Bionicle?

Let me break down the biggest complaints I have:

*The Costume. It looks awful and it seems really lame to me that Spidey can just BUY the essential components for his look. Uncle Ben died because he couldn't afford a damn drink yet this version of Peter can afford probably dozens of shipments from Oscorp without anyone raising an eyebrow?

*The Lizard. Design is awful and the development of him as a villain is incredibly half-assed; the lunatic side of him comes along way too quick.

*Aunt May and Uncle Ben are both wasted characters. I don't remember May ever leaving the damn kitchen or expressing an emotion other than worry, while Ben somehow manages to forsee his own death and leave Peter a voicemail describing exactly what he would need to hear after he died AND STILL not really deliver the only line everyone remembers Uncle Ben for.

*ASM's Peter Parker is a selfish douchebag that I cannot root for. I don't care about the mystery of his parents and I don't care whether or not he winds up with Gwen. If a movie can't make me invested in the title character, they have failed.

I've heard a lot of critical analysis suggesting that Amazing Spider-Man is essentially a "Twilight" cash-in since both are about a girl who falls in love instantly with a mysterious superpowered individual that breaks into her room at night & her police-officer father tries to disrupt the relationship and while not intentional seems to highlight just how formulaic and cash-grabby the Amazing series is.

What about the behind the scenes issues? Which ones were you referring to?

I liked ASM, but I did feel that Parker didn't have that heroic edge he should have. He did gain it towards the end of the movie, but it was just a bit too subtle for a superhero movie for my taste. I mean, if Tony Stark seems more heroic than Peter Parker…

All just my opinion of course. :lol

Recently, Andrew Garfield said in an interview that Spider-Man is Jewish- and proceeded to use a number of offensive stereotypes to make that point.

http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansit.../news/?a=98167

Well Garfield is Jewish. :lol Garfield does have that tendency to spout his mouth about Spidey in a really crude, supposedly funny way; he's done this more than once. I don't like it much either.

Wow, that sounds horrible.

Reminds me of that time that Andrew Garfield or one of the producers said that he wanted Spiderman to be gay. Not that there's anything wrong with being gay, but that Garfield and friends bring up socially pressing issues in inappropriate situations like interviews for a movie.

Paladin, I Have to disagree with you on some of your things about TASM. Spider-Man acts like a dbag because he is supposed to be a smart ass. He is a kid when you come down to it. One of the biggest problems with the Raimi Spider-Man movies is that Spider-Man never actually talked down upon the criminals, and when he did, it felt forced or not all that funny. The first Raimi movie is probably the closes he ever did to talking smack while it was gone by the third.

Also, Gwen was a far superior character in that one movie compared to what MJ had in the trilogy. Gwen was developed and could hold her own compared to Zelda in the Raimi movies. Another thing I liked better was that Peter actually got bruised when he was hit. Now I will agree with the lack of development of Connors, but his design was closer to how Lizard first appeared in the comics, so I have no problem with that.

The plot was actually interesting and well done, and it out did the Raimi movies in one swoop (they have not aged well at all). I think the movie would have had a lot more positive reception had we not had one 10 years prior to tell the origin story. Nevertheless, the execution was amazing. Unfortunately, I am very worried about TASM2 due to all of the characters they have seemed to throw into the thing.


Moving on,

Looper: I remember not being the least bit interested in this movie when it first came out, but some friends said it was pretty good. After finally watching it, yeah, no, this movie was quite lackluster. It's biggest problem is that it was just flat out uninteresting. The characters were boring. The concept was a great idea but executed in such a bland manner that I just did not give a damn about the whole thing. In fact, I would have rathered seen the movie flesh out the 30 years before he went back in time over watching a terrible mother and son movie. The movie was predictable right from the get go whereas they should have actually done something to develop Sid's future instead of just throw it in there in the last 5 minutes. Overall, I give this thing a 4/10 because there was some cool things in it.

WHAT YOU ARE ABOUT TO READ IS MY REVIEW OF AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 IT IS FULL OF SPOILERS AND YOU HAVE BEEN CLEARLY WARNED.

For the the majority of the movie, this is less a Spider-Man movie and more a Peter Parker movie. That may sound underwhelming, but Andrew Garfield is wonderful. Devilishly handsome, utterly charming and perfectly cast. He is just a brilliant presence. He blows Maguire out of the water. Similarly is Emma Stone, her "America's Sweetheart" hype train naturally rubs a contrary sod like me the wrong way but her Gwen Stacy is undeniably fantastic. Most fantastic about her though is her relationship with Peter, I know someone is bound to take some unnecessary feminist stance but I certainly think she makes it out better than Dunst ever did in the original trilogy.

Parker's relationship with Gwen is realised so perfectly I feel like I need to make some kind joke about chemistry here - especially considering they're both science whiz kids - oh look, I already made it. Ha, ha... I liked the blend of indie romance and high-concept blockbuster smashed into one another so much I would have honestly been perfectly happy if that was just the whole movie.

This movie is fucking gorgeous. The 3D sadly makes a lot of it feel and look kinda artificial but there is just so much energy in every set piece. From the insane swoops through New York as we follow Spider-Man between the buildings, to the insane flashes of colour and dubstep bass drops as Electro "lights his candles" (oh man that line was brilliant) this movie is bound to satisfy the adrenaline junkies and ten year old's in the audience even if the number of set pieces are considerably trimmed down. Webb is mostly known for his work on '(500) Days of Summer' which clearly was a huge influence on the focus on the relationship between Stacy and Parker but when you see the effort, the scale, and just the beautiful sense of style that he captures his action sequences with. Just damn.

It makes perfect sense for a sequel, and especially a sequel in the looming shadow of the world of the Avengers and the respective franchises, to move the focus to more of what is going on around Peter... but it also really doesn't work all that well.

Spider-Man as a character has so much going for him, he doesn't need to be a part of some cross-franchise behemoth. I found the majority of this film so refreshing as it focused on its most important narrative and emotional parts and not just which parts could go ahead and become their own franchise and make them even more piles of money. But then, just when it starts to come together, it actually all starts to unravel a bit.

Electro dies (?) before he even really gets a character to play, which is an utter waste of Foxx, and it isn't even like we can enjoy his final battle as he's immediately upstaged by Green Goblin whose very presence in the film seems to be to make us question why Electro is even in this movie in the first place. And then just as Green Goblin takes centre stage, events transpire which make us question why Green Goblin is even here as well. But just as that happens the whole movie disappears into a giant ad for the Sinister Six film.

The ending result is a very messy wrap up that seems to exist solely for the CG crash bang wallop despite so much of the rest of the film focusing on the emotional crash bang wallop, not the physical one. It's a story focused sequel which turns its own narrative focus into padding through unnecessary twists and turns that seem poorly thoughtout.

Perhaps to contradict my point slightly though, the fact that we come away from this with thoughts like "Electro and Gwen both deserved better than their most important moments being juggled around each other" is as much a testament of quality than it is a straight criticism. Before a negative there must exist a positive, you can't be disappointed by something you don't care about in the first place. "Too many villains" is much bigger than a nitpick but I can almost completely ignore this criticism because of how much I loved all of the other parts.

Ultimately though, what cannot be argued, is Amazing Spider-Man 2 makes one of the most important, daring and progressive moves in the entire history of the superhero boom. It kills someone. That someone stays dead. And that someone matters to us. The climax of this film is a complete and utter clusterfuck but in a very rare moment, the end more than justifies the means.

Transcendence - When it comes down to the core concepts of this movie, the movie sounds extremely interesting and unique. A dying man's brain is uploaded into a computer and he creates technological wonders with it that can also become nightmarish echoes of the future. What we actually got was a movie with a paper plot so thin, you could just watch the two minute trailer and you would be left more satisfied than when the credits start rolling. This movie is just so god damned boring that is it not even worth wasting your time seeing even once. Like I just said, go watch the trailer instead. Johnny Depp sounds like he was bored while Rebecca Hall's facial expressions never seemed to match with what was going on on screen. Perhaps Depp should retire from acting as he is racing down the slide that leads into a pile of crap at rapid speeds while he still has some dignity left to his name. Overall, do not waste your time with this dull monotone called a movie as it never feels like it is going to end because there is no such thing as a climax within it. Go watch something better instead like "The World's End" or "The Matrix" if you want to see something that deals with machines and the end of the world. I give this movie a 2/10 and that is because of its concept.

Peter Parker is Jewish? I always thought he was just religiously ambiguous. :lol

I mean, I'm ok with it. I don't care what religion he is, but yeah...making offensive stereotypes...I mean Garfield is Jewish, so I guess it's kind of ok...but still...ugh! This is why we're not allowed to discuss religion here. It's to confusing. :lol

I have a personal vendetta against that movie because I had an idea for a movie with a similar concept (a person who's mind is active while there body is not after an accident is given a new chance at life with an android body that he broadcasts his consciousness to), but now I can't make that movie without coming off as a rip-off of this one.

Eh. I'm not too bothered by it. I make offensive jokes about my religion all the time. If anything, I think it helps combat bigotry associated with my religion, in the sense that it ridicules those stereotypes and people who believe them.

The Invisible Man, a classic Universal Horror film. On Netflix at the moment but leaving soon so I encourage all of you to check it out.

Good story and remarkable special effects for that time period.

In case anyone misses it, here's the funniest part:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ek5v10EHoI

For no other reason than.. I have no reason, I'm going to list every move I've never seen. Be prepared for the shock and rage. (I've seen bits and pieces of some of these but not the whole movie)

The Godfather (Not one of them)
Carrie
Goodfellas (Yet I've seen and enjoyed Casino)
Apocalypse Now (The original or the Redux)
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
American Graffiti
Frozen

And I'm sure there's a couple others I'm forgetting.

Besides Frozen we are on the same boat.

Me too! :D

...

I was going to give you a cupcake, but now you don't get one!

Better give me a damned cupcake.

I've also never seen any of the Friday the 13th movies or Nightmare on Elm.

Okay now you really don't get the damn cupcake.

I don't like horror movies. I only know about Audition and such because of IFC halloween movie specials.

I'm a pretty huge film nerd and I've never even heard of Fast Times at Ridgemont High or American Graffiti but I can say that The Godfather is painfully overrated. You seriously need to see the original Carrie and Goodfellas though.

It's not that it bothers me, it's just confusing is all.

Stereotypes against our religion? Ok...

Hey KRX! You gonna go ride on your camel and eat your falafel! HAWHAWHAW!!!

(Falafel actually sounds really good right now. :lol)

I'm going to disagree on The Godfather. I watched them for the first time in Jan and the first two were nothing short of incredible. Deniro's role as Vito in the second one is phenomenal. I love Michael's story throughout both movies. Both movies get a great 9/10 stars from me and I have already rewatched them when I was on Spring Break.

The third movie is just... garbage.

I recommend watching the original Halloween movie and Pyscho. They might be horror movies, but they really build up on the suspense more than flaunt how much blood they can spread around on screen.

I've actually not seen the sequel as I was pretty unimpressed with the first one, but I might watch both together and see if I come away with more.

Also Halloween ftw, the first two movies are some of my all time favourite horrors. The franchise really goes down the pan after that though.

Camels and falafel are more geographically cultural than religious in my book.

Though if you guys really want to see a good-natured jabbing, here's one I aim at myself:
Slap-happy nuns with rulers. :lol

Also, I want to try a falafel now.

Topaz - I'm not really sure what to think of this movie. It was not a bad movie by any means, but that also means it just wasn't that good either. The biggest problem I can say with the movie is that it is really just flat out boring. It had some great moments in it, but the movie drags on as if Hitchcock forgot what editing meant. Overall, I'm going to give it a 6/10, and it is probably my second least favorite Hitchcock movie at this point in time.

Alright, guys. This is the big one. The one you've all been waiting for. The hammer has fell and the chips are down. This is my latest post in the "What Are You Watching? (Movie Edition)" thread. And what movie have I seen recently?

This one:

http://37.media.tumblr.com/15834e4e9...haao1_1280.jpg

It's held together pretty well. I think they could have spent a little more time developing a few elements, but it's a solid movie featuring my favorite Disney character.













... I suppose I should talk about last night's movie, though.

When I was a boy, my cousin (who may be my uncle, but that's besides the point) had wanted to go watch a movie. The year was 2002. We were leaving a drive-in, having just finished watching Lilo and Stitch, when my cousin stopped the car in front of another screen playing another movie. This movie was Sam Raimi's Spider-Man, starring Tobey Maguire in the titular role. A few months later, this movie was released on DVD, and I was able to watch it in full.

Up until this point, the closest approximation to a superhero that I had was Buzz Lightyear (my favorite Pixar character). Spider-Man was my first experience with the world of tights and justice. I wanted to be just like him (but without the entire "getting bitten by a spider" deal).

Two years later, in 2004, I went with my family to a theater. Whereas before we only saw bits and pieces on our way out, here we came to watch the entirety of Sam Raimi's Spider-Man 2. Needless to say, it was awesome.

Now, nearly 10 years later, there's a new Spider-Man swinging around the silverscreen. Andrew Garfield first took on the role in 2012's The Amazing Spider-Man--a movie that I really enjoyed--and he reprises it once again in The Amazing Spider-Man 2.

Let's get this out of the way right now:

http://amfmstudiosnews.com/wp-conten...ideys-suit.jpg

This costume is MAGNIFICENT, and this movie knows it. Every shot of Pete in this costume looks like it swung right out of a comic book. The way the film is shot only brings more credibility to this notion. The lighting and the visual atmosphere of this movie reminds me of a comic drawn by Stefano Caselli. It might not take scenes directly from the panels of The Amazing Spider-Man, but it Spidey's shot in ways that look like it.

Speaking of Webhead, let's talk about Peter Parker. Tobey Maguire will always hold a special place in my heart as my first Spider-Man, but he was basically a teenage Captain America with spider-powers. He was heroic enough, and quite nerdy, but he was a bit too rigid to be Spider-Man, and didn't have nearly enough sass.

Andrew Garfield is not quite the same level of nerd as the Maguire Spider-Man, but I can overlook that given the more modern take on Spidey in these films. Garfield's Spider-Man is cocky, sassy, and confident. People take issue with that, but you have to keep in mind that Peter Parker is the kind of guy who will walk up to a crime boss and start making fat jokes about said crime boss. That takes a certain level of cockiness and confidence to do so effectively. There's one particular scene that highlights Spider-Man's characterization towards the beginning of the climax of the film. Electro, having gone to a power plant, is confronted by Spidey, to whom he delivers an "I will become a god" speech. With Maguire's Spider-Man, Spidey's reaction would have been something along the lines of, "You'll never get away with this!" Garfield's Spidey, though, simply replies, "A god named Sparkles?" This is a movie that understands the character of Spider-Man.

It also has a superior understanding of the movements of Spider-Man. In the beginning of the film, Spidey is trying to keep some radioactive isotopes from being stolen. At one point, he's webbing together canisters of the isotope that have fallen from storage because of Aleksei "the Rhino" Sytsevich's reckless driving. This scene highlights Spidey's spider-like reflexes really well, his movements being quick and fluid. The scenes of him webswinging also feel far more realistic, and the way they show off the hypersensitivity provided by his Spider-Sense is also done quite well.

Emma Stone's Gwen Stacy is a much stronger character than Kirsten Dunst's Mary Jane Watson. She's proactive, she's assertive, and she's willing to endanger herself if it means she can help Peter. Her relationship with Peter starts off great, gets a bit shaky a little later, and then begins to recapture its initial charm. The love story of this movie is handled really well. It's an important aspect of the plot, but it's not the main focus. The movie starts with them having reunited as a couple, but they break up again so quickly afterward, it seems a bit pointless to have them together in the beginning. Where it really begins to shine is when the two of them try to be friends. I particularly liked when they began to set ground rules for their interactions as friends. The two of them get back together before the climax, and it's done naturally enough, but... well, you should be able to figure it out.

When the first full-length trailer was released, I was initially skeptical of Dane DeHaan as Harry Osborn. His acting seemed like it would be the worst in the film, just given how awkward his line delivery sounded in the trailer. Needless to say, I was wrong. Harry's friendship with Peter felt very natural, as displayed by his first interaction with Peter in the movie. You really grow to like Harry. This is what makes his transformation into the Green Goblin all the more tragic. It doesn't occur when he first chemically alters himself into the Goblin. It begins when he begins to develop the first signs of retroactive hyperplasia, the hereditary disease that afflicted Norman Osborn. Desperate for a cure, Harry surmises that the only way to save himself is through the venom of the spiders from the first movie, which had been destroyed by OsCorp as a public move to regain the trust of investors. Although there webbing was used as the biocable that they manufactured, Harry learns that the spiders were originally created by Richard Parker to cure Norman Osborn's disease. While human trials were never officially conducted, Harry deduces that Spider-Man is someone who has the spider venom in his blood, which gives him his powers. He asks Peter to find him, knowing that Peter takes Spidey's photos, and ask him to provide Harry his blood, but Spider-Man doesn't give him his blood, fearing the potential consequences. His assistant, Felicia (meow) reveals to Harry that OsCorp secretly stashed away samples of the spider venom in their secret projects division, but Harry loses the rights to go there when he is framed for illegal human testing and removed as CEO of OsCorp. In desperation, he seeks Electro's help to break into OsCorp and obtain the venom. In exchange, Electro will be able to feed off of the power grid. His descent into insanity is gradual but natural, and it culminates when, upon being injected with the venom, Harry's disease accelerates, transforming him into the Green Goblin. He goes after Spider-Man, blaming him for his transformation, and discovers that Peter Parker is Spider-Man when he sees Spider-Man talking with Gwen after the two of them defeat Electro. Vowing to take away Spider-Man's hope, Harry flies Gwen to a clock tower, Peter in hot pursuit.

When Max Dillon first walks into Times Square, it's not the fact that Spider-Man doesn't initially remember his name that drives him over the edge (which he was already teetering on, given his obsession with Spider-Man after he was saved by him). It's not the fact that Spidey assured that Electro wouldn't get shot, only for a trigger-happy sniper to shoot him. It's the fact that Max comes to believe that everything Spidey does is for himself, which conflicts with the idealized image that Max had associated with him. Max had been ignored his entire life. The only notable accomplishment that he had was the fact that he designed the power plant that would provide New York electricity, and that was stolen from him by OsCorp (chiefly his boss, Alistair Smythe). When he walks into Times Square and causes a scene, it's the first time that everyone sees him, since his image is projected on every large screen nearby. Spidey, though, unintentionally steals the spotlight when he tries to pacify Electro after he was shot. As a villain, Electro is far superior to the Lizard from the first movie. Here, we have a man who is very disturbed and has now been given immense power. Jamie Foxx gives a wonderful performance, my only complaint with the character being that Spidey kills him, but I don't think he's actually dead.

The story is a bit basic. What really sells it are the characters. Even Aunt May adds just enough zest to the movie to more than justify her presence.

Before I give my final rating, though, I'd like to mention the music. James Horner's soundtrack in the first film was phenomenal for a movie about the origin of Spider-Man. It captured the heroism, but wasn't very grand, coming off as slightly innocent. Hans Zimmer manages to take the heroism to create a soundtrack for The Amazing Spider-Man 2 that is just as phenomenal as the first, but with an increased sense of grandeur and heroism. There's a very triumphant theme throughout it that he doesn't use in his scores for The Dark Knight Trilogy and Man of Steel, and it works brilliantly. It may very well be some of his best work for superhero movies to date.

Overall, The Amazing Spider-Man 2 more than lives up to its name. It's fun, it's engaging, and it's beautiful. It progresses the over-arching story set by the first film while also having its own self-contained story, and it does so very naturally. It's the best Spider-Man movie we've gotten to date, ebing more than a match for it's 10-year-old cousin. 9/10. Go watch it.

... Oh, and the Rhino was in it. He didn't do much, but he was fun.

Just got back from seeing Spiderman 2 and I'll keep it shorter than KRX. I enjoyed the film, but there was about 45 minutes of footage/subplots that they should've just cut. Spiderman is one of my favorites and while Sony does a good job, I wish they could get the franchise into the hands of Marvel Studios. My biggest takeaway was that even though I knew it was coming, seeing Spiderman 121 happen on the screen still gutted me. Bottom line, if you enjoyed the first one, go see this one.

I am going to go see The Amazing Spider-Man 2 tomorrow. I can't wait!!!

On another note: I need to find all the X-Men movies so I can marathon through them before Days of Future Past arrives in theaters.

The Average Spider-Man 2 - What do you get when you take an unnecessary reboot and mix it with cramming three movie plots into one? The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is what. The movie is not terrible by any means, but it isn't very good either. Emma Stone was great as Gwen, but the highlight of the movie is everything dealing Electro. In fact, if the movie revolved solely around Electro, it would have been an excellent movie. The fight scenes with Electro were awesome. The musical theme used for him was incredible. The one liners and jokes Spider-Man made were also great. Unfortunately, Garfield's Peter in this movie comes off more annoying than anything else. In fact, his version of Peter absolutely sucked in this one. The actor who played Harry Osborn was down right awful here. The man just came off as a spoiled brat with daddy issues than a tragic character as he had absolutely no development whatsoever. Not to mention what happens to the character later feels like it belonged in the third movie. There are other issues I have with the movie that I will withhold due to spoilers that royally pissed me off. Finally, there are way too many characters crammed into this thing. Sony should have just done a Spider-Ma TV series instead, as this is what this thing feels like, and is where the series ultimately fails. They are sacrificing quality in the movie just so it can support the sequels, and that is one of the biggest problems with movies as a whole these days. STOP RELYING ON SEQUELS TO TELL YOU ****ING STORY!!! This one is at least better than Spider-Man 3, but that may not mean much. I give the movie an average 6/10 stars.

Oh yeah, there is no reason to stay through the credits. There is nothing after and the only thing during the credits is AN X-MEN TRAILER!! WTF is an X-Men trailer doing there???!!!


Killing Gwen was absolute bullshit!!!!!!! If they were going to kill her, they should have waited until at least the third movie. And that is when Green Goblin should have come in (not to mention his design was ****ing ugly!!!!). Of course, there was NO reason to kill her!!

Well I finished watching The Craft. It was a fairly decent movie. Unfortunately though it suffered quite a bit from bad pacing and just not explaining stuff. It's not a bad film though as it still has a good story, some nice effects, a killer soundtrack, some good characters played by a good cast. But the pacing and lack of explanation for certain things really bring it down.

I'd give it a 3 out of 5.

Naked Gun - I have never seen this movie before but it was pretty funny and enjoyable. There are a few jokes that went over my head (such as the people introduced to be doing commentary for the baseball game), but the movie was hilarious. I'd say it is on equal footing to Airplane. I think my favorite joke in the movie is after he burned the dude's place down and the girl asks him if he has scene the priceless art collection. Overall, I give it a 7/10.

I just got back from seeing The Amazing Spider-Man 2. Unfortunately, my brain is not functioning properly at the moment, so I will just say one thing to express how I felt about the movie:

Oh my god that was amazinogkksdvibiuwhgsjkhbreighoi *dies*


On another note, I am preparing to marathon through all the X-Men movies in about 2 - 3 weeks to prepare for X-Men Days of Future Past. Basically, my marathon will consist of:
X-Men (The Movie)
X2: X-Men United
X-Men 3: The Last Stand
X-Men Origins: Wolverine (oh god help me.....)
X-Men: First Class
The Wolverine
X-Men: The Animated Series
Wolverine & The X-Men

Amazing Spider Man 2

I liked this movie. Granted, there was a fair amount of dumb shit in it to not be magnificent (this movie has ruined the word amazing for me due to the amount of times its dropped, so I'm using different adjectives instead) but I liked it. The movie didn't feel too crammed, but I felt like it could have reorganized things and made better use of its time. This movie seems to be a big fan of Kamen Rider Faiz as it has a lot of similar tropes to that series. An insane amount of coincidences are needed to get the plot to function, the corporation is evil through and through and behind everything and huge flaws in a lot of the characters. If you're a huge Spider-man fan, you'll get a lot of cool shout outs from Spider-man lore, from names to tech.

Garfield as Peter is as funny as ever. But he has just enough creepy in him to make him not look completely pure. I also liked how Aunt May was flawed. I feel like a lot of Spiderman lore glorifies her alot as perfect, so its nice to know that she can be as secretive and flawed as Peter.

Electro is fantastic. His look is super unique and I love his character arc, his obsession, his desire to be seen, his egocentric view and mission to kill Spiderman and his death was all so well done. Go watch it for yourself.

Harry Osborn was a pretty cool character but he has bullshit plot sickness. You see Norman die in Harry's introduction dying from the disease. Harry says he's dying from the same disease his father is but they never explain if he's going to die immediately or a long time away like his dad. His transformation from Peter's friend into his enemy was great as well.

But Green Goblin. When I saw him for the first time, I literally laughed out loud in the theater. He looked so fucking stupid. He wasn't full on mutant like Norman in the Ultimate universe, armored badass like New Goblin in Spiderman 3, nor was he a completed cartoon golin character like in the comics or the original Spiderman movie. He's this awkward middle of all 3 with his disgusting mutated pours and hair. I like his fight scene but I think he should have had one more fight, his Green Goblin transformation felt sort of rushed. He's well integrated into the plot, don't get me wrong. But Green Goblin was not.

While the movie was dragging out the suspense of Gwen's death and everybody knew they were going to do it, it still felt somber and respectful when it happened, except for that slow motion fucking web hand.

The Rhino felt badly placed. The impression I got from the trailers was that he was going to man on man fight Spidey and then get in his Power suit. But he shows up at the end as the super forced introduction to Oscorp's Sinister Six.

Amazing Spider-Man 2's emotional impact made the film stick with me much longer than other favourites of the year like Winter Soldier and the Robocop remake.

Maybe it's callous, but killing off a major character we actually care about and sticking with that decision is probably one of the most important events since the superhero boom. Especially considering Marvel Studios is already starting to stagnate in the comics logic of "the only returning characters are the ones who died".

Shame this is the same year as we got Her, I don't think a film will top that one for me this year.

It depends. I am a Gwen Stacy fan and I hate MJ to death. I think killing Gwen off in the comics was lousy and almost as bad as One More Day. The only thing that saves it is Marvel did not retcon everything back then. Thankfully JMS gave us a great apology about ten years ago for Marvel cranking up the stupid back then.

As such, killing her off in the movie rages my fire because it is absolutely unacceptable!

But the fact you're having a strong reaction is kinda the whole point I'm trying to make. So much of The Winter Soldier was - in my books at least - forgettable even if it was a great movie. I can still remember Amazing Spider-Man so clearly because it did elicit such a strong emotional reaction from me and not in another eye rollingly Marvel Studios way of undermining and undoing something bold a few scenes later for fear of altering the status quo they've established.

Maybe it isn't fair to call Amazing Spider-Man 2 "good" because of one water cooler moment decision, but the fact that ASM2 proved that it was willing to take HUGE risks gives the franchise going forwards an edge. Whether they'll capitalise on that edge or not going forwards is unknowable at this point, but it gets me excited for ASM3 in a way I'm just not for Captain America Three this one will really be about the Winter Soldier.

I really didn't see it as a risk, I saw it as predictable and boring. Not to mention they threw three movie plots into this one movie.

The Winter Soldier left a lasting impact. How far is your government willing to go for security?

Touch of Evil - I'm kind of in a Film Noir mood, so I picked this movie up yesterday and we watched the Reconstructed Cut (the one that is supposed to be the closest to what Welles wanted) and it was an incredible movie. The acting was great and the story was very interesting. However, my god, the use of shadows and cinematography in this movie were nothing short of top notch. That was some of the most stand out work I have ever seen. This movie was brilliant. I give it a nice 8/10 stars.

How is it either of those things? Marvel Movies have not killed a single major, important character and sure we all know it happens in the comics with Gwen but me and my finds collectively held our breaths as we weren't sure if the movie really had the balls to do it on screen also. But I had no moments like that in Winter Soldier.

Because they killed her in the comics, so it was only obvious they were going to kill her in the movie, which was utterly annoying. Now they are going to replace her with MJ, which is also blandly predictable. I hate MJ with a passion as well.