I haven't read the whole thread, I've been arguing and watching arguments take place over
The Amazing Spiderman since they first announced it. In hopes of not repeating something that's already been said, I'll throw in my own two cents.
The entire motivation behind
The Amazing Spiderman is twisted. Despite Sam Raimi proving himself extremely capable of creating two popular and successful Spiderman movies, Sony meddled with Spiderman 3 to the point where he lost passion for the project. He didn't ruin Spiderman 3, but he intentionally made a joke of it. He purposefully gave Sony exactly what they wanted, and as a result, we got the hilariously bad but infinitely enjoyable Spiderman 3. That movie is extremely interesting to watch with the context of its production in mind. It's a rebellious movie, a fuck you to Sony, and a simultaneous apology to Spiderman fans. Sony, aware that Raimi laughed at them the entire production, were not happy with him. Determined not to let him "win", they booted him off of Spiderman 4. In protest, the entire cast went with him.
So what does Sony do? They want to keep the rights to the character and they are laughably angry at Sam Raimi for making them look bad. So they reboot the series, in an exercise to erase Raimi's work, and pick a director they can boss around. They bring in some popular teen stars and say the villain is The Lizard, something they wouldn't let Raimi do (he had Curt Conners in his movies in preparation for his appearance) because they wouldn't have a villain without a "human face".
This movie is an example of how a studio can be a selfish and destructive entity, like Fox behind the whole X-3: United/Wolverine debacle. They are sending a message, and that message is that "it's our way or the highway".
On a lighter note, anybody catch a Rear Window poster in Peter's room?
