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Okay, so I saw The Amazing Spider-Man. I'd give it a B. Maybe a B-.
The good:
–Andrew Garfield was AMAZING. Seriously, he was a fantastic Peter Parker. I loved his kind of manic energy and the way that he'd try to say something and just be unable to spit it out. The casting in general was excellent - I loved the chemistry between him and Emma Stone (even if the writing was pretty weak for some of their relationship). I liked that Peter's beginning as a superhero was very much motivated by revenge and I actually do think it was a nice touch that he never got to confront the guy who'd killed Uncle Ben. Also, he looked nice beat up. (Sidenote, since we had one shot of Spider-man doing the thigh-grab-throw that Black Widow does, I kind of wanted to see those two fight. Especially because they both have Spider secret identities.)
–I know it was a little cheesy, but I really loved the scene where the construction workers swing all the crane out so that Spider-man can have a clear run at Oscorp Tower.
What wasn't good:
–Oh my god, was this movie so freaking long. And I am SO damn sick of origin stories. We all know how Peter Parker gets his powers, okay? We know. And for all the trailer acted like we might get more with this his parents... we didn't, really. Lame. Like Captain America, this is a movie where I think the sequel will be better than the first one, for pretty much the exact same reasons. (Well, actually, not quite, but I'll get to that later in the post.)
–WTF was up with that stinger? It made no sense.
–I liked Gwen, but she was very firmly in the girlfriend role in this, and I hated the whole 'promise' thing with Peter and her dad.
Now let me be a touch more coherent about the Winter Soldier movie.
Reasons I am excited for this movie: I approve of amnesic, assassin spies, I think the Winter Soldier arc was set up beautifully, and since logically, it's going to be set in the present day, whatever hack was doing hair and make up for Captain America 1 has hopefully been fired.
Let me explain. Excluding Chris Evans (who, with the Captain America haircut and that white t-shirt of 'excuse me, my panties just caught fire' has never been hotter) (and who they unglify for half of the movie via CGI just to destroy my soul), the people doing hair and makeup made the cast of Captain America approximately 85% less hot than they are typically. Don't believe me? Think about the supporting cast of Captain America... and then look at this. It's particularly egregious with Haley Atwell, who looks like this and this and this when competent people are doing her makeup and hair. And also Sebastian Stan who looks like this and this. The movie being set in the 1940s is NO EXCUSE.
The other reason that I've excited is that in the comics version of the Winter Soldier arc, Natasha is intrinsically woven into the story (especially the backstory) and completely badass. AND I AM TERRIFIED. I feel like the options for how that could play out are a.) they ruin her character b.) they write her out c.) they cast someone who is not Scarlett Johanssen and the internet spews more bile at ScarJo, or d.) options a and c.
HOPING FOR ANYTHING ELSE IS JUST ASKING FOR CRUSHING DISAPPOINTMENT.
Also, apparently Marvel also greenlit Ant-Man? Whatever. That is a terrible choice. Ant-Man is like Bruce Banner minus actual consequences and plus wife-beating. And I am not even convinced that Bruce Banner is a character who can successfully carry a movie (discussion welcome).
The good:
–Andrew Garfield was AMAZING. Seriously, he was a fantastic Peter Parker. I loved his kind of manic energy and the way that he'd try to say something and just be unable to spit it out. The casting in general was excellent - I loved the chemistry between him and Emma Stone (even if the writing was pretty weak for some of their relationship). I liked that Peter's beginning as a superhero was very much motivated by revenge and I actually do think it was a nice touch that he never got to confront the guy who'd killed Uncle Ben. Also, he looked nice beat up. (Sidenote, since we had one shot of Spider-man doing the thigh-grab-throw that Black Widow does, I kind of wanted to see those two fight. Especially because they both have Spider secret identities.)
–I know it was a little cheesy, but I really loved the scene where the construction workers swing all the crane out so that Spider-man can have a clear run at Oscorp Tower.
What wasn't good:
–Oh my god, was this movie so freaking long. And I am SO damn sick of origin stories. We all know how Peter Parker gets his powers, okay? We know. And for all the trailer acted like we might get more with this his parents... we didn't, really. Lame. Like Captain America, this is a movie where I think the sequel will be better than the first one, for pretty much the exact same reasons. (Well, actually, not quite, but I'll get to that later in the post.)
–WTF was up with that stinger? It made no sense.
–I liked Gwen, but she was very firmly in the girlfriend role in this, and I hated the whole 'promise' thing with Peter and her dad.
Now let me be a touch more coherent about the Winter Soldier movie.
Reasons I am excited for this movie: I approve of amnesic, assassin spies, I think the Winter Soldier arc was set up beautifully, and since logically, it's going to be set in the present day, whatever hack was doing hair and make up for Captain America 1 has hopefully been fired.
Let me explain. Excluding Chris Evans (who, with the Captain America haircut and that white t-shirt of 'excuse me, my panties just caught fire' has never been hotter) (and who they unglify for half of the movie via CGI just to destroy my soul), the people doing hair and makeup made the cast of Captain America approximately 85% less hot than they are typically. Don't believe me? Think about the supporting cast of Captain America... and then look at this. It's particularly egregious with Haley Atwell, who looks like this and this and this when competent people are doing her makeup and hair. And also Sebastian Stan who looks like this and this. The movie being set in the 1940s is NO EXCUSE.
The other reason that I've excited is that in the comics version of the Winter Soldier arc, Natasha is intrinsically woven into the story (especially the backstory) and completely badass. AND I AM TERRIFIED. I feel like the options for how that could play out are a.) they ruin her character b.) they write her out c.) they cast someone who is not Scarlett Johanssen and the internet spews more bile at ScarJo, or d.) options a and c.
HOPING FOR ANYTHING ELSE IS JUST ASKING FOR CRUSHING DISAPPOINTMENT.
Also, apparently Marvel also greenlit Ant-Man? Whatever. That is a terrible choice. Ant-Man is like Bruce Banner minus actual consequences and plus wife-beating. And I am not even convinced that Bruce Banner is a character who can successfully carry a movie (discussion welcome).
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You make me more optimistic than I was for the Spider Man movie, tbh.
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