Westies14
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AICN is reporting that Logan Lerman will be cast as Peter Parker/Spider-Man. He was the lead in Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief, the young brother in the Patriot, and the only role I know him from is the son in the Bale/Crowe 3:10 to Yuma, in which he was very good for a young actor.
Reportedly, Sony's dropping the budget fairly low for this film, which is bringing the story back to high school. I think that these could both be beneficial factors.
Starting the story truly at the beginning will allow them to tell Peter's story over a series as the comics did. They can change things up throughout the movies, from Midtown High to Empire State University to Peter as an adult. They could fit in the chapters with Betty and Gwen and Harry and Flash. He could end up with Mary Jane later, as he should.
Hiring someone to direct whose only film entry is an independent comedy/drama and giving him a limited budget to work with seems like a cheap-out to many people, but I'd so much rather they focus on a story and going to shoot it on-set than spend half the production time doing CG sequences. I wish Hollywood would understand that we've seen it all; the effects are no longer worth doing for the sake of doing them. I don't want to see bullet time everywhere or cartoonish focusing on tiny elements of action; I'd be more impressed if they just made these things look like they happened, on set and in front of the camera that was already shooting the scene, and in real time. Impressed by the execution if they pulled it off and even more so by the restraint.
I liked Raimi's second Spider-Man movie (loved some scenes from it), but couldn't get too excited about the first one and truly can't watch the third. I don't think there's any coming back from it. On top of that, I've been reading the comic series in its entirety on my commute, and would love to see something a bit closer to the books made. I actually think the current Cartoon, which starts the story very young, is one of the better Spider-Man screen interpretations I've seen.
What do you think of this kid? Do you have any interest in or hope for a new Spider-Man series?
- Douglas
Reportedly, Sony's dropping the budget fairly low for this film, which is bringing the story back to high school. I think that these could both be beneficial factors.
Starting the story truly at the beginning will allow them to tell Peter's story over a series as the comics did. They can change things up throughout the movies, from Midtown High to Empire State University to Peter as an adult. They could fit in the chapters with Betty and Gwen and Harry and Flash. He could end up with Mary Jane later, as he should.
Hiring someone to direct whose only film entry is an independent comedy/drama and giving him a limited budget to work with seems like a cheap-out to many people, but I'd so much rather they focus on a story and going to shoot it on-set than spend half the production time doing CG sequences. I wish Hollywood would understand that we've seen it all; the effects are no longer worth doing for the sake of doing them. I don't want to see bullet time everywhere or cartoonish focusing on tiny elements of action; I'd be more impressed if they just made these things look like they happened, on set and in front of the camera that was already shooting the scene, and in real time. Impressed by the execution if they pulled it off and even more so by the restraint.
I liked Raimi's second Spider-Man movie (loved some scenes from it), but couldn't get too excited about the first one and truly can't watch the third. I don't think there's any coming back from it. On top of that, I've been reading the comic series in its entirety on my commute, and would love to see something a bit closer to the books made. I actually think the current Cartoon, which starts the story very young, is one of the better Spider-Man screen interpretations I've seen.
What do you think of this kid? Do you have any interest in or hope for a new Spider-Man series?
- Douglas
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