Spider-Man (2012) Reboot

[brendan1]

I assume its a 12a as you don't get 12 in the cinema anymore, but yes you can

Yay. He will be pleased indeed.

[Spaceghost]

I went to see this yesterday and was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed it.

Andrew Garfield makes a much better Peter Parker/Spider-Man than Tobey MacGuire. Spider-Man acts more 'spidery', [spoiler]spinning and waiting in an actual web to catch the Lizard, scurrying over The Lizard, spinning a web cocoon[/spoiler] and the web slinging looks much cooler and more realistic.

There's none of the cheesy dialogue of the Raimi film either and the romance between Peter and Gwen is much more believable compared to the 'they're in love because we told you they were' relationship with Mary Jane.

The Lizard looks a bit ropey and doesn't really resemble the comic version but the fight scenes were fast, kinetic and exciting.

I'm looking forward to seeing where the sequel will go.

PS - my 8 year old son loved it and declared it 'miles better' than The Avengers.

So, if it's a 12 certificate, but I'm (obviously) with him, can my 6 year old boy get in to watch it? He's Spiderman nuts.

Yeah, it's a 12A so under 12's are okay as long as they're with an adult. I don't recall anything particularly scary or distressing. The Lizard is a bit menacing but that's about it.

My daughter is 5 and she was a bit concerned when Uncle Ben died (is that a spoiler? Arf!) but for the most part, her overwhelming reaction was boredom. She pleaded with us to take her to see it too...

[brendan1]

I went to see this yesterday and was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed it.

Andrew Garfield makes a much better Peter Parker/Spider-Man than Tobey MacGuire. Spider-Man acts more 'spidery', [spoiler]spinning and waiting in an actual web to catch the Lizard, scurrying over The Lizard, spinning a web cocoon[/spoiler] and the web slinging looks much cooler and more realistic.

There's none of the cheesy dialogue of the Raimi film either and the romance between Peter and Gwen is much more believable compared to the 'they're in love because we told you they were' relationship with Mary Jane.

The Lizard looks a bit ropey and doesn't really resemble the comic version but the fight scenes were fast, kinetic and exciting.

I'm looking forward to seeing where the sequel will go.

PS - my 8 year old son loved it and declared it 'miles better' than The Avengers.

So, if it's a 12 certificate, but I'm (obviously) with him, can my 6 year old boy get in to watch it? He's Spiderman nuts.

Yeah, it's a 12A so under 12's are okay as long as they're with an adult. I don't recall anything particularly scary or distressing. The Lizard is a bit menacing but that's about it.

My daughter is 5 and she was a bit concerned when Uncle Ben died (is that a spoiler? Arf!) but for the most part, her overwhelming reaction was boredom. She pleaded with us to take her to see it too...

Well, he's usually OK watching Spiderman 1 through 3 over and over and over and over again, so I don't think I'll have to worry about the boredom levels. Possibly just my own....

[judgefloyd]

like Link Prime, I was also distracted by three little brats running around the place while their tracksuit-clad father did - wait for it - nothing.  I yelled 'will you be quiet' in my sternest voice, which shut them up for about twenty minutes before the playground stuff resumed.  I'm extra-impatient with this sort of crap because I have a kid and know that for the most part it's not rocket science to get them to not annoy other people.

Garfield is definitely a talent - he was great in the Red Riding movie.
On reflection, though, this movie wasn't specatacular.  I'm certainly not telling any of my mates that it's a must see

[bluemeanie]

Just back... loved it.
Thought the non Spider-Man bits were handled really well and were genuinely emotional. Field and Sheen were fucking brilliant and I wasnt even annoyed by the teenie stuff.

Action all really cool too, especially the first bit on the subway, and while my inner nerd was shouting "THE LIZARD LOOKS WRONG" it was a decent enough movie reimagining (can you imagine him talking with the comic muzzle?) and he was suitably threatening.

[dracula1]

Paid me cred's and watched the film Spiderman 4 the reboot . All I can say about it is... Noooooo!  One good thing came out of this visit to the cinema in the shape of a free Dredd movie poster from the very nice manager at the Odeon (which was nice). 

[SmallBlueThing]

Hopefully off to see this tonight with the boys. Despite bizarre costume changes, andrew garfield's ludicrous hair and the hilariously shit lizard, im really looking forward to it. Im a huge spidey fanboy, but wasnt too fussed with the last three movies- hopefully this will be better.

SBT

[willthemightyW]

Paid me cred's and watched the film Spiderman 4 the reboot . All I can say about it is... Noooooo!  One good thing came out of this visit to the cinema in the shape of a free Dredd movie poster from the very nice manager at the Odeon (which was nice). 

Didn't you even like Garfield?

[SmallBlueThing]

Saw it, loved it. Would go again, but at £10 for an adult ticket and £8 for kids, I'd rather buy some comics and wait for the DVD.

SBT

[bluemeanie]

I've become a Wednesday movie guy now

Get my 20p Orange Wednesday ticket sent straight to my phone. Buy one ticket get one free.
So me and Iz saw it in 3D for about 11 quid

We both saw Jaws a few weeks back for £7

Not sure I could justify too many cinema trips if it was over £20 a pop for the pair of us

[judgeblake]

I'm still trying to decide whether I want to go and see the Amazing Spiderman yet. Whilst my mother and sister went to see it on thursday night, I opted instead to see one of the last chance screenings of Prometheus. They reported back saying that the recasting of the main characters of the spiderman universe are brilliant, but the Lizard has been miscast and that the Lizard itself reminded them of the greener then green cartoonish like Hulk from Ang Lee's misfired Hulk. I mean, I wouldnt mind seeing the same actor from the original trilogy play Sandman again....or a return of Willem defoe as a redesigned green goblin perhaps? (I realise the latter opinions are quite controversial as many hated Sandman in spiderman 3.

[Richmond Clements]

You made a bad mistake going to see Prometheus instead of this.

[judgeblake]

You made a bad mistake going to see Prometheus instead of this.

is it that Spiderman is the much better? or that Prometheus is that much worse? lol

[Pyroxian]

You made a bad mistake going to see Prometheus instead of this.

is it that Spiderman is the much better? or that Prometheus is that much worse? lol

The latter IMO. At least the Spider-man plot makes more sense. I enjoyed SM's action sequences, but felt it dragged a bit during some of the Gwen-Peter scenes. Possibly because I've read it all in the comics so it's a case of 'oh it's the Gwen Stacey storyline, so blah, blah and blah will happen). I'd give it a 3/5.

[Richmond Clements]

Prometheus is an absolute stinker of a movie, and it gives me no pleasure in saying that.
I think it'll be up there with things like Battlefield Earth once the smoke clears.
Spider-man is just... Fun. Likeable leads, exciting and coherent action and clear motivations. In short, everything Prometheus lacked!