'Amazing Spider-Man' trailer shows a dark story
Not about to be outdone by the theatrical release of Marvel鈥檚 The Avengers () 鈥� with Warner Bros.鈥� tagging along 鈥� has gone ahead and unveiled a third (and final?) trailer for The Amazing Spider-Man, a controversial revamping of the webslinger movie franchise.
The latest theatrical promo for Andrew Garfield鈥檚 debut as Peter Parker will also be attached to Avengers prints. But even armed with some , plus听a potpourri of classic and听,听can this reboot really听go toe-to-toe with this summer鈥檚 superhero movie juggernauts?
Judging by this latest trailer:听Amazing 听should at least put up a pretty dang good fight, as far as justifying Sony鈥檚 decision to reboot the franchise goes.
The darker color palette and 3D visuals shown here look overall quite crisp, even without the benefit of the big screen 鈥� though, much like the latest听Dark Knight Rises听trailer, this听听footage will clearly benefit from being viewed in a theater (especially in 3D). Much of that also holds true for , who comes off as a pretty solid CGI/motion-capture creation.
Similarly, it鈥檚 fun to see Garfield playing a version of Peter Parker that feels truer to the character so many comic book readers have fallen in love with over the years 鈥� be it his mad science skills, trash-talking his foes when he dons the Spidey costume, or seeming more like a genuine modern-day teenager when spending time with his girl Gwen Stacy (Emma Stone) and her family.
What new hints are provided of the film鈥檚 鈥渦ntold story鈥� (re: the disappearance of Pete鈥檚 biological parents and their connection to Oscorp) are not only intriguing, but also allude to a greater mythology than can be covered in one movie.
Considering that already has听, that could be read as a sign of confidence in the final product 鈥� though, admittedly, previous superhero movies have suffered by getting ahead of themselves like that (, looking at you).
Overall, this new footage continues to give us reason to think that Amazing 听could actually be a pretty great addition to the superhero movie pantheon, on its own. Whether or not it will suffer from being sandwiched between two comic book movie 鈥渆vents鈥� this summer, that鈥檚 another matter鈥�
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