Sony just released a brand new The Amazing Spider-Man 2 featurette titled “Becoming Peter Parker”. Andrew Garfield talks about how much he’s loved the character since he was kid, and the cast and crew rave about how perfect he is in the role. There’s some funny new footage here, and even some behind-the-scenes shots. Check it out!
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Andrew Garfield on becoming Spidey in new 'The Amazing Spider-Man 2' featurette (video)
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I am loveing how SONY are showing us so much of the movie ! Knowing that however much they show us it still won’t prepare us for ‘ The Death of Gwen Stacy ‘ #Heartbreaker
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I don’t think Gwen is going to die, people who think that are totally irrational. They can’t let a character like her die so easily in that movie? It would break Peter Parker so much that he is prepared to do things he must not even think about doing. So that would make his character way too dark and that is bad for the franchise. I honestly think they have decided not to include a MJ in this story about Spidey and that would be dumb, because there already is a love in Parker’s live, namely Gwen Stacey. ^^ Just my opninion though.
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Dam bro ! Brace yourself ! She is a gonna : ( Start preparing yourself ASAP !
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Nah, I totally doubt that will be true my friend. And if it may happen, I would rather see that than that Andrew dies himself before he can shoot the next movie (sequel of Spidey 2) Like Paul walker died for example, which was horrible for me. I would’ve wished he were still alive. Rip Paul.
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“So that would make his character way too dark and that is bad for the franchise.”
Only people who have not read the comics think Spider-Man is like the other Marvel movies. Spider-Man is one of my favourite superheroes because of the way it finds an amazing (excuse the pun) blend between humour and darkness.
I could refer you to many incidents in the comics, specifically the Ultimate Spider-Man comics (which these movies are heavily inspired by) that are insanely dark.
Gwen’s death is practically a must. It sounds harsh, but it’s an important part of Spidey’s character arc. In both Amazing Spider-Man and Ultimate Spider-Man she dies.
So it’s a bit of a stretch to call people irrational who believe she’ll die. I believe they took MJ out of the movie, and wanted to focus on Gwen and Peter, to make her death mean more. I’m of the belief that it will happen, especially based on where these movies are going in future, and the fact that the trailer reveals her being “saved” – which would be weird if there was no real tension in that fight with Green Goblin.
Remember Gwen is also leaving (to England, for a scholarship), so Peter is already faced with losing her, one way or the other.
Spider-Man is often a tragic hero. He is not all colourful with nothing bad ever happening to him or those he loves. The comics are an awesome blend of light and dark, and I encourage you to read Ultimate Spider-Man if you haven’t already to see how extraordinary his character is.
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Well, dude, you are right in so freaking many ways. But if I am allowed to state my point further: I don’t think they are going to kill Gwen Stacey because we just got to know the character and it would be senseless to make her die in the second movie, just after she got introduced in the first movie. So, does anyone have to say anything about that? Please? :P
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I like Andrew as Spider-man so very much, I am looking forward towards my visist to the cinema so much! I can’t begin to explain to you people why I disliked Toby a little in comparison with Andrew. Toby did his role very shy while Andrew keeps up the pace and seems to be like he is absolutely happy about being Spider-man. I didn’t dislike Toby as much as I disliked Christian Bale thougfh, anyone wanna comment on that?
Good day to you all! :D
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I don’t think Bale’s a good a Batman as fanboys would lead you to believe. I think he’s way overrated and so is Nolan’s Batman (as in his depiction of Batman in the TDK trilogy).
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I am so happy to hear that I am not alone on that in this world. I watched Dark knight this evening and I seriously stopped when Joker got incarcerated or what ever he was and began to browse again. Because the ending is litteraly so disappointing. Sorry, but it could be just Nolan and his writing crew that I disliked apart from Bale’s performance, He did Bruce better than Batman, I believe.
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Ehh, well, you’re kinda alone. I’m not talking about the actual movie storyline, I’m talking about how the character of Batman is portrayed. He’s not very smart, he always gets Fox to do the smart stuff for him when in reality Batman is supposed to be extremely smart in various fields. He’s also not a very good fighter as he should be. He only uses punches and a boxing-style way of fighting when in reality Batman is supposed to be like Bruce Lee because he’s one of the greatest combatants in the DC universe. There’s other stuff too but it would take too long to talk about.
I want to clear one thing up. I really like The Dark Knight movies, I just think that depiction of Batman is overrated. I’m not saying they’re bad movies. They’re great movies.
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I think it’s a bit unfair to criticise Bale for Batman’s fighting. He doesn’t do the choreography. It’s not up to him how the fights play out. And Nolan isn’t the best of directors when it comes to physical fight scenes, and I can admit that as much as I am a fan of him. He’s very good at intelligent action, as depicted by his bank robbery scene (TDK), plane hijacking in TDKR and car chase in TDK.
That said, I agree that the fighting was really mellow, and it’s one of the areas I hope Batman Vs Superman will improve, as in actually showing Batman as a capable combatant.
I agree that the detective and intelligent side of Batman wasn’t deeply explored in the movies, but on the other hand I think the realistic portrayal was excellent, and they did wonders to make Batman a very believable character.
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You’re right, I’m sorry for the confusion, I meant that Bale/Nolan’s depiction of Batman is overrated.
But I also am not that big of a fan of Bale’s Batman voice, though I do enjoy it, I would’ve rather had a better more intimidating voice not a yelling Batman with sore throat.
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Oh, and I got a very good expample of a “one liner” which states why I disliked Toby: “good riddance” . Please, cut it out with that one xD
Nolan was amazing but I didn’t like how he depicted the character of Bruce Wayne. Everything else was good but IMO bale didn’t really look like Bruce
I want to clear one thing up first:
I’m not talking about Christopher Nolan as a director, or Bale as an actor. I’m talking about their depiction of Batman in the movies. I think that that depiction of Batman is overrated. It’s still a really good Batman, and the best live-action Batman so far, but I think he’s overrated.
There are many reasons why I believe this but just a few:
1) Batman is supposed to be a scientist, the world’s greatest detective, etc. He’s a really smart person, yet in TDK trilogy Batman just makes Fox do almost all the smart stuff because he can’t do it because he’s not smart enough to.
2)He’s not as good a fighter as he should be. He’s one of the greatest combatants in the DC universe. He’s a martial artist like Bruce Lee or Chuck Norris. Yet, in TDK trilogy, he only uses his fists (I think he only threw one kick in the entire trilogy) and he has a boxing-style of fighting and he doesn’t move much when he’s fighting.
3) Batman murdered Harvey Dent when he pushed him off like a four-story building. Yeah, he was saving James Gordon Jr. (I think that’s what he’s called) but he KILLED Harvey Dent. I see fanboys complaining about Superman breaking Zod’s neck in Man of Steel but NO ONE complains about Nolan and co. writing a scene in which Batman breaks his no-kill rule! It’s what defines the character and it’s what he’s known for. That doesn’t sit well with me. Yeah, it’s part of the story about how Joker wins and finally pushes Batman over the edge, etc. but I don’t like it. Joker should never be able to push Batman over the edge like that (save for certain non-canon stories like The Dark Knight Returns) because that’s what Batman is supposed to be: incorruptible (Joker said it himself in The Dark Knight).
Again, I could go on and on but that would be a really long conversation. I still like The Dark Knight Trilogy, btw. I think they’re great movies. I just think that that depiction of Batman is overrated.
1. How is Batman being a really smart person (say like Sherlock from the BBC show) unrealistic? Especially since they included that Batman travelled the world for seven years training himself and learning.
2. So Bruce Lee’s fighting style and skills (or any other form of martial arts) is unrealistic even though it is real?
3. Yep. You just cemented my point further.
P.S. I find it hilarious we’re discussing this on Spider-Man News instead of Batman News :P
1. I’m not talking about Wayne Enterprises. I’m talking about Batman’s years of training in various fields (not necessarily by himself, maybe with someone training him) or was he just sitting around doing nothing until Ra’s found him? I think not. He should be a much better detective than he is, I could care less wether he knows how his company’s stock works.
2. Yet he still does that in almost every single action scene in TDK Trilogy and I don’t see anyone saying it’s unrealistic.
3. Yes, he did. Therefore breaking his no-kill rule. That’s how you cemented my point, by providing more evidence.
1. It’s still possible for Batman to be intelligent and for his intelligence to be realistic at the same time, though.
2. Then why did you use that as a counter-argument? And exactly, not everything was realistic in the Nolanverse, so why couldn’t there be things included like Batman’s real fighting style and his real detective skills?
3. No big deal? Have you seen the way fans reacted at Superman snapping Zod’s neck in Man of Steel? Fans would react even worse than that if Batman had killed as obviously as Superman did in TDK movies. But since Batman killed in a more heroic context, people don’t care for some reason. I still care, though.
Batman being forced to kill Harvey Dent was a big thing, because the Joker won. I accepted that in the realistic setting of the story. It was pulled off really well, and I commended it, although I felt it was largely underplayed in the movie due to the positive note they wanted to end it on. Still, loved TDK.
I’m not the biggest Superman fan, but I really liked the ending. I thought it was bold for an origin story, and took away some of the predictability.
My biggest gripe with Man of Steel was the colour tone, to be honest. It was far too dull and gritty to be a Superman movie. It was visually like Watchmen or something. Even the iconic suit, as awesome as it looked, was de-coloured.
1. What does Bruce being a billionaire have ANYTHING to do with how smart he is at being a detective?
2. Seriously, that’s your counter-argument? You either just want to keep arguing or you seriously can’t come up with a good counter-argument so then that would make me right.
3. Are you saying that the way they both killed in the movies is the same context? If it was, why is was there no outcry against Batman killing in the Nolan trilogy but there is at Man of Steel? They’ve killed in canon comics before but usually because of terrible writing, not because it’s truly a part of the character to kill every once in a while or only when absolutely necessary.
1. Bruce wasn’t even the kind of billionaire you’re talking about until he returned to Gotham shortly before becoming Batman so you can’t blame him no being smart on him being a billionaire. He studied (probably was home-schooled) until he decided to go travel the world and train in stuff and find the meaning of life (basically). So, again, him being a billionaire doesn’t have anything to do with how good he is at being a detective. Even if it did, how do you explain him being the world’s greatest detective in comics?
2. No, you’re just not making sense and using invalid arguments.
3. Superman’s world gets dark more often than you’d expect and comic book fans know this, but I see your point. But just as Superman is “known as this colorful character whose world doesn’t really get dark”, Batman is known as a character who never kills no matter what the circumstances are.
1, 2, and 3: I’m done, man, you win. You just don’t want to listen to yourself (as in what you’re saying which doesn’t make sense) or to me. You just don’t see what I’m trying to say. So I’m done. You win. Bye.
It did get a lot of praise to being with. Just look at the vast army of Nolan fanboys it’s created. But whatever, I realize now that there’s no point in arguing whether it was overrated or not since it’s in the past and we have BatFleck to look forward to.
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