Now I'm Getting Interested...

Just a few thoughts on this new trailer.

Originally, my reaction to The Amazing Spider-Man was: ugh. Too dark. I like the Christian Bale Batman movies, but I draw the line at Spider-Man. I've never read the comics. However, I am a huge fan of Tobey Maguire's depiction. He's a bit annoying and dorky at times, yet Peter's a good kid trying to figure out what to do with these crazy-sweet powers that got dumped in his lap. That's my favorite thing about the Spider-Man trilogy, and what sets it apart from movies like, say, the Batman movies (two so far), the X-Men movies (I've seen four), the Avengers movies (five so far)... need I go on?

This trailer looks more like my idea of Spider-Man. He's fresh, dorky, and cocky like a typical teenaged boy. Granted, he helps create a monster (at least it seems that way), and then decides that he needs to fix it. That's not exactly on the to-do list for every teenager. But life is the unfolding of sin, atonement, redemption, and salvation. Why should movies be any different? I'll be interested to see whether the filmmakers can stick to the "hero-out-to-fix-his-mistakes" thing while still holding onto Peter's (apparently) goofy personality...