Chris Gore Talks About The Amazing Spider-Man Preview

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In this day and age of superhero movies, darker seems to be the main selling point. Let's be honest - Fantastic 4, The Hulk, Thor and Superman all felt very weak, and a big part of it was there was never a real, dark threat in the films. The only interesting part of Superman was when he was knifed with Kryptonite, and for a split second, you felt as though he might actually meet his demise. Otherwise, it was lame. Fantastic 4 tried too hard to be funny and witty, and it flopped as a movie because of the lack of tension. The Hulk was weak on many aspects (as was Superman), and nothing really developed as a challenge to him, therefore rendering the story boring. If there's nothing that can stop him, where's the drama? It's just a jolly green giant on a break stuff spree. BORING! Thor could've been so much more, and the first 40 minutes were fantastic - and then the next hour + bored us to tears.

I don't see "dark" as a bad thing at all - look at Clooney's Batman vs. Bale's Batman. I think you'd be hard pressed to find one single individual over the age of 11 who liked Batman & Robin over The Dark Knight. I for one welcome the change from Tobey McGuire's "Leave It To Beaver" era of Spidey to a more late 90's era Amazing Spider-Man.