The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)

[Easter Lily]

I saw it yesterday and really enjoyed it. I'm really glad it was made because I didn't much care for the first Trilogy. I thought Toby Maguire's Spiderman was awful. This portrayal was vastly superior, they finally got his wisecracking right.

I think so too. Not because there wasn't any in the Raimi trilogy but Maguire's comic delivery of them didn't always hit the spot. Maguire, I thought, did capture certain aspects of the Ditko Spidey probably to the point of caricature.

I liked the Raimi films for bringing Spidey to the big screen. Two was good. But there was a tongue-in-cheek undercurrent that never felt right to me. Raimi wanted to play with the genre and play in it which made the tone uneven.
This new film, I think, embraces the superhero world lovingly but with a more contemporary sensibility.

Another thing I really like about TASM is how science fictiony it feels compared to the previous three films.

[myhelix]

Wow, so much hate for the first trilogy. Overall, I really enjoyed those movies.

Like I said, I think most people hate the 3rd movie, it was just a waste of time. But Peter and Mary Jane's relationship got on my nerves very early on.

[magictrick]

I don't think its hate for the previous trilogy (except maybe for the 3rd movie), its just that this most recent depiction of Spiderman was superior in many ways.

[Infinite-Possibilities]

Wow, so much hate for the first trilogy. Overall, I really enjoyed those movies.

I don't know that I'd say I hated them. I thought they were all quite mediocre and sub-par from what I was hoping for. I've also never subscribed, personally, to the idea that Spiderman 2 is one of the best films and Spiderman 3 is one of the worst.

[LtColCarter]

I don't know that I'd say I hated them. I thought they were all quite mediocre and sub-par from what I was hoping for. I've also never subscribed, personally, to the idea that Spiderman 2 is one of the best films and Spiderman 3 is one of the worst.

Yes...I agree...I wouldn't say hate...but they could've been better.

I'm gonna go see Spiderman again tomorrow! :-)

[myhelix]

I say I hate the third Spiderman movie! It was bad in so many ways.

[LtColCarter]

Well, after seeing Spiderman the 2nd time...I love it even more!

[the fifth man]

I say I hate the third Spiderman movie! It was bad in so many ways.

For me, the third Spiderman had a lot of good moments mixed with quite a few bad ones. Definitely a mixed bag there.