[Paladin]

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Originally Posted by Powerman293

What were your major issues with the first one? I've been thinking about the first one again and I realize its not that great or as great as I thought it was.

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.