Ever since Sony booted Tobey to reboot Spidey, it seems like our friendly neighborhood arachnid has fallen further and further into the land of wasted potential. First, there was a long and agonizing period of speculation about who would take over the role as a teenage Peter Parker. Then, we found out the replacement would be a 27-year-old American-British guy with a nice thick English accent. Oh, and let’s not even talk about that God-forsaken play. Spidey seemed to be doomed.
But wait. Just when it looks like out hero will die at the hands of a Hollywood shit show, we start to see glimmers of hope. First, Garfield gives a monster performance in the critically-acclaimed Facebook flick The Social Network and provides us with some warm and fuzzy blanket of confidence in his acting chops. Then, there’s this…
Garfield’s beginning to look more like Spidey everyday. From the bedhead to the super-slender frame, the guy is a dead ringer for the Peter Parker of the Ultimate Spider-Man universe.
The one problem? Too little, too late. If Sony and Marvel wanted this version of the wall-crawler to hit theaters they should have done it in 2002. My prediction: this movie will mark the beginning of the end of Hollywood’s comic book phase. Sorry Spidey, but Sony screwed you.
Via Marvel
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