The Amazing Spider-Man Early Thoughts (2012)

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Spiderman has gone by many different tag lines, but the new movie 'The Amazing Spider-Man' may have a lot to live up to.

People up until now have been skeptical over the forthcoming reboot of the Tobey Maguire, but by the looks of the trailer, the movie will be able to stand up against the previous trilogy. From the first teaser trailer it looks like this version of the character will be told in a more serious, darker tone. Almost taking it's influence from Christopher Nolan and his re-telling of the Batman world.

Spiderman 2 has always been the personal favourite of all three, with the first of the trilogy not that far behind. The third and final one was a huge disappointment with too much crammed into it, and the over crowding of villains. Until the reboot was announced, it was hard to imagine the Spiderman series being remade into a new film series.

Andrew Garfield's Peter Parker looks more like the scrawny, odd teenager that people are familiar with during the very early stages of Peter's Spiderman days. But it remains to be seen how he will pull off the other half of his character. And that being the webslinger himself. Tobey Maguire made Peter Parker his own, making him an awkward and nervous character who is a completely different persona whilst under the mask. One criticism that can be said about Raimi's version of the webbed one is that there was a lack of his wise cracking, smart mouthed hero who cracks jokes to wind up his opponents during his battles.

Anyone who has read the 'Ultimate' version of the comics will easily be able to recognise where the familiar looking version of Spidey has been taken from. The tall, slim looking figure, all the way down to the way the costume has been designed. Yes, it has obviously been re-designed to distance itself from the previous movies, but the look of it all points back to Ultimate Spiderman. There is the appearance of the the web shootrs that, if going by classic comic book folk, Peter created as attritube to his intelligence rather than the web shooting beig natural to him. And characters that are present early in Peter's life make an appearance and look to play large roles. Before Mary Jane and Peter, there was Peter and Gwen Stacy which Spiderman 3 touched on. In the comics, Gwen plays another tragic role in Peters life, as does Captain Stacy, father of Gwen, who also seems to feature in a more prominent role and has a tragically life changing role in Peters life. Even Dr Curt Connors, aka The Lizard, who is someone who has close ties to Peter makes an pivotal appearance and looks to play an influential role in young Peter's life. If that is the case and 'The Amazing Spiderman', is going to try stick more closely to the origins of Spiderman, then it looks this film will gain a lot of success.

Granted, the teaser trailer doesn't show much of the action from the film, but it touches heavily on the emotional aspects of Peter Parker's tragic experiences that prompt to take up his superhero responsibilities. But surely, with more scenes and trailers, the action will be able to challenge the former trilogy as a legit contender for the best big screen interpretation of Spiderman.

Whether it lives up to the name of 'Amazing' remains to be seen.