Sony Pictures Entertainment Brings Marvel Studios Into The Amazing World Of Spider-Ma

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Originally Posted by MsMarvelDuckie

Yet nearly everything in the first two Spider-Man movies was FAR better than the first two Amazing Spider-Man movies- the fights, the acting (say what you will about Toby, but everyone else was spot-on), the stories (Ock's plot was particularly good), and the effects. Most people seem to simply razz on them because #3 left a bad taste in everyone's mouth. And that's mostly because of disappointment over Venom and Harry-Goblin. Do I even need to bring up Lizard or Electro?! Poor choices made on both. And as much as I feel a bit face-palm-y at Toby in #3, Garfield is just too "pretty" (and was already a bit confrontational even BEFORE the spider, which is SOO OOC for that point in the movie) to be a convincing nerd. Sally Fields made a good aunt May though, surprisingly.

Also- Willem Dafoe really SOLD GG. Having read through most of Gobby's history (Which includes once having abducted Flash and gotten him totally sloshed on whiskey before putting him behind the wheel of a semi rig and watching him crash it into the school Peter was teaching at- as a poke at Peter, of course. Also, banging Gwen Stacy while his son was unconscious after a drug overdose- and swiping her twin children from the "affair" to raise in secret in France) he was so convincing as Psycho-borne, er, Osborne that anyone else would just seem dull in comparison.

I disagree with pretty much everything you just said there except the bit about Willem Dafoe and Electro. The Lizard was spot on except for needing more of a snout and as for Garfield being "too pretty" well Peter Parker has mostly been a physical specimen in both physique and facial structure. I actually think a great actor to portray him in the next film would be Emile Hirsch. There are versions of Peter that revolve around the Civil War that look a lot like him. But all in all I liked the Amazing Spider-man movies much more.