Amazing Spider-Rant

Just wanna say this is for discussion purposes only, this blog works as an observation as well as a little bit of thoughts on "The Amazing Spider-Man". So, a few weeks back we were treated to the second trailer of the Amazing Spider-Man from "500 Days of Summer" director Marc Webb. For those who haven't seen it, watch it below.

Personally, I think it looks entertaining. I would even go as far to say that this 3 minute trailer makes me more giddy than the entire Raimi series combined, and Spider-Man 2 is one of my favorite comic book films ever. Now, I know I'm jumping the gun and it's only a trailer, but am I the only one who feels that is "Spider-Man Begins"? I mean, I know the Nolan-ised way of making comic book films has become a popular thing, but I feel as though this is a bit much.

While I feel the lizard is a great villain to be explored, it feels to much like this the Rah's Al Ghul of this movie. Someone who starts off as a friend, see's potential in our hero, then of course his true motives are revealed. Not to mention this series already has it's Commissioner Gordan in Dennis Leary's George Stacy. It has also been confirmed that a lot of this film has to do with Norman Osborn and his company. I can already see George and Spider-Man gaining respect for each other towards the end culminating in an ending scene that will set up the inevitable Green Goblin story.

Which brings me to my biggest problem I see coming with this movie. The sequel will try to be Spider-Man's Dark Knight. With a little wink and no established at the end of the last movie, we can focus on Spider-Man's Joker, The Green Goblin. We'll see a lot of character moments from osborn, Spider-Man's darkest times, culminating in the Rachel Dawes moment.

Yeah. That moment. I'm not sayin this will happen, but do we need a gritty Spider-Man?