it, but it was far from "closer to the comics" in my opinion. This kid was not a believable Parker in my opinion, and the way he acted when the cops showed up after webbing the guy to the way was just awkward and kinda lame. They tried too desperately to bring Spiderman current and make him more hip and likable for younger, newer audiences. The new suit was evidence enough of that for me. Peter wasn't some skateboarding hipster, and they did a terrible job making me believe that he was a loner or an outcast, at any point in time. Another thing was the supreme focus about his parents that went nowhere. Then he was so desperately seeking his uncle's killer, only for that to be swept under the rug. The photography and reward for photos, started solid and went nowhere. His relationship with his Aunt (who was poorly portrayed as a younger, more modern woman) was way off. They barely spoke, and I never believed they were close to each other for a second. Aside from all that, I loved the darker tone, the humanity brought to spider-man (where he wasn't invincible and still suffered from his injuries), and Emma Stone as Gwen Stacy. It was overall a great film, but there were some very glaring issues in my opinion that hold it back. It's definitely not a "Batman Begins" relaunch. These are just my personal views and in no way do I think they make my opinion more valid than anyone else's. This movie just wasn't matched up to what I know and love about my favorite superhero that I grew up with. It's packaged and made for a new generation that I'm just not on board with.
Not really having read any SpiderMan comics(yet), I can't say how much closer to the source material it was. What I can say though was that it's the most I've ever enjoyed SpiderMan, more so than the cartoons as a kid, the excellent games or Raimi's hokey trilogy. I had little trouble believing he was a loner not an outcast though. I saw the character as a loner by choice and it being too late into high school to really branch out. I loved that finally a movie SpiderMan is outspoken and quit-witted. I believe the focus on his parents took a back seat so that the mystery can be stretched into sequels, which I'm okay with. Can't say much about his sudden indifference on finding his uncle's killer. Maybe he had a profound thought akin to Batman Begins where he loses the opportunity to kill Joe Chill and realises the difference between vengeance and justice but, you know, off screen and without the murderer dying or anything... Casting was stellar, I reckon. Martin Sheen nailed it as Uncle Ben and I found myself captivated by Dennis Leary, oddly enough. OH and it's been confirmed as the first of a trilogy.
IMO batman begins was nowhere near as good as Dark Knight, hopefully that will be the case for spiderman.
to me, the first half an hour of Batman Begins trumps all but my preferred of the two is The Dark Knight.
Spiderman was good, not great. Unfortunately, I saw the final trailer for The Dark Knight Rises right before the movie and I literally couldn't stop thinking about it. I mean I know my hopes are just too damn high but... It's just gonna be so great. So very fantastic.
He threw her off the bridge, and it's debatable, but it was settled in a later issue that when Peter dove after her and used his webbing to grab her and thrust himself towards her, it snapped her neck. I happen to like that version. It's ballsy and dark, and it'd be refreshing to have a movie do something risky like that.
That is pretty dark. And I, personally, would like that (though I'd hate to see emma stone go, lady is fine), but I highly doubt that they'd do that. Spider-Man, while being slightly more "realistic" in tone now, still get's by on being a really family friendly hero, that everyone can relate to. Movie wise. Gwen dying? Maybe. Him killing her? I just can't see it, though it's possible. And it would be a pretty good moment for a movie.
That wasn't the directors choice, lol, I heard she opted to do a different movie instead. That's what they get for planning a trilogy and not making her sign a three movie contract.