First Clip from 'The Amazing Spider-Man' Online
Sun, February 19, 2012 Sony Pictures has released the first clip from this summer's The Amazing Spider-Man via the film's viral website, MarkOfTheSpider-Man.com.
Surprisingly, the clip doesn't include any footage of the webslinger in action, choosing instead to showcase Peter Paker (Andrew Garfield) attempting to visit Gwen Stacy at her home but having trouble with the intimidating doorman (this was referenced in the recently released trailer).
I pick out a few important things from this clip:
1.) Just from the dialogue alone, it's nice to no longer have to hear Sam Raimi's goofy, comical banter that was overdone so much in the previous Spider-Man trilogy.
2.) Garfield (despite being close to 30 years-old in real life) actually does look like and come off as a teenager still in high school. The display of disbelief and dumbfoundness he portrays as he's practically interrogated by the doorman actually comes off pretty genuine as a teen still coming of age.
3.) Finally, the film just looks more realistic and grounded than what was shown in the previous Spider-Man films. I never was the biggest fan of Raimi's trilogy and always hoped the series would be taken in a more reality-based direction. Hopefully this clip is a nice preview for the tone of the rest of the film.
The Amazing Spider-Man hits theaters July 3rd.
Reader Comments (3)
That was a good clip. I really liked it. But I already know that alot of people are going to compare it to the Bruce Campbell scene in Spider-Man 2. *cough Jamie Williams *cough
While I disagree that Garfield looks convincing as a teenager, I agree with the rest.
A2THEH, I think Jamie will be making another one of those "I'm glad to be wrong" excuses in July.
Yeah but in Jamie's defense he's just really criticizing the marketing which says that this film is pretty much different than the original in EVERY way, which it isn't completely different.