There was plenty of reluctance to accept the reboot of Spider-Man after Sam Raimi‘s successful series, though since filming began last December, fans have been itching to see how the updating of this classic character has turned out.
At the recent San Diego Comic Con fans got a glimpse of the new film, now with the official trailer for The Amazing Spider-Man starring Andrew Garfield released by Sony Pictures, those concerns can finally be put to rest.
Similar to how ‘Batman Begins’ reinvented the character’s back story, so does this new film by going back to when Peter Parker was a child, exploring the origins of the character. While we know the reveal is Peter Parker becoming Spider-Man, getting to that point is always the fun part of a mythos retelling, and the new trailer does a fine job of conveying that anticipation. We see how Emma Stone as Gwen Stacey figures into things as well as her Dad played by Denis Leary. Rhys Ifans features briefly as Dr. Curt Connors, though not as his alter ego The Lizard, as well as Martin Sheen and Sally Fields as Uncle Ben and Aunt May.
What’s really cool in the trailer is a very interesting ‘point of view’ sequence where Spider-Man is scaling building tops and skyscrapers which allows the audience to feel as if they’re him, it looks very innovative and if it’s part of the final flick, it should be all the more immersive when seen in digital 3d.
All up this new version looks like it could be very cool and even though change is difficult – it seems like it may have been for the best. What’s apparent is the shift in tone, visually it’s very different from Raimi’s skewed visuals, and absent is the screw ball humour which dominated his trilogy. The development of the characters seems more natural, and while the trailer boast a CGI spidey set piece, we know that a lot of the web slinging has been achieved through physical FX, overall the action and the pacing convey a more realistic portrayal of the world of Spider-Man.
When word of a new movie hit the ‘web’, there’s was plenty of talk that the script would be drawing from the ‘Ultimate‘ series of comics and in a recent interview with Hero Complex, director Marc Webb confirms the comic’s influences as well as the differences to the Raimi flicks.
One of the things we tried to do was keep the stunts more grounded physically and that was a huge challenge because you have a character whose abilities are superhuman. How do you do that in a way that’s convincing and real? We had a really great stunt team, the Armstrongs, who were vigilant in the creation — with Andrew — of a physical language that felt grounded but also extraordinary. We spent months and months and months developing rigs so he could swing in a way that wasn’t computer-generated. Obviously there’s going to be enhancements and CG [sequences], but it’s based in a physical reality and that’s a new technique [for this film brand]. When you walk out of the theater, I want the world you see to resemble what you saw on the screen. Part of the joy of cinema [is that] you make the impossible look real. I wanted it to be more grounded and more realistic and that went for the emotion of the scenes, the physical action and wardrobe. It’s less based in Steve Ditko world and probably closer visually and more influenced by “Ultimate Spider-Man” but it is also very much a world of our own devising.
Starring Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Rhys Ifans, Martin Sheen, Sally Field and Denis Leary, Marc Webb‘s reboot opens July 3, 2012.
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