CALLING IT NOW - AMAZING SPIDER-MAN MOVIE... will suck.

1) The Lizard and Proto Goblin alone are not enough of a threat for Spider-Man, who can taunt them while swinging overhead, web them from above, climb away from them, etc. There should be a supervillain handler using the Lizard, ala Callisto in "Spider-Man".

2) Both are feral, ground-based assailants (Dr. Connors, too, when he is the Lizard loses his mind a bit) not a mental threat to a high-school, high-climbing whiz kid.

3) Lizard makeup FX (and especially Proto FX) won't be good enough to inspire fear or be believable.

4) Spider-Man's costume was made in the texture-fetishist style, way overboard and busy, eyes too small.

5) Introducing Gwen means her dad, Captain Stacy, will be involved - taking up more time that could have been devoted to adding one (just ONE, Spider-Man 3...!) other handler villain, or building up Peter.

My favorite character, but I call it: the film will SUCK - even though I <3 Emma Stone.

Ugh... Boots, gloves, tiny eyes, suit - looks like all of them were unfinished rushes for an art class project. Web shooters are great, but despite the good cast, the handwriting is on the wall, as it was for Spider-Man 3... ESPECIALLY NOW that we can see the direction the Lizard is taking:

Not this, or even this...

...BUT THIS!

>> sob <<

I'm sorry, Spidey, but I wouldn't count on getting a cameo in the Avengers movies...

Let's hope it sucks so Disney can get the rights back and fold him into the Marvel films.

Let's hope it sucks so Disney can get the rights back and fold him into the Marvel films.

It'll either be really good or really bad. I think it'll be good

we haven't even seen a trailer for this movie that isn't even finished yet and people are already complaining, I so called this

It'll either be really good or really bad. I think it'll be good

@turoksonofstone said:

Let's hope it sucks so Disney can get the rights back and fold him into the Marvel films.

Can't Disney just BUY it back?

Let's hope it sucks so Disney can get the rights back and fold him into the Marvel films.

I remember people saying First Class would suck, too. Give it a chance, at least.

Your fashion statement was spot on...That was hideous 

I like the suit...=(. Whatever only time will tell so be happy whether you are right or wrong but don't expect anyone to congratulate you even if you are.

Who says the Lizard is going to be the only threat this movie could be just a set up to something bigger 

Going to watch it.

Wanna know another reason this thing is gonna fail? no J.Jonah Jameson!

I was disappointed with the costume too they just added things it didn't need but I don't mind the lizard being the villain as for everything else i wait till i see it.

You sir are a negative nancy.

You're waaaaay to jaded, man. I think just this first ASM film is going to trump the last trilogy in the same way Batman Begins trumped all previous Batman films. It's promised to be a grittier and more contemporary take on Spider-Man. Plus you really think Lizard isn't a match for Spidey? Isn't he one of is oldest and greatest foes??? I'm sure on film he'll be a closer adaptation to the current 616 Lizard. Hijacking people through the reptilian base of their brains and whatnot. The suit looks honestly more like something a science whiz could whip up than the one from the Raimi trilogy and the web-shooters score major points. Remember Parker is a genius, something the Raimi trilogy never even tried to tap on. I have a feeling Toby "stiff-lip" Maguire's atrocious acting and Sam Raimi's cheese-ball directing will be all but forgotten come next summer. 
 
P.S. Proto-Goblin is also a villain for this film. Also it's been confirmed Spidey will be dealing with a few more "typical" criminals than in the other films. Seems like he'll have his hands pretty full ( especially if you take the time to think about how he'll juggle his life as Peter and his life as Spider-Man) This movie definitely seems to be more on point with how Peter's life is in the comics. Don't judge before you've seen it.

I'm being hopeful for this one. I am one of the few people who's always liked The Lizard but that isn't enough for the new Spidey movie, more people have to not only like him but everything else that will be involved. I have liked the fact they took the Steve Ditko approach regarding Peter Parker, and the few pics I've seen of Spider-Man in costume all make me think back to the classic Amazing Spider-Man early issues. Which is what I was hoping for. I think after the last Spidey movie, which we all know had its ups and downs, something "new" is needed.

I agree with Turoksonofstone to a degree, in a perfect world, if this bombs, then one would hope that Sony would relinquish the rights back to Marvel, but you know what? I sincerely doubt that would happen. They can manage to milk this cash cow even if any subsequent Spider-Man movies are turds, because they know people will still go see the movies.

While I am not too fond of Fox and Sony respectively latching onto the properties of Marvel still, I am holding out hope for this latest Spider-Man installment, and actually am leaning toward it being decent.

@turoksonofstone said:

Let's hope it sucks so Disney can get the rights back and fold him into the Marvel films.

THIS.

@JediXMan said:

@turoksonofstone said:

Let's hope it sucks so Disney can get the rights back and fold him into the Marvel films.

THIS.

Holy Crap You changed your avatar O_o

why the hell are they even replacing the actor? not cool man. especially a marvel movie. an American marvel movie. with the main character being British. what's up with that?

It'll either be GREAT or it'll be TERRIBLE.
 
I'm leaning towards the GREAT atm, but still mainly undecided.

I'll just wait and see.

why the hell are they even replacing the actor? not cool man. especially a marvel movie. an American marvel movie. with the main character being British. what's up with that?

@Richter said:

@Deadcool: Dear God, no.

I'm gonna give it the benefit of the doubt.

why the hell are they even replacing the actor? not cool man. especially a marvel movie. an American marvel movie. with the main character being British. what's up with that?

lets wait and see, the costume looks like that because supposed to be a literal home made costume, the one from tobey's days looked like it was engineered in some secret government lab. This is more realistic to what spidey could get his hands on...

@Deadcool: NO! YOUR MOUTH IS FULL OF WRONG!

It's going to be the best Spidey yet, easily.

Personally I'm looking forward to the movie. :)

It will be good. Andrew Garfield is a pretty decent actor and comes off as someone interested in acting rather than the applause. I kind of like the way the suit is, so I don't see why people wish him to wear something as ridiculous as the silver-webbed nonsense from the other films. In fact, I wish they had given him webbed underwear on the outside to prove a point. Actual webshooters, Spider-Man in his high school days, Gwen Stacy being beautiful and a villain who isn't one-dimensional filler. Also in the spirit of the general tone, I call Peter Parker knocking Flash Thompson out in a boxing match at the end of the movie instead of pointless web swinging and zipping with corny dialogue.

The Lizard is a pretty good character to start off with and he's damned-near immortal. Despite my hatred for the way McFarlane drew Spider-Man, the way he portrayed the Lizard was the perfect embodiment of something creeping in the shadows and still remaining true to the original concept. Later artists tried too hard to make him look like a dinosaur. It's how the Lizard will be portrayed, no doubt in my mind.

I have faith that it will be good.

The only complaint I have so far is that Andrew Garfield doesn't look like Peter Parker therefore he better be able to act to replace that flaw.

I'd agree with the OP, but X-Men First Class taught me to NEVER judge a movie like that before it comes out ever again.

Let's hope it sucks so Disney can get the rights back and fold him into the Marvel films.

@Cervantes: Well... I have to agree that the suit does suck... I thought I was the only one that didn't like it... I have no problem with Gwen and her dad being in the movie... It makes sense.  She was Spider-Man's first real love...  And Captain Stacey was one of the first people to figure out that Peter Parker was Spider-Man (or so it was implied.)  The Lizard COULD be a good villain.  It depends on the writing and the acting... Consider how good Dark Knight was.  The Joker was the only villain and DAYUM he was good...  He COULD be a great villain if done right; NOT cheesy...   But, if the costume is any indication of how seriously they are taking being true to the character of Spider-Man...It does not bode well...

all over

You're waaaaay to jaded, man. I think just this first ASM film is going to trump the last trilogy in the same way Batman Begins trumped all previous Batman films. It's promised to be a grittier and more contemporary take on Spider-Man. Plus you really think Lizard isn't a match for Spidey? Isn't he one of is oldest and greatest foes??? I'm sure on film he'll be a closer adaptation to the current 616 Lizard. Hijacking people through the reptilian base of their brains and whatnot. The suit looks honestly more like something a science whiz could whip up than the one from the Raimi trilogy and the web-shooters score major points. Remember Parker is a genius, something the Raimi trilogy never even tried to tap on. I have a feeling Toby "stiff-lip" Maguire's atrocious acting and Sam Raimi's cheese-ball directing will be all but forgotten come next summer.   P.S. Proto-Goblin is also a villain for this film. Also it's been confirmed Spidey will be dealing with a few more "typical" criminals than in the other films. Seems like he'll have his hands pretty full ( especially if you take the time to think about how he'll juggle his life as Peter and his life as Spider-Man) This movie definitely seems to be more on point with how Peter's life is in the comics. Don't judge before you've seen it.