So, there's a new trailer for The Amazing Spider-Man Reboot (I'm sure that's the official title).
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Perhaps the greatest sin of this trailer--of the movie itself whenever it manifests--is not that it will be bad but that it could be good. That's a pity because it could be really good, but if it's covering the same territory as the Raimi Spider-Man
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If I recall correctly, The Incredible Hulk did not re-tell Hulk's origins, which helped it a bit. And the new DD film isn't going that route either. I'm really not sure why Sony went with another origin film...
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Whatever its faults, it still tried to do something different, and I worry that this is what's wrong with the Spider-Man reboot. I don't love the trailer, I don't love the tone, but I could probably like either in the finished product if it wasn't been there, done that territory.
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Why is he walking slo-mo through his school halls with emo-hair? Why is he that hoodied-up silent broody guy sitting in the back scribbling on his desk? Are we going to hear about how "HIS PARENTS ARE DEEEAAAAADDDDDD!"? Will the New York he lives in ever experience weather sunnier than slightly taupe?
I like serious and dark Spidey stories, but my confidence in Hollywood pulling one off is not that high.
Also, the Peter "Parkour" bit at the end was really...not good.
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But he was such a bastard!
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