The Amazing Spiderman 2

This afternoon I have seen the footage shown in the SDCC of The Amazing Spiderman.

I must say I am not and I have never been a Spiderman fan. When I was a child and comicbooks were sold at newsstands, I would only buy a Spiderman comic if there were no Superman or Batman left. I remember my elder cousin being really excited about some Secret Wars series back in the 80's where he got a brand new black suit. I also remember myself reading in the beach some paperback where I learn Peter Parker had a clone. The book included an issue in which the writers fooled around and drew themselves thinking how to end that saga. I also remember Todd McFarlane's spaghettish web-shooters.

My knowledge of the character comes from the 90's animated series. I watched and rewatched those episodes again and again but it was never my favorite character. There was something that did not reach me. That something was the complexity of the character. All the troubles he always had, always getting kicked by his enemies, mutating, etc. I felt Spiderman was not someone though enough. Venom was. I used to draw Venom kicking Spiderman's butt and that kind of stuff. I found Peter Parker had too may weaknesses to be his fan.

When I watched Rami's movies, the casting was a dealbreaker for me. Tobey Maguire was the worst choice to play a superhero. I know they wanted to play the nerd card so that the audience could empathize with him. I admit I am not a big fan of Kirsten Dunst work -or face. J. J. Jameson was brilliant, though. What I liked the most was the suit. They were so respectful... On the other hand, the Green Goblin looks like a Power Ranger cheap villain. I was reluctant to the idea of Spiderman biologically producing his own spiderwebs, but it almost does more sense than the brilliant devices engineered by a teenager.

What I wanted to say, the point I wanted to make in this first post is that I enjoyed The Amazing Spiderman a lot more than Sam Raimi's movies. I watched in the theater and I have just rewatched it now at home. Andrew Garfield is the perfect Spiderman and between Emma Stone and Kirsten Dunst... If they dare to kill Gwen Stacy, I am going to miss this girl. I just learned they cut the new MJ's footage for the sequel, the scenes filmed with the girl that appeared in George Cloney's hawaian movie. Well, I was saying I know Raimi's movies broke the box offices worldwide and were a huge success. I know The Amazing Spiderman has been criticized a lot. It has been said the reboot was unnecessary, but I do not think it would have been a good idea to continue with that franchise after watching Maguire become evil and dance evilly through New York's sidewalks...

It is true that lizard is not the greatest villain ever, the soundtrack is average, I am certain there are plot-holes and the other suit was much better. But Garfield plays a much better Spiderman, is a more believable teenager, there is action, cool spider-movements, high-school scenes and it is different from what we have already seen. They seem to have improved some things for the sequel. The new suit is both classic and modern and there will be more daylight action scenes. Why can't they do the same with Superman's reboot?