Wednesday 25 July 2012

The Amazing Spider-Man (2012 film)


The Amazing Spider-Man (2012 film)
Spider-Man, wounded, is covered in a spider web with New York City in the background and as a reflection in his mask. Text at the bottom of the reveals the title, release date, official site of the film, rating and production credits.
The Amazing Spider-Man is a 2012 American superhero film directed by Marc Webb, based on the Marvel Comics character Spider-Man. It is a reboot of the Spider-Man film franchise, portraying the character's origin story and his development into a superhero while still a high school student. The film stars Andrew Garfield in the title role, with Emma Stone as Gwen Stacy and Rhys Ifans as Dr. Curt Connors.
Development of the film began with the cancellation of Spider-Man 4 in 2010, ending director Sam Raimi's Spider-Man film series that had starred Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, and James Franco. Opting to reboot the franchise with the same production team, Sony Pictures Entertainment announced a July 2012 release date for The Amazing Spider-Man. James Vanderbilt was hired to write the script while Alvin Sargent and Steve Kloves helped fine-tune it. Pre-production involved auditioning many actors for the roles of Peter Parker and Gwen Stacy, resulting in the casting of Garfield and Stone. Using Red Digital Cinema Camera Company's RED Epic camera, principal photography started in December 2010 in Los Angeles before moving to New York City. The film entered post-production in April 2011 with the film being shot in 3D with 3ality Technica and with James Horner contributing to the film score.
Sony Entertainment has focused its marketing campaign with a promotional website with released images and three theatrical trailers, along with a prologue screening in certain cities, a video game tie-in being developed by Beenox and a viral marketing campaign among other products. The Amazing Spider-Man premiered on June 13, 2012, in Tokyo, Japan, and was released in the United States on July 3, 2012, in 3D and in IMAX 3D. The critical reaction to the film was generally positive, with a 74% "certified fresh" score from review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes. A sequel is set for release on May 2, 2014.

Plot
A young Peter Parker discovers his father Richard's study has been broken into. Gathering up hidden documents, Peter's parents take him to the home of his Aunt May and Uncle Ben, then mysteriously depart. Years later, a teenaged Peter attends Midtown Science High School, where he is bullied by Flash Thompson and has caught the eye of Gwen Stacy. At home, Peter finds his father's papers and learns he worked with fellow scientist Dr. Curt Connors at Oscorp. Sneaking into Oscorp, Peter enters a lab where a "biocable" is being created from genetically modified spiders, one of which bites him. On the subway ride home, he discovers that he has developed spider-like abilities.
After studying Richard's papers, Peter visits the one-armed Connors, reveals he is Richard Parker's son, and gives Connors his father's "decay rate algorithm", the missing piece in Connors' experiments on regenerating limbs based on lizard DNA. Connors is being pressured by his superior, Dr. Ratha, to devise a cure for the dying, unseen head of Oscorp, Norman Osborn. In school, Peter gets into trouble after humiliating Flash in an act of revenge. As a result, his uncle is forced to change work shifts in order to meet with the principal; Uncle Ben tells Peter to pick up his Aunt May that night for him. Peter neglects his responsibility, instead helping Dr. Connors regenerate the limb of a laboratory mouse. When Peter returns home he gets into an argument with his uncle and storms out of the house. While searching for Peter, Uncle Ben attempts to stop a thief and is shot. The thief escapes as Peter finds his uncle already dead on the sidewalk.
Afterward, Peter uses his new abilities to hunt criminals matching the killer's description. After a fall lands him inside an abandoned gym, a luchador-wrestling poster inspires him to create a mask to hide his identity. He also adds a spandex suit, and builds mechanical devices to attach to his wrists to shoot a biocable "web". Peter accepts a dinner invitation from Gwen, where he meets her father, police captain George Stacy. After dinner, Peter shows Gwen his abilities and they kiss.
After seeing success in the mouse, Ratha demands Connors begin human trials immediately if Osborn is to survive. Connors refuses to rush the drug-testing procedure and put innocent people at risk. Ratha fires Connors and decides to test Connors' serum at a Veterans Administration hospital under the guise of a flu shot. In an act of desperation, Connors tries the formula on himself. After passing out, he awakens to find his missing arm has regenerated. Learning Ratha is on his way to the VA hospital, Connors, whose skin is growing scaly and green, goes to intercept him. By the time he gets to the Williamsburg Bridge Connors has become a hybrid of lizard and man, tossing cars, including Ratha's, over the side of the bridge. Peter, now calling himself Spider-Man, saves each fallen car with his web-lines.
Spider-Man suspects Connors is the Lizard, and unsuccessfully confronts the creature in the sewers. The Lizard learns Spider-Man's real identity and attacks Peter at school. In response, the police start a manhunt for both Spider-Man and the Lizard. The police corner Spider-Man, where Captain Stacy discovers that he is really Peter. The Lizard plans to make all humans lizard-like by releasing a chemical cloud from Oscorp's tower. Spider-Man eventually disperses an antidote cloud instead, restoring Connors and earlier victims to normal, but not before the Lizard fatally claws Captain Stacy. The dying Stacy makes Peter promise to keep Gwen safe by staying away from her. Peter initially does so, but later suggests to Gwen that he may see her after all.
In a post-credits scene, Connors, in a prison cell, speaks with a man in the shadows who asks if Peter knows the truth about his father. Connors replies, "No", and demands Peter be left alone before the man disappears.

Cast

Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker / Spider-Man
An unpopular adolescent struggling to find his place in life ever since his parents disappeared when he was a young boy.[7][8] Garfield described Parker as someone he can relate to, and stated that the character was an important symbol to him since he was just a little boy.[9][10][11][12] Garfield drew from his life experiences as inspiration for the role, revealing, "I was thinking of my history and thinking of the kid at school who I wasn't as strong as, who behaved badly to a lot of people – including myself – and who I constantly tried to stand up to but never had the physical prowess to".[13] In comparison with the actor who previously portrayed Spider-Man, Garfield said he respects Tobey Maguire as an actor and that when he first saw Maguire play Spider-Man he "was blown away by his interpretation."[13] Garfield said in interviews, including one in which he was interviewed by Maguire, that when he watched the film Spider-Man when he was younger, he would jokingly recite Maguire's lines in the mirror with a friend who would joke that he would never be Spider-Man. On taking over the role Garfield explained, "I see it as a massive challenge in many ways.... To make it authentic. To make the character live and breathe in a new way.
The audience already has a relationship with many different incarnations of the character. I do, as well. I'm probably going to be the guy in the movie theater shouting abuse at myself. But I have to let that go. No turning back. And I wouldn't want to."[15] After taking the role, Garfield studied the movements of both athletes and spiders and tried to incorporate them, saying Parker is "a boy/spider in terms of how he moves, and not just in the suit."[16][17] He also did yoga and Pilates for the role in order to be as flexible as possible.[18] When first wearing the Spider-Man costume Garfield admitted to shedding tears and trying to imagine "a better actor in the suit",[19] which he described as "uncomfortable" and admitted to wearing nothing beneath it since it is skintight.[20] When filming Garfield explained that he had four months of training and described his physical roles on stunts as terribly challenging and exhausting.
Max Charles portrayed Peter Parker as a 4-year-old.
Emma Stone as Gwen Stacy
A high school classmate and love interest of Peter Parker, a smart, charismatic and rebellious girl who is the chief Intern at Oscorp.[7][8] For the role, Stone dyed her hair blonde, her natural hair color even though she is better recognized with red hair.[22][23] She felt that she had a responsibility to educate herself on Spider-Man, admitting she "hadn't read the comic book growing up, and my experience was with the Sam Raimi movies. . . . I always assumed that Mary Jane was his first love",[24] and having only been familiar with Bryce Dallas Howard's portrayal in Spider-Man 3.[25][26][27] Stone said, "There's a part of me that really wants to please people [who] love Spider-Man or Gwen Stacy and want her to be done justice. I hope they'll give me license to interpret her my way."[23]
Rhys Ifans as Dr. Curt Connors / The Lizard
One of Oscorp's leading scientific minds, who attempts to engineer a revolutionary regeneration serum to help regrow limbs and human tissue. Something goes wrong and he is transformed into the monster known as the Lizard.[7][8] In a September 2011 interview, Ifans said his character spends the majority of the film as a human. While filming for the 9-foot tall Lizard, Ifans was required to wear a CGI suit. Initially, a large stunt-double was used as a stand-in for the role, but Ifans insisted on portraying the transformed character, to which Webb agreed. Commenting on the technology used to bring his character to life, Ifans continued, "I had a green suit on, and then this cardboard head, and these small claws... Each and every time you see the Lizard, the technology is so advanced now that when the Lizard's eyes move, they're my eyes. If I frown or show any emotion, they're my emotions. That's how spectacularly advanced technology is."[30] Ifans also said that he voiced the Lizard as well explaining, "I'm sure the voice will be toyed with in the eventual edits, but when I was shooting the CGI moments, when I wasn't actually human, when I was Lizard, I looked like a crash-test dummy in a green leotard thing. There were many moments when I had to speak to Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone as the Lizard."
Denis Leary as Captain George Stacy
Gwen's father and a New York City Police Department captain who hunts both Spider-Man out of distrust and the Lizard for his rampage.[33] Leary explained that he did not know much about Spider-Man in the comics and as "more of a Batman guy. Not the '60s [TV version] but the really dark Batman. But my wife was a Spider-Man nut, which was why I went to Tobey Maguire ones."[34] He added that long before he was cast as George Stacy his friend Jeff Garlin, a Spider-Man fan, "said to me, 'The first time I met you, I thought you were George Stacy!' This was like 30 years ago. I was like, 'What?!'"[34] Director Webb said of his casting, "[W]e all trust Denis Leary. He's got this attitude, but you love him. In this movie, he puts pressure on Peter Parker. He's on Spider-Man's case, but you understand him. I've said this before, but good drama comes from competing ideas of what's good."
Martin Sheen as Ben Parker
Peter Parker's uncle. Sheen admitted he was unfamiliar with Spider-Man other than through seeing Tobey Maguire's portrayal in Spider-Man 2, and knew little of the character Ben Parker except for knowing Cliff Robertson had played the part.[37] Sheen described his character as a surrogate father, saying, "I'm dealing with this adolescent who is having problems with changes, with hormones changing and his getting out of hand. I have to give him the marching orders and so forth."[38] Webb said, "You think of Martin Sheen as President Bartlet [of TV's The West Wing]. He has that sense of benevolent authority, but there's something else that's important, in terms of the dynamic that I wanted to explore, vis-à-vis Peter's relationship with his absent parents." Webb feels that unlike the scientifically inclined Peter, Uncle Ben represented the blue collar working man, a gap that could create a dynamic between the characters.[35]
Sally Field as May Parker
Ben Parker's wife, and Peter Parker's aunt. Field said the main reason she felt she had to be in the film is because of producer Laura Ziskin (they worked together on the 1985 film Murphy's Romance) because she had an instinct that this was going to be her last film to produce. After Ziskin's death Field expressed her gratitude of being a part of both her first and last film to work on.[41] Director Webb felt that "when you cast someone like Sally, they come with a certain level of awareness and real genuine affection, which for Aunt May is an incredibly important thing to have." Webb said that while "we all love Aunt May", he wanted to create a tension between May and Peter. "He's got bruises on his face, and what happens in that moment? That can create some tension, but you want there to be love there. That's what someone like Sally Field gives you."[35]
Irrfan Khan as Dr. Rajit Ratha
An employee of Oscorp, working under the mentioned but unseen Norman Osborn, and Dr. Connors' immediate superior.[43] Khan said he was offered what he described as this "pivotal role" after appearing in the TV drama series In Treatment.[44][45] Webb even described himself as a fan of the actor when watching the series along with the films The Namesake and The Warrior.[43] Khan said he was uninterested in the project at first but that both of his sons were excited about it and insisted he take the role.[46]
Chris Zylka as Flash Thompson
A high school nemesis who picks on Parker. Of playing the role, Zylka said, "You just try to focus. As an artist or as an actor, you just try to focus and stay in that world and block it all out."[48]
Campbell Scott and Embeth Davidtz portray Peter's parents, Richard and Mary Parker.[49][50] C. Thomas Howell plays a character named Ray whose son is saved by Spider-Man in the Williamsburg Bridge scene.[51] Hannah Marks portrays Missy Kallenback, an unpopular girl who has a crush on Peter.[52] Kelsey Chow has a small role she named in an interview as high-school classmate Sally Avril[53] but who is unnamed in the film and credited solely as "Hot girl". Unlike the previous films, J. Jonah Jameson does not appear.[54] Spider-Man co-creator Stan Lee has a cameo appearance, as he did in the previous films. At the 2011 Dallas Comic Con, Lee detailed that he plays a librarian listening to music on his headphones while stamping books, oblivious to the ongoing fight between Spider-Man and the Lizard.[55] Michael Massee plays the mysterious man in the shadows who talks with Connors in his prison cell in a teaser scene during the end credits.[56] As to the man's identity, director Marc Webb said, "It's intentionally mysterious. And I invite speculation."

Themes and analysis
Director Marc Webb described the film as "a story about a kid who grows up looking for his father and finds himself."[59] Both Webb and star Andrew Garfield described Peter Parker as an outsider by choice, as someone hard to get close to.[59][60] As in the early comic books, the character "is a science whiz. If you look back to the early Stan Lee and Steve Ditko comics, he's a nerd with big glasses," said Webb. He explained "the idea of what a nerd is has changed in 40 or 50 years. Nerds are running the world. Andrew Garfield made a movie [called The Social Network] about it. ... What was important in those early comics was this notion that Peter Parker is an outsider and how we define that in a contemporary context."[61] Garfield compared his Spider-Man façade as a metaphor for internet anonymity, saying, "You feel the power of it, the power of not being seen, the power of the mask. Peter becomes witty when he's got that protective layer. It's like he's on a message board. He's got the anonymity of the Internet within that suit, and he can say whatever the hell he likes, and he can get away with anything."[62] Garfield also tried to explore Parker as an orphan, which he feels "are the strongest human beings on the planet."[58] He said Parker is "a human hero [who] goes through all of the same struggles that we all have gone through, especially the skinny ones [who] want more power than they feel they have." He believes Parker represents "a very inspiring, aspirational character that symbolizes goodness — and how difficult it is to be good — but how worth it is."[17] Rhys Ifans compared this film to William Shakespeare's Hamlet on the grounds that Spider-Man can be redone many times on film. He also felt that they are similar on the fact that they are both real and relevant figures in archetypal terms and that both the film version of the character of Spider-Man and Hamlet are young men grappling with the loss of their father.[63]
Stone described her character as "a daddy's girl" who is very responsible and protective of her family and loves science.[24][64] She said her character "offers Parker a world of stability, of a family unit not marred with parental loss and, beyond physical allure, the two also forge an intellectual connection over their shared love of science."[24] Her character, she explained, "is stuck between [her father] the Captain and Peter Parker and Spider-Man, who have different ways about going about finding justice in their lives" which she felt was a fun thing to explore.[25]
Webb felt the Lizard was the best villain for the film because, "He's the literal embodiment of the theme of the movie, which is we all have a missing piece. He has no arm. Peter has no parents, and he fills that void with Spider-Man."[65] Producer Avi Avrad felt likewise, explaining, "[Y]ou look at Peter, he misses the parents, [and] Connors has one arm. ...[E]motionally, [it] is a very similar problem. It is a cautionary tale."[66] Webb said the Lizard "is he is not the worst villain on the planet. He's not a mustache-twirling guy who wants to terrorize people. He believes he's doing the right thing."[67][68] Actor Rhys Ifans described the character he is playing not as an evil-incarnate villain but as a flawed character, much as with Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.[69] "Curt Connors is by no means an evil villain," Ifans stated. "He's not like the Batman villains, like the Joker, who are the embodiment of evil. Curtis Connors is a great man who makes a bad decision. ... [T]hat's the whole magic of the Spider-Man idea. These people are the embodiment of our flaws and our desires that lead to tragedy."[70] Ifans described Connors as a force for good throughout his life: "He's a geneticist who wants to help people, like him, who are limbless. In his eagerness to advance that science, he makes a mistake and that's an occurrence we've seen throughout time, sometimes to our benefit, sometimes to our detriment. ...He is a broken man who wants to fix himself."[71] Ifans added, "I'm not portraying a villain in any sense. Connors does feel cheated by God, and he's looking for answers in science. God seems to intervene."[67][68]
Webb said that Oscorp Tower is pivotal as a part of a new mythology of the film. He liked that Parker was connected to the building in some way and to think of it as "a Tower of Babel in the middle of Manhattan that has something dark and seedy going on in there."[72]

Production
Development
Following director Sam Raimi and star Tobey Maguire's Spider-Man 3, Sony Pictures Entertainment announced a May 5, 2011, release date for the next film in the series. By this time, screenwriters James Vanderbilt, David Lindsay-Abaire, and Gary Ross had all written rejected versions of a script, and Alvin Sargent, who wrote the second and third films and was married to franchise producer Laura Ziskin, was working on yet another attempt.[73][74] Raimi wanted John Malkovich to play the villain in this version.[73] However, on January 11, 2010, Columbia Pictures and Marvel Studios announced they were rebooting the series with a new cast and crew, with industry reports saying Raimi had told Columbia parent Sony Pictures he could not meet the scheduled release date and retain creative integrity.[75] Avi Arad, Matt Tolmach, and Ziskin, who were always involved with the franchise, continued on as producers.[75]
Arad later explained, "We were working on what we called Spider-Man 4 and it was the same team [as with the first three films]. The problem was we didn't have a story that was strong enough and warranted ... another movie. And Sam Raimi ... realized we [didn't] have a good reason to make another one. And between [him] and [star] Tobey [Maguire] and obviously the studio, we all went into it not feeling good about the next story."[76] Tolmach said one reason to restart the series was that the producers felt the core Spider-Man story was that of a boy becoming a man.[77] Screenwriter Steve Kloves did a polish of Sargent's script, saying he had originally declined the opportunity to do so but "as a favor" to the filmmakers relented.[78] "I also really wanted to write for Emma Stone, because I like to write for women and I particularly like Emma," he explained. "So ...I did basically character and dialogue, and that was enjoyable for me. So that was my hand in it. And I did a little plot work, but a lot of the plot was done." He also did "a little bit" of dialog for Andrew Garfield's Peter Parker / Spider-Man.[78] In April 2012, writer-director Paul Feig said that Marc Webb, who succeeded Raimi as Amazing Spider-Man director, "invited me on set, and I did a little bit of writing for that movie, for one of the high school scenes".[79]
Days after announcing Raimi's departure, the studio announced that Webb, whose previous film (500) Days of Summer was his directorial debut, would direct the reboot.[80] Tolmach, now president of Columbia Pictures, and Amy Pascal, co-chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment, said they looked for a director who could give sharp focus to Peter Parker's life.[80] Webb said he "was a little sceptical at first — you feel the presence of those other movies. But then I was like, 'How could I walk away from this? What an opportunity!'"[81] Webb said in the press release announcing him that, "Sam Raimi's virtuoso rendering of Spider-Man is a humbling precedent to follow and build upon. The first three films are beloved for good reason. But I think the Spider-Man mythology transcends not only generations but directors as well. I am signing on not to 'take over' from Sam. That would be impossible. Not to mention arrogant. I'm here because there's an opportunity for ideas, stories, and histories that will add a new dimension, canvas, and creative voice to Spider-Man."[80] Webb felt Spider-Man is different from the Harry Potter franchise, which is based on a small number of novels, and "more like James Bond" because "there's so much material in Spider-Man that there are so many stories to tell and so many characters."[82] He described the film as "not a remake" explaining that "we're not making Sam's movie again. It's a different universe and a different story with different characters."[83]

Casting
In May 2010, The Hollywood Reporter said the actors who met with director Marc Webb to be considered for the lead role included Jamie Bell, Alden Ehrenreich, Frank Dillane, Andrew Garfield, and Josh Hutcherson,[84] and in June 2010 the Los Angeles Times reported that the shortlist had expanded to include Aaron Johnson and Anton Yelchin.[85] At least Bell, Ehrenreich, Garfield, Yelchin, Logan Lerman, and Michael Angarano had screen tests.[86] On July 1, 2010, it was confirmed that the role would go to Garfield.[6] Webb stated that he felt he knew Garfield was the right guy when they were filming a scene not in the film where he was eating a cheeseburger while telling the character Gwen to calm down.[87]
Sony then held auditions for the role of a young Peter Parker, somebody who would resemble Garfield in looks.[88] Webb said, "I think we saw the origin of Spider-Man before but not the origin of Peter Parker." Webb felt that when you try to build the film you must also build the protagonist in the ground up. That's why he wants to introduce Peter Parker as a small child.[59]
It was reported originally that the film would feature both Mary Jane Watson and Gwen Stacy as love interests,[89] but the website The Wrap later reported that only Gwen Stacy would appear in the film.[90] In August 2010, the list of actresses to play the love interest included Imogen Poots, Ophelia Lovibond, and Lily Collins, with Teresa Palmer, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, and Emma Roberts cited by The Hollywood Reporter as "potentially in the mix".[91] In September 2010, Variety reported that the shortlist had expanded to include Stone and Mia Wasikowska.[92] The shortlist was reported to then include Dianna Agron, Georgina Haig, and Dominique McElligott.[93] On October 5, 2010, it was confirmed that the role of Gwen Stacy would go to Stone.[21] Webb also said that the chemistry between Emma and Garfield is what made her the clear choice.[21] This chemistry that was first introduced in the rehearsal of the film inspired an off-screen romance of the actor and actress.[12]
On October 11, 2010, Rhys Ifans was confirmed to be the unnamed villain, and two days later his character was revealed to be Dr. Curt Connors, a.k.a. the Lizard.[28][94] Producer Avi Arad said the Lizard is his favorite Spider-Man villain and he has long wanted to use him in a film.[26] Well before the choice of the Lizard was committed, Arad had already had conceptual drawings prepared for the character.[26]
In November 2010, Martin Sheen was reported to be playing Uncle Ben while Sally Field was in negotiations to play Aunt May.[36][39] Also that month, Denis Leary was reported to be joining the Spider-Man reboot as George Stacy.[33] In December 2010, Campbell Scott and Julianne Nicholson were in negotiations to play Peter's parents. Irrfan Khan was originally reported as playing the comic-book villain Van Adder until the character's name was revealed to be Dr. Ratha.[42][49] Embeth Davidtz replaced Nicholson in the role of Peter's mother.[50] Annie Parisse was originally reported to play "the villain's wife" and Miles Elliot was reported to portray Billy Connors, son of Dr. Connors; but they did not appear in the final cut of the film.[29][49]

Design
Webb felt a responsibility to reinvent Spider-Man on the big screen stating that he and the crew tried to keep the stunts more grounded physically which he said was a huge challenge for a film that stars a character whose abilities are superhuman.[61] Webb looked at the Mark Bagley art for the Spider-Man body and he really liked that work in Ultimate Spider-Man.[95] One change of the franchise to reinvent the hero for the film was to go back to the original source material in the mainstream comics of Spider-Man having artificial web-shooters.[96] Writer Geoff Boucher of the Los Angeles Times was skeptical of the change feeling that it's too hard to believe that a financially strapped young man to conceive a wrist-worn device that can instantly produce a strand of synthetic webbing.[97] Even though there was skepticism of the change Webb himself felt that "the web-shooters were able to dramatize Peter's intellect". Webb paid attention to the question of "How would a kid make it?" And then took some license with it.[96] About the new costume, Webb explained that he and the crew "wanted a design that would make the body longer and more lithe, more of an acrobat, someone incredibly agile, and the legs of the spider [symbol on the chest] were something we used to emphasize that."[96] He also explained that the crew made a bunch of different suits for different lighting conditions even using something that would work in the night a little better.[96] Webb and the crew also paid attention to making the webbing on the costume a little bit darker.[96] Webb confessed, "With the costume and the web-shooters we wanted to emphasize that these are things that Peter Parker made".[96]
While Webb introduced a few elements of the film with Ultimate Spider-Man, he wanted to keep the mainstream version of Gwen Stacy instead of the punk rock girl as depicted in Ultimate Spider-Man.[95]
Ever since the design of the Lizard in merchandise along with unconfirmed concept art of the character was released, the reaction of the Lizard designs of the character sporting a humanoid-shape with a layer of scales on top instead of having a pronounced snout (similar to a dinosaur or crocodile) like that of its latest design of comics were mostly reported to have a mixed reaction with it being popular for many writers to compare the design of the character to other fictional characters instead of how he is commonly depicted in the comics.[98][99][100] Although Russ Fischer of /Film described the character compared it as looking more "Steve Ditko derived" who is the original artist for the character.[101] Webb felt that there are different incarnations of The Lizard in the comic book. He felt that he should do it without the snout because he was interested more in something that could relate human emotions because he wanted to keep Rhys' performance in that creature. Webb wanted him to have emotion, have a face and have feeling.[35] That's the way he decided to do that. He stated "that in a comic book, you just put that thing up there, and you can say, oh, thought bubble, whatever. But when you try to do that and make it look real, it's a different challenge, and I'm creating a movie, I'm not creating a comic book. That was part of the design."[95]
Webb felt that he "wanted to do something that felt more contemporary, and was less based in representing panels from the comics" and focus on spirit over style.[102]

Filming
Principal photography began on December 6, 2010 in Los Angeles.[103][104] A working title for the film was revealed to be dubbed Fiona's Tale.[105] The 90-day film shoot also included two weeks in New York City, while the bulk of filming occurred in and around Los Angeles, including such locations as the Henry Fonda Theater in Hollywood, St. John Bosco High School's Gym, Immanuel Presbyterian Church in Mid-Wilshire, and various locations around South Pasadena, San Pedro, and Woodland Hills.[106] Sony Entertainment spokesman Steve Elzer explained, "[T]here is a comfort level in producing a project of this size and scope on your own backlot. ... Basing the film on the lot also makes it easier for producers to interact with Sony's in-house visual effects team, and gives the studios greater control of quality and security."[106]
Some location shooting took place in New York City. The U.S. Customs House at 1 Bowling Green served as the exterior for NYPD headquarters, and an apartment house at 15 West 81st Street, on Manhattan's Upper West Side, was used as the exterior for the home of Gwen Stacy and her family. A row of houses on Fuller Place in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Windsor Terrace stood in for the Forest Hills, Queens neighborhood of Ben and May Parker. A web-swinging stunt sequence takes place along the Riverside Drive Viaduct in Harlem.[107]
The film was the first Hollywood production to be filmed with the Red Digital Cinema Camera Company's RED Epic camera, and was shot in 3-D at 5K resolution.[104] Cinematographer John Schwartzman had this to say about the camera: "Today was Epic, Monday December 6 marks the first day the Red Epic camera was used to shoot a major studio motion picture. I can say for certainty the camera does exist and boy is it ready for primetime, as a matter of fact it's a true game changer."[104] Schwartzman also felt that the 3D of the film would have been impossible without it. He said, "I can tell you without these cameras it would be impossible to move a 3D rig in the ways that THIS story demands, if Jim and the crew hadn't made these cameras available to us I don't think we could have shot this movie the way our director envisioned it in 3D."[104] Webb had a chance to talk about the RED Epic cameras on Attack of the Show! saying that in order to shoot in 3D he and the crew wanted cameras small enough to fit on the rigs that he and the crew planned to use so they could swing them around as fast as they could saying that the "RED Epic cameras were the right cameras to do that." Webb continued that "you need to shoot it with a level of velocity and 3D cameras can be very large...and so we need those cameras to mount on rigs that could fly to the air and run to the streets in a certain pace. That allowed us to do it."[108]
The stunt performers of the film included the Armstrong family,[61] Vic Armstrong[109] and Andy Armstrong, along with Richard Norton who plays a SWAT team member.[110][111] Andy Armstrong was the stunt coordinator while Vic Armstrong was said to be the second unit director.[108] To determine how Spider-Man should swing, Andy videotaped an Olympic Games gymnast swinging on a horizontal bar.[112] Andy noted that in the computer-generated swing in the earlier Spider-Man films, "he swings down at the same speed as he swings up," and this "constant" speed is unlike a real gymnast's movement where "he's accelerating until he reaches the bottom, then as he starts to come up, he's decelerating until he gets to the top of his swing and he actually gets negative gravity, where he'll go weightless for a second, and then the next swing starts, and it becomes another violent swing again."[113] Vic felt that the way Spider-Man moves is different from Superman or Iron Man and is more comparable to the movements of Tarzan stating that the feeling of weightlessness that Spider-Man gets when pulling three and a half G's was missing from the computer-generated versions of the original films and so then pursued to add that in the film.[114] While filming in New York City, they swung a man through traffic down the street. Then, while the crew built a whole rig hundreds of feet long over Riverside Drive in Harlem, Andy built a car rig with a series of wires to help with effects which Webb said required an "incredible wealth of acrobatics".[111] These rigs were said to be over 200–300 feet and it took months and months of rehearsals and designing.[108] According to Andy, operating the rigs "was a combination of a lot of human skills and mechanical engineering."[113] The purpose of the rigs was to depict Spider-Man's swing in a way that wasn't computer-generated.[61] Garfield was even reported to be involved with some of the stunts.[115] Picture leaks reveal Andrew having a tissue in his nose suffering a nosebleed with reports claiming it was from his swinging in New York City.[116] Arad explained that "Andrew is not only a brilliant actor but he is a sportsman. This gave us the opportunity to try things with him that were it not so it would have been almost impossible."[66]
On April 2011, Stone revealed that the cinematography had been wrapped up and that post-production began in May although some reshooting took place in New York City in November 2011 and in Los Angeles in December 2011.[117][118][119]

Effects
The company 3ality Technica of Burbank, California was involved with the equipment for shooting the film in 3D.[120][121] The film was reported to be the first to be lensed in 3D using 3ality Digital's TS-5 wireless and handheld beamsplitter mirror rig.[122] 3ality technology helped make it possible for the film not to be post-converted to 3D.[120] About 3D Webb explained that he wanted to create a new 3D experience for Spider-Man: "Because we're shooting in 3D, I wanted to conceive of certain things very specifically for 3D. There's an experimental component to 3D that's fascinating and we're experimenting with generating that point of view – so you feel what Peter Parker feels, you feel what Spider-Man feels when he's jumping over buildings and over the streets."[111] He felt that if there ever should be a 3D film it should be about Spider-Man while also admitting that he and the crew "started making the movie around the time Avatar came out" which made every studio in the world want 3D. He said that he had not worked with it before and did not want it forced upon the movie as he had seen in bad conversions of other films. Thus, he wanted to figure out a way to use 3D but give the audience an experience "that's worthy of a Spider-Man film".[123][123][82] While James Cameron liked to play 3D as depth, Webb wanted to push it a little bit further—similar to the way things come out at the audience in films such as Creature from the Black Lagoon and House of Wax.[35]
About the creation of the Lizard, that there was an entire staff of people dedicated to make the Lizard look lifelike. They started by thinking about a lizard's biology and how his muscles would work.[124] When shooting sequences with the Lizard, a large man referred to as Big John stood in as the character, doing much of the interactions with other characters.[35] Once this filming was completed, a computer-generated lizard was created to replace him.[35] Ifans used motion capture for the Lizard's speaking parts, which Webb found to be a challenge to incorporate into the character's final version.[35][95]
In February 2012, the film was reported to be getting a digital touch up in Vancouver by Sony Pictures Imageworks.[125]

Music
James Horner was hired to write the score for the film.[126] When hearing Horner's first musical cue, Webb described it as being "spectacular". Webb said he wanted to find a composer to understand both grandeur and intimacy and he felt that Horner was a genius at that. "I wanted to to create a score that felt massive and huge but also intimate and small." Webb told Collider at the Wondercon in Anaheim, California.[127] The film also features music by Coldplay.[128]

Marketing
In February 2011, after the launch of the official website and the title of the film, the first official image of Garfield as Spider-Man was originally revealed on the website.[129][130] Geoff Boucher of the Los Angeles Times agreed "that the suit lives up to the challenge of being different from the Sam Raimi films but not too different from the classic suit that stands as one of the great comic-book costumes ever."[97] Matt Goldberg of Collider admitted to not being crazy about it explaining that the bug-yellow eyes felt weird to him and the mesh-pattern felt too busy. He explained that the design of the gloves gives him flashbacks to the Spider-Man 2099 costume which he didn't like, although he felt that the web-shooters looked fine.[131]
First revealed at the Comic-Con in November 2011 was a Spider-Man and Lizard PEZ dispenser which first revealed what the Lizard was going to look like.[132] In December 2011, it was revealed that Mega Brands obtained the rights to produce construction sets based on the film.[133][134] A Marvel Select action figure of the film version of Spider-Man with building wall base by Diamond Select Toys was announced on January 2012 - the fifth Marvel Select Spider-Man figure, but the first based on a film.[135] The first look of a Hasbro action figure of the film's version of Spider-Man was revealed in Comic-Con at July 2011.[136] Hasbro is even selling a radio control speed-climbing figure of the character.[137] There also consists Minimates action figures of the film.[138] Other companies that are releasing action figures for the film include Hot Toys, MediCom and Kaiyodo.[139] OPI Products has released a collection of The Amazing Spider-Man nail polish.[140] Trading cards have been revealed as a promotion for the film online.[141]
CKE Restaurants, parent company of Carls Jr. and Hardee's, will help sponsor the film. Brad Haley, chief marketing officer of CKE restaurants said they would even have a new burger as part of the promotion.[142] The burger was revealed to be dubbed "The Amazing Grilled Cheese Bacon Burger". It will be promoted through The Amazing Spider-Man-themed commercials as well as radio ads featuring Spider-Man creator and comic book legend Stan Lee. Spider-Man themed premiums will be offered as part of the Cool Kid's Combo. Tours and PlayStation 3 game prizes will also be included as part of the promotion along with video game that is based on the film.[143] Big Cola was reported to enter a deal for promotion of the film.[144]
The Kellogg Company and the Keebler Company teamed up with Sony for a marketing campaign to access clips from the film.[145] Sony has launched a new augmented reality mobile application theme for the film being developed using Qualcomm's Vuforia platform. Dwight Caines of Sony felt that the "use of augmented reality technology is a fun way of embracing the 3D aspects of the movie while nurturing the playful kid inside all of us who wants to collect items from their favorite superhero character to share with their friends and family."[146] Twizzlers has teamed up with Sony to mark the debut of the film by challenging fans nationwide to help the hero build a virtual web of Twizzlers Twists to unlock prizes and exclusive content.[147] D-Box Technologies and Sony have reached an agreement for people to see the film in motion simulation in select theaters worldwide.[148]
Walmart is teaming up with Sony and Marvel Entertainment to help endorse the film with tours for the film and with exclusive offerings such as never before seen footage of the film.[149] Target Corporation has also teamed up with Marvel Entertainment to help sell merchandise inspired by the film.[150]

Previews
A teaser trailer was leaked on the Internet and aired at San Diego's Comic-Con International in July 2011, attached to the superhero film Captain America: The First Avenger.[151] Rob Keyes of Screen Rant felt that "it takes on a noticeably different tone from that of Raimi trilogy of Spider-Man movies, and presents itself in a similar fashion to what Christopher Nolan did with Batman Begins."[152] Germain Lussier of /Film felt that the trailer makes it feel like a small film when judging with all the leaked photos of filming going on that it is going to be a big film. He commented that the trailer makes it look more like "a superhero Twilight." He states that "this is a big action movie with massive practical effects all shot in painstaking 3D with a hefty price tag. This trailer really doesn't sell that."[153] Some writers have observed that the trailer closely resembles the 2008 video game Mirror's Edge, when Spider-Man is running along the rooftops and swinging in the city in a point of view shot.[154][155][156] After the third trailer was released, Webb defended the point of view footage, saying it was an early rendering and that the computer-generated imagery was still in production.[35]
A "sneak peek screening" of The Amazing Spider-Man was held on February 6, 2012 in 13 cities internationally: Berlin, London, Los Angeles, Madrid, Mexico City, Moscow, New York City, Paris, Rio de Janeiro, Rome, Seoul, Sydney, and Tokyo.[157] On January 8, 2012, the Spider-Man logo appeared on some of the world's most iconic buildings such as the Sydney Opera House, the Colosseum of Rome, the Kremlin in Moscow and the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.[158][159] The screening revealed a second trailer for the film screened in 3D, which thereafter appeared online. Glen Levy of Time magazine felt that with the trailer's "dialogue goes hand in hand with the action, rather than be dominated by it", and that the action scenes from the film looked "polished and slick".[160] Additionally in the special screening there was an eight and a half minute extended trailer which Webb walked the fans to.[161] When seeing the extended footage, Scott Mantz of Access Hollywood felt that it is edgier and more character-driven and that "the Lizard looks like a great villain".[162] Peter Sciretta of /Film said that both of the trailers had left him "impressed" and had captured a feeling of dark naturalism alongside Spider-Man's trademark wisecracking.[163] With the second official trailer and the sizzle reel Webb felt that it was important to give the audience a more specific idea of what the film would look like such as showcasing Peter and Gwen's relationship along with showcasing a lot of the visual effects just to display the attitude of the film that he and the crew were trying to create.[164] On February 7, 2012 it was reported that the latest official trailer revealed a link to the viral marketing internet site for the film.[165]
A third official trailer was debuted on iTunes on May 3, 2012. The trailer was attached to the 3D premiere of The Avengers, the day after.[166][167] The trailer contains with what most reporters call a better and more fleshed look of the Lizard.[166][168][169][170] Adam Chitwood of Collider said, "The webslinging has an edge to it and The Lizard has much more texture. I like Andrew Garfield a whole lot, and the biggest draw for me here is the character work between Garfield and Emma Stone. They look to have some great chemistry and Garfield brings out a dickish side of Peter Parker that we didn't really see in Sam Raimi's trilogy."[171] Sandy Schaefer of ScreenRant felt that "the darker color palette and 3D visuals shown here look overall quite crisp, even without the benefit of the big screen."[167] Webb felt that "there's a small, intimate little indie movie at the heart of Spider-Man" and that was his access point for the trailer.[35]
In May 9, 2012 the first TV spot trailer was revealed which teased an "4 minute Super Preview" on NBC with the season premiere of America's Got Talent on May 14.[172] The super preview revealed Spider-Man saving a boy near a bridge whose dad is revealed to be played by C. Thomas Howell.[173][174] Most fans and writers applauded that scene in the extended preview the most.[175][176] Even Angela Watercutter of Wired felt that the footage that was shown was mostly shown before but described the unseen footage of the Spider-Man saving the kid as "pretty freaking epic."[176] Kofi Outlaw of Screen Rant felt that the biggest thing to note "is the tone and composition of the film" and that most of the footage "manages to showcase a version of Peter Parker / Spider-Man that is both familiar and fresh."[177]
A six minute 3D preview was tied in with IMAX 3D showings to Men in Black 3.[178] Sony's Rory Bruer explained that the audience of Men in Black 3 should be a perfect match for this footage and felt that the six minutes of the footage of the film should get everyone excited for what is in store for the film.[179] The footage revealed an exchange from Peter and Gwen which Brad Williams from WhatCulture.com described as "brief and cutesy". Brad also felt that the CGI looks pretty clean and felt that the character seemed like a perfect match for 3D when watching it.[180]

Viral campaign
The link of the main viral marketing site was first revealed in the second trailer in February 2012.[165] The official Twitter account of the same name of the website revealed a scavenger hunt by posting "Property of Peter Parker... Lost" with the longitude and latitude coordinates of direct markets in major cities in the United States. Discovered in these places was a JanSport backpack modeled as Parker's backpack which contained many items. One of the clues, hidden in the backpack, was a link to a page on the viral site which unlocked countdown timers for the cities of Los Angeles, New York City, Atlanta, Denver, Seattle and Phoenix, Arizona.[181][182] Once the countdown was up, each of the city-specific Twitter accounts for the marketing campaign would send out five different pick-up locations in each city. The given locations had a particular person stationed there to give the first person who had the password a package and the tag-name "operative".[183] To show their support of Spider-Man, these operatives painted the Spider-Man logo as a graffiti.[184] They also had a chance to unlock the first scene of the film where Peter goes face to face with an intimidating doorman.[185] The main viral website revealed hints to other websites such as a photo blog that was expressed from Peter Parker's point of view.[186][187] In the photo blog website, an unlocked puzzle revealed the words "evolve", "through" and "engineering" which then put together led to another website with design sketches on how to build a web-shooter.[187][188][189]
A Daily Bugle website revealed Denis Leary as George Stacy lamenting the appearance of the wall-crawler and asking for whoever spots Spider-Man to e-mail him. The site would then offer many of the best fan-made Spider-Man scenes that were emailed.[190][191] People who uploaded images of Spider-Man on the "Webbed Menace" viral site then received a poster that sent them to a website for a boxing gym called "Jerera's Boxing Gym".[192] The Boxing Gym was mentioned to be funded by Peter Parker's school—Midtown Science High School. A viral website of that class was then discovered. Somebody can then enter a certain password in order to recover Parker's class schedule. The Midtown High School site then revealed a Twitter user tracking down the Lizard and wanted people in Los Angeles, New York City, Atlanta, Chicago, Salt Lake City, Las Vegas, Phoenix, Austin, Tampa, Minneapolis and New Orleans to stay tuned for details.[193][194] A viral site for Oscorp industries was soon discovered.[195] The Twitter account that coordinated a nationwide effort to track sightings of the Lizard revealed locations that had packages containing Connor's shredded lab coat, an Oscorp ID badge and scientific samples of reptilian skin. When unscrambling the letters listed on each sample, the words "animal dynamics lab" led players to a new Oscorp Industries site focusing on a science program about reptile genetics. The site depicts Doctor Connors looking for interns that can begin applying on Monday, May 14.[196] In this site, a key word "Mutagen" was used to unveil another site on the Oscorp Industries website. This part of the site revealed a featurette of the Lizard that could be unlocked by going through the application process with Doctor Connors.[197][198] The Oscorp Industries websites also contained puzzles that revealed two new in-game documents, two new video updates featuring Connors and a following cipher that has yet to be cracked. From there images were then unscrambled, revealing a research project with spiders, a letter from Mary Parker to Richard Parker that exposed his workaholic habits and a Daily Bugle newspaper that contained notes about Oscorp.[199]
In May 30, 2012, the third (and apparently final) set of challenges in the Animal Dynamics Lab was launched which revealed seven sub-sites that contained two new video updates of Doctor Connors, an image of Richard and Mary Parker, letters from Rajit Ratha to Doctor Connors, one from Doctor Connors to Richard Parker, and another note to Richard from Mary. The Twitter account who coordinated the Lizard account then congratulated the find of the sub-sites.[200]
In June 1, 2012, a Carl's Jr. in Glendale, California hosted the next viral campaign by decorating webs and declaring a crime scene due to Spider-Man's apprehension of a serial car and motorcycle thief. It was announced via The Mark of the Spider-Man Twitter feed and with help of the code word "Web of Crime", a location for a hidden message was discovered entitled a "Spider cipher". The code name "adhere" was discovered to be a name of another sub-site of the Mark of the Spider-Man campaign which revealed crime reports.[201]
Oliver Lyttleton of indieWire felt that viral ads such as the webbed menace website seemed a little forced and cribbed heavily from the example set by The Dark Knight with viral games.[202] Silas Lesnick of SuperheroHype!, on the other hand, described the film's viral as "one of the most comprehensive film virals to date".[193]

Charity
T-shirts depicting the film's Spider-Man to help the cause for Stand Up to Cancer are being sold. Andrew Garfield even wore it for the cause and to help prompt t-shirt sales. He explained that "these shirts underscore the idea that anyone has the power to be a hero. Cancer is one of our greatest villains. I'm proud to join others in standing up to this disease."[203] Laura Ziskin, the producer of The Amazing Spider-Man, was used as inspiration for the cause because of her involvement of the charity program and her death of cancer while at work for the film.[204] Sony even created a website to help out for the cause and celebrate to let other people being a hero by doing charity in cities such as New York City, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Dallas, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Houston, Miami and Atlanta.[205] On June 15, 2012, it was reported that Columbia Pictures teamed up with cultural institutions for the city of New York City to help create "Spider-Man week" in the city by helping out in the community.[206]

Release
Sony first said on February 10, 2010, that the film would be released in 3D and IMAX 3D on July 3, 2012, but due to high box office collections of the weekends, a few of the film's original release dates was revealed to be changed to June in countries such as India and the Philippines.[207][208][209][210] Kercy Daruwala of Sony Pictures in India felt very confident that the audiences in India will enjoy watching the film before the United States and also due to the famed Indian actor Irrfan Khan appearing in the film. The film was released in its original confirmed date in the United States in July 3.[208][211][212] A premiere of the film took place in Tokyo, Japan on June 13.[3] The earliest release date for Europe was in June 28, 2012.[207]

Box office
The Amazing Spider-Man earned $217,724,314 in North America, as of 19 July 2012, and $320,500,000 in other countries, for a worldwide total of $538,224,314.[5]
In North America, the film earned an estimated $7.5 million during its midnight run at 3,150 locations, including $1.2 million from 300 IMAX venues.[213] On its opening day, a pre-holiday Tuesday, it surpassed Transformers Tuesday gross ($27.9 million) with $35 million to set the highest-Tuesday gross record.[214] The next day, the film dropped 33.4% to $23.3 million—the second-highest non-opening Wednesday.[215] Over the three-day weekend, the 3D superhero reboot grossed $62.0 million, pushing the film's six-day revenue to $137.0 million. Compared to past Fourth of July releases, The Amazing Spider-Man's six-day gross was behind Transformers and Spider-Man 2's six-day start of $155.41 million and $180.07 million respectively.[216] Although the film falls short compared to its predecessors, Sony pictures is proud of the film's opening results stating, "In the world of relaunched franchises, this is a spectacular success by any measure".[217] For example, both Batman Begins ($79.5 million) and X-Men: First Class ($69.9 million) had six-day openings that were significantly lower than that of The Amazing Spider-Man.[218] In its second weekend, the movie dropped to second place behind Ice Age: Continental Drift.[219] It dropped down to third highest-grossing film next weekend after the release of The Dark Knight Rises.[220]
Outside North America, The Amazing Spider-Man grossed $51.1 million on its five-day opening weekend (June 27 – July 1, 2012) from 13 markets, with strong openings in many Asian countries.[221] In India, it earned $6.0 million, marking the biggest opening for a Hollywood film.[222] Opening in an additional 61 markets, the film made $127.5 million over its second weekend while continuing its impressive run in Asia. In Indonesia, it broke the biggest-opening weekend record with $4.5 million. The movie also ranked number one in over 30 countries. The highest opening territory was the UK where it opened to $18.1 million, which is about the same as Spider-Man 3's debut.[223][224]

Critical reaction
The review aggregator film site Rotten Tomatoes reported an 74% approval rating, based on 254 reviews, with an average rating of 6.7/10. It offers the consensus: "A well-chosen cast and sure-handed direction allows The Amazing Spider-Man to thrill despite revisiting many of the same plot points from 2002's Spider-Man."[226] On Metacritic, the film received an average score of 66 out of 100, based on 42 critics, signifying "Generally favorable reviews".[227] CinemaScore reported that audiences gave a A- grade for the film.[228]
Jordan Mintzer of The Hollywood Reporter felt that the film was a satisfying result of a reboot of one of Marvel's most successful film franchises, explaining that Marc Webb directed with emotional touch and plenty of comedic touches and providing a darker depiction of the superhero and a stronger romance than in the original film series.[229] Boyd Van Hoeija of Variety described the film as a "mostly slick, entertaining and emotionally involving recombination of fresh and familiar elements". He said Garfield makes an interesting hero of the film because "his struggles involve real people — and real lives."[230] A columnist of The Village Voice, Chris Pakham felt that the film is faithful to Spider-Man having a smartass attitude that he had in Spider-Man of the comics and that "Garfield's spindly physicality evokes the Marvel illustrations of the 1960s."[231] Conversely, Lou Lemenick of the New York Post wrote that the film was sometimes dull and uninspiring and felt that it was a pointless reboot when compared to Batman Begins and more like "a pointless rehash in the mode of Superman Returns."[232] The New Yorker critic, Anthony Lane described the film as "running out of nimbleness and fun, and the promise contained in its title seems ever more tendentious."[233] Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times noted that the film "is memorable in pieces but not as a whole" and saying that the best piece in the film is the relationship between Garfield's Peter Parker and Stone's Gwen Stacy while the Lizard is not quite an opponent for the ages.[234]
Lisa Schwarzbaum of Entertainment Weekly gave the film a A- describing the film as "a friskier, sweeter-natured variation when compared to the stories Raimi told. She explained that what's most "amazing" is "not the shared sensations of blockbuster wow!" but instead "the shared satisfactions of intimate awww."[235] Claudia Puig of USA Today explained "as a new chapter in the superpowered arachnid saga, it stands on its own quite nicely, focusing more on human emotions than on a panoply of special effects." She said "where Tobey Maguire in the original Spider-Man trilogy was earnest, Garfield's Spider-Man is whip-smart and likably cheeky, with an undercurrent of teenage angst." She also described the film "as much a coming-of-age story as a crime-fighting action saga."[236] Christy Lemire of the Associated Press described Garfield as portraying an arrogant and misunderstood outsider who acted as a rebel before his transformation, which gave the film a "restless, reckless energy and a welcome sense of danger." She also concluded that Webb as a different sort of director than Sam Raimi, saying that while Webb's big set pieces lacked the imagination of the original director's, they conveyed "emotional truth" and "a pervasive sense of humanity".[237] However, Ty Burr of The Boston Globe felt that the film lacked the pop grace and the pulpy joy the original Spider-Man had and feels that the film was "dumbed down, tarted up" and "almost shockingly uninspired". Burr evaluates the film as being "the worst superhero film since Green Lantern".[238] Also Colin Covert of the Star Tribune felt that it is a downshift of the original Raimi films and described it as "The Notebook in spandex".[239] Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times felt that the film was done with more detail and provided better reasons for why Peter Parker throws himself into his superhero role, as compared to the initial 2002 film, even if the origin story didn't need to be told once again. He also remarked that it was "probably the second best" of the four Spider-Man films after Spider-Man 2 explaining that the Lizard was lackluster compared to Doctor Octopus from Spider-Man 2 and had comparable dramatic range to Godzilla.[240]
Joe Morgenstern of The Wall Street Journal, however, pointed out that "the truly amazing thing is that most of what happens to Peter Parker in the first half of the film has already happened in previous chapters of the Spidey saga" and feeling that "in the movie, what's old is old again."[241] However, Randy Myers from the San Jose Mercury News felt that it is "the best Spidey yet", describing it as "strong, bold and well-acted." He felt that you can't help but feel déjà vu with this film because of Sam Raimi's film ten years ago but he felt that the story and character shows greater dimension than ever before on film.[242] Dana Stevens at Slate magazine believed that the film could have been a fun summer blockbuster if it weren't "absolutely unnecessary" feeling that it told the same story in 2002 while also describing it as "avoiding the common comic-book adaptation trap of gloomy self-seriousness".[243] Peter Travers of the Rolling Stone also opined that the reboot wasn't necessary but explained that Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone are stellar while Webb has crafted a Spider-Man that touches the heart.[244]
The comic book website Newsarama placed The Amazing Spider-Man on its top-10 list of comic-book movies, displacing Spider-Man 2.[245]

Other media
A video game of the same name based on the film was first announced at the 2011 New York Comic Con with the game being developed by Beenox, the development team behind the previous two Spider-Man games, Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions and Spider-Man: Edge of Time, which was released on June 26, 2012 in Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, personal computer, Wii, Nintendo DS, and Nintendo 3DS.[246][247][248][249] Dee Brown of Beenox felt that the film was an inspiration of the development of the video game on how the creators wanted it to turn out. "The fact that our game is based on the movie, and the movie is re-approaching the universe in a completely different way — a more grounded, more realistic approach — gives us an incredible setting to play with".[250] The game was revealed to take place after the events of the film as stated by a producer at Activision.[246] Due to the success of Ultimate Spider-Man: Total Mayhem, Sony and Gameloft have teamed up again to create an official mobile game for the film. It will be released alongside the film in phones, iPhones, iPads and Android devices.[251] Sky Betting and Gaming's online casino website Sky Vegas created a casino game based on the film.[252]
In December 2011, the comic book related website BleedingCool.com reported that a comic book adaption of the film entitled Amazing Spider-Man: The Movie #1–4 would come out in June by an author that was to be announced.[253] The final product released instead was "Amazing Spider-Man: The Movie" #1–2, a story inspired and based upon the new movie set "between the scenes", released in early June 2012 written by Tom Cohen and illustrated by Neil Edwards.[254] A trade paperback was published collecting the two-part mini-series a week before the film's release, with the volume retitled as Amazing Spider-Man: The Movie Prelude, which also collected classic tales from The Amazing Spider-Man issues #75-77.[255]
The soundtrack album of the film was released the same day as the film's release, under the Sony Classical banner.[256]

Sequel
The studio plans to produce a sequel to The Amazing Spider-Man. The company hired James Vanderbilt to write the screenplay and Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci to re-write it.[257][258] The film is set for release on May 2, 2014.[259] Webb stated that there will be a hint of the sequel's villain in the 2012 film.[260] The director also stated that the origin story will unfold not just in this film but in the planned films to come.[261] In June 2012, Webb said he is unsure if he will return for the sequel.[262] Even though he is unsure of his return he said he "wanted to create a universe that not only can withstand but anticipate future storylines" while also "working in and of itself for one movie."[263] Andrew Garfield said he hopes to reprise his role as Spider-Man in the sequel.[264]
On July 3, 2012, the Facebook page of the film announced that this was a first in a film trilogy that will explore how Peter Parker was shaped by the disappearance of his parents.[265] The producer, Tolmach, has added that there "will be more than one, and at the very least three."[266]

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