Andrew Garfield is a hell of a talent. When I first saw John Crowley’s fantastic Boy A back in 2007, I had a feeling we would be seeing plenty of this guy in the future, and while it took a couple more years, his career has ignited as of late. First, his Golden Globe nominated role in The Social Network, then his highly praised work in the adaptation of Never Let Me Go, and finally, to top it all off, he snagged the much coveted, movie star making role of Peter Parker in Marc Webb’s upcoming Spider-Man reboot.
One can’t help but be at least mildly interested in this, with the highly talented Webb behind the camera directing all of this talent in front of it – Andrew Garfield as good ol’ Pete, Emma Stone as love-interest Gwen Stacy, Martin Sheen as Ben Parker, Sally Field as May Parker, Rhys Ifans as Curt Connors, Denis Leary as George Stacy. The cast is not too shabby.
Now, we get our very first look at Garfield in the costume and the changes are quite noticeable – and if you take a close look, that looks like some web shooters on Spidey’s wrists. Despite my constant reassurances that I am not interested in this, the child in my can’t help but wonder if this might turn out to be a whole lot of fun… and most importantly, cleanse that bitter taste that Raimi’s Spider-Man 3 left in my mouth.
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Reboots, remakes, reinvisioning… all the same cup of tea as far as I’m concerned. Not something I generally get excited about but mention Garfield and I’m there. Love him.
The problem is this is not a franchise that needed rebooting. The first one came out less than 9 years ago! Yes, Spider-Man 3 was a tremendous disappointment, but 1 and 2 are still two of the finest comic book films ever made. There’s no logic in this, even if Garfield will bring a lot to the role of Peter Parker.
As far as what I think of the costume, I don’t think it’s such a stretch from the Sam Raimi version. Despite the talent involved, I don’t have high hopes for this. That and I think it’s completely unnecessary.
$$$. And that Tobey McGuire is getting perhaps a tad too old to play the part. Like the comics (talking out of my ass here), Sony probably wants Spidey/Parker to stay young as they keep turning out movies. I expect this type of trend across all the increasing MARVEL franchises.
I’m actually pretty interested in this one. I enjoyed the first two Spider-Man films, but I love both Garfield and Emma Stone, and I thought Marc Webb did a great job with 500 Days of Summer. Sure, it hasn’t been that long since the Raimi set, but as Kurt suggests, there was going to be another Spider-Man film, and I’d much rather see this one than another Raimi/Maguire/Dunst one.
Great cast, interesting director, but I don’t really care…Kinda like Fincher doing Dragon Tattoo – I’m sure it’ll be well made and probably quite entertaining, but it doesn’t excite me. Granted, not much in the comic book superhero to screen genre excites me as I haven’t even seen Raimi’s second installment of Spiderman yet (I want to, but it’s low on the priority list). The reasons for the “reboot” sound valid though.
As for Garfield, I thought his best role so far (that I’ve seen anyway) was in Red Riding 1974. Not a film I loved, but he was really strong in it.
I’m on board for this one because of everyone involved. When they first mentioned doing another Spider-Man film, I wasn’t all that interested because I thought Raimi might be back and that we’d get another Spider-Man 3. Now that I know a whole new crew of people are on board, I’m more than interested in seeing this. I just kind of figure these remakes will be the norm as it is in the comic book industry.