Questions tagged [the-amazing-spider-man]
Marvel Comics character explored in this 2012 release to reboot the franchise.
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Why do older actors play teenage roles?
In many films, I have seen that a lot of teenage characters are played by actors in their 20's.
Two notable examples are:
In Spider-Man, Tobey Maguire (26) plays an 18-year-old.
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Why there are construction cranes on apparently completed buildings in New York?
I'm just curious about one thing in The Amazing Spider-Man.
There are construction cranes on the rooftops of a number of buildings in New York, which Spider-Man uses to swing across the city. Why are ...
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Does Spider-Man (or Peter Parker) have a problem with real spiders? [closed]
Okay, so I know he can sense other spiders nearby in The Amazing Spider-Man, but is he bothered by them? I read somewhere that a lot of spiders attack other spiders quite frequently, some even going ...
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Why doesn't the spider venom affect Peter badly?
In The Amazing Spider-Man, why does Peter not get badly affected by the poisonous venom spider, while both Harry and Connors (used lizard serum) do?
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What are the details of the recent agreement between Sony Pictures and Marvel Studios?
It was recently announced that Sony Pictures and Marvel Studios have come to an agreement whereby each of them will share the film rights to the characters relating to Spider-man.
What are the ...
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How come Spidey can't stick to the building wall at the end?
At the end of The Amazing Spider-Man, we see Dr. Curt Connors helping Spider-Man up because his web shooters broke. Why is this necessary if he still has his powers to stick to walls?
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What are the differences between the Spider-Man and Amazing Spider-Man universes?
Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy was rebooted when Sony released Amazing Spider-Man, and part of this reboot were changes in the in universe story and world. Peter starts dating Gwen Stacy instead of ...
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Difference between 'Spider-Man' Movie and 'The Amazing Spider-Man' Movie [duplicate]
What is the main differences between the first 'Spider-Man' Movie directed by Sam Raimi and 'The Amazing Spider-Man' by Marc Webb? And why there was a need to reboot a franchise which had a trilogy so ...
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In the Spider-Man films of the last 20 years how do Spider-Man's feet stick to walls?
In the Spider-Man films with Tobey Maguire they showed close-ups of Peter's hands with the little jagged spikes growing out of his skin, showing that this is how he sticks to surfaces. But how would ...
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Has Sony spoiled the endings of the Amazing Spider-man films?
Sony recently announced that a Sinister Six film is to be released in 2015. So does that mean the villains in the Amazing Spider-man sequels all survive?
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Is Dr. Ratha's role similar to some comic counterpart or is it kept only for popularity of the actor?
In The Amazing Spider-Man (2012), Dr. Rajit Ratha's role played by Irrfan Khan, which appear to me as an open-end character. Is his role similar to some Comic counterpart or is it kept to earn from ...
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Why isn't the killer of Uncle Ben killed by Spider man in The Amazing Spider Man?
A big difference between the Sam Raimi's trilogy of Spider-Man and the new Spider-Man reboot is Uncle Ben's killer is neither found, nor killed by Peter in the new movie. Why is that? I thought they ...
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Why does the Amazing Spider-Man not have the natural power to shoot web?
I have been watching Spider-Man movies from the start. The recent movie I watched was The Amazing-Spider Man (2012).
But the difference I found in this movie and the last one was that, in this movie ...
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Why was this scene from the trailer not in the film?
I had seen all the trailers of The Amazing Spider-Man before its release. In one of those trailers Uncle Ben (Martin Sheen) says to Peter,
Do you have any idea what you really are?
This seems to ...
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At the end of the movie, does Aunt May know Peter Parker is Spider-man?
When he gives Aunt May the eggs he was supposed to bring earlier, he is clearly injured but Aunt May does not suggest that he is Spider-man. (At least that's what I remember)
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Why did Kurt Connors save Spider-Man?
Towards the end of the movie, the big fight between Spider-Man and The Lizard (Kurt Connors) happens, and Spider-Man ends up defeating The Lizard, but gets thrown off the building. The issue with ...
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Why is Gwen Stacy (Emma Stone) in the Amazing Spider-man?
This is a re-telling of the origin story of Spider-man. There wasn't any girlfriend in the comic origin. I understand that a love interest is needed in a movie but why was Gwen Stacy chosen instead of ...
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Why was Curt Connors in the sewer?
After first injecting himself at Oscorp, Curt created his own lab in the sewer system later in the movie. If he was the head of the lab at Oscorp, couldn't he have just kept everyone out of the lab (...
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Spider-man's webshooters
Did Peter Parker invent the web-goo himself, or is it implied that he stole the formula from Oscorp? I'm a bit hazy on this.
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Why Reboot Spider-Man?
I can understand the reboot of the Batman Series but I couldn't understand why Hulk was rebooted. And now why do we have to reboot Spider-Man, too?
Is it they are not able to write the script in the ...
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What happened to Peter's parents?
In The Amazing Spider-man, Peter's parents leave him with his aunt and uncle at the start of the film. They're never heard from again. Where did they go, what happened to them?
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Why wasn't Tobey Maguire in The Amazing Spider-Man?
In the Spider-Man franchise, Tobey Maguire is an outstanding performer as a Spider-Man and also reprised his role in the sequels Spider-Man 2, Spider-Man 3. He also provided the voice of Spider-Man ...
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Who is the man in the credit scene in The Amazing Spider-Man?
In The Amazing Spider-Man, in the post credit scene Dr. Curt Connors is in a jail cell and he was talking with someone, but his face was never shown in the movie due to shadows. Here is the youtube ...
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