By John Solomon
How the government's punishing of the exposure of official wrongdoing can linger for years
"The Amazing Spider-Man" — Marc Webb's reboot of Sam Raimi's 2002 kickoff to the popular and profitable superhero franchise — has managed to charm critics and audiences despite the fact that, almost to a man, everyone who has seen the film has declared it unnecessary.
Your new friendly neighborhood Spider-Man has spun himself a $65 million opening weekend and $140 million in his first six days at U.S. theaters.
"The Amazing Spider-Man" has swung into action with $35 million domestically in its first day _ a record for a film opening on Tuesday.
A reboot of a superhero franchise barely a decade old, "The Amazing Spider-Man" is more a note-by-note remake of "Spider-Man," the 2002 blockbuster that got the series going, than a freshly reimagined take.
On a weekend in January of 2010, Sony Pictures and Marvel Studios pivoted faster than even Spider-Man would dare.
It's impossible to avoid the comparisons, so we may as well just get them out of the way early so we can move on.
Andrew Garfield's Spidey sense is tingling _ and convincing.
Andrew Garfield, the latest actor to play Spider-Man, makes people believe he really is a spider — even before he gets into the costume, the director of "The Amazing Spider-Man" said Monday at the film's gala British premiere.
Andrew Garfield's Spidey sense is tingling _ and convincing.
Spider-Man must contend with more than just a lizard in his latest video game adventure.
As superhero summers go, this one is truly super.
"The Amazing Spider-Man" dropped in on hundreds of fans Monday.
It's not just a random mutant spider bite that sets Hollywood's new Peter Parker on the superhero career track.
The new Peter Parker says it's never too soon for another "Spider-Man" movie.
The new Peter Parker says it's never too soon for another "Spider-Man" movie.
"A big part of the DNA of Peter Parker is that adolescent quality," says Webb, whose "(500) Days of Summer" was also a story of transition into adulthood. "It's a time in your life where you're imperfect and you're unpolished and you make mistakes and you're discovering things and every emotion is apocalyptic."
"It's not like we're retelling the exact origin as Sam had done it," says Webb. "But I felt it was important for a new story to understand the character from the ground up because I feel like the inflection of this character was quite different than what we'd seen before."
