The new Amazing Spider-Man early Rotten Tomatoes reviews...

[Megospidey]

Every superhero movie that comes out gets hash and re-hashed here before the movie is even seen. Many times, some of the guys who are very skeptical become big believers once they see the movie.

I will not judge a movie that I have not seen. Let's see what everyone has to say after it is released and we have a chance to discuss it having experienced it for ourselves.

I am going to go out on a limb here though....I will bet that most, not all, but most of us are going to love it...especially those of us who grew up reading Spider-man comic books.

[madmarva]

I was a bit apprehensive about the reboot at first. I still think I would have rather them just picked up with the character as Spidey just at a younger age than in the previous film. No the continuity wouldn't have worked, but if the story was good so what.

But, I'm over that. After the Avengers film, I'm just fired up to see another good movie with a character I love in it. If Webb delivers that, I'll be happy, and if setting the film around the origin was the best way for him to make a good film, so be it.

Really looking forward to see what Dennis Leary does with Capt. Stacey. Emma Stone is a solid young actress. It will be interesting to see how Garfield handles the role of Parker. He was excellent as a wimp in "The Social Network," but I hope he doesn't go that route with Parker. Sure, Parker was picked on in the comics because of his frailty, but he was never a wimp or a coward on the inside or in his thinking.

I really like the scene with the mugger in the trailer. I'm wondering if he ends up being the guy that murders Uncle Ben.

[Operation:Mego]

I was a bit apprehensive about the reboot at first. I still think I would have rather them just picked up with the character as Spidey just at a younger age than in the previous film. No the continuity wouldn't have worked, but if the story was good so what.

But, I'm over that. After the Avengers film, I'm just fired up to see another good movie with a character I love in it. If Webb delivers that, I'll be happy, and if setting the film around the origin was the best way for him to make a good film, so be it.

Really looking forward to see what Dennis Leary does with Capt. Stacey. Emma Stone is a solid young actress. It will be interesting to see how Garfield handles the role of Parker. He was excellent as a wimp in "The Social Network," but I hope he doesn't go that route with Parker. Sure, Parker was picked on in the comics because of his frailty, but he was never a wimp or a coward on the inside or in his thinking.

I really like the scene with the mugger in the trailer. I'm wondering if he ends up being the guy that murders Uncle Ben.

Which scene? Where he confronts Zuckerberg, and smashes the computer when he's "plugged in" or when he threatens Parker then sneers at his cowardice?

And I don't think so. I think that Connors kills Uncle Ben (as the Lizard) when he confront him about Peter's father. Might be a bit out there, but that's my theory.

[thunderbolt]

^^ Hope that theory is wrong. Really don't care for condensing stories to make them seem to fit the movie's little world better. Like having Jack Napier be the Waynes's killer.

[Gorn Captain]

I never liked Maguire, so this might be a step up. I always felt that Maguire seemed to be sleepwalking through the whole movie. I never saw Peter Parker in him...

[MIB41]

I will not judge a movie that I have not seen. Let's see what everyone has to say after it is released and we have a chance to discuss it having experienced it for ourselves.

I am going to go out on a limb here though....I will bet that most, not all, but most of us are going to love it...especially those of us who grew up reading Spider-man comic books.

I think there is alot of truth to that. I am always apprehensive about change in my established heroes. But if the treatment ends up working, I like the movie after all and have no trouble saying so. I had problems with this reboot from the get go, but have warmed to it as I've seen more. There are still some aspects I may not like, but that is true of any film I see. But like you said. It's a Spidey film. We grew up reading those comics, so let's embrace it for that reason alone.

[Earth 2 Chris]

I saw a mini-featurette on TBS last night, and it looks like they are going for more practical stunt work in this film. That is one big mark on the Raimi films; the over-reliance on CG, and some of it wasn't real convincing, even for the time. It's nice to see them doing it more old-school...again like Nolan's Batman films.

Chris

[MIB41]

Here's the box office perspective:

Amazing Spider-man is tracking to pull in $125 million over it's first 6 days. For comparison with it's predecessors,
Spider-man 3 hauled in $151.1 million in it's opening 3 day release in May. Spider-man 2 brought in $180 million for it's July 6 day run. And the original Spider-man brought in $114.8 in it's initial 3 day May release. Each Spider-man film in that series broke records. Reboots don't typically enjoy that kind of draw, but this one looks to be off to a respectable start nonetheless.