The Amazing Spider-Man’s 4-Minute Super-Preview Is an Amazing Spider-Gyp
Because it’s mostly the last theatrical trailer. Oh, there’s a highly edited look at a scene where Spidey saves a bunch of people after the Lizard tosses them off a bridge (and, while I was all prepared to hate Spidey needlessly taking his mask off, I thought “not scaring the fuck out of a little kid who is about to plummet to his death” was a pretty solid excuse to do so [although Parker then telling the kid to put on the mask was a bit much]). But then it’s just the trailer, with a new tag at the end. I admit, the shot of all the cars hanging of the bridge via webbing was pretty cool, but one shot does not a 4-minute super preview make, Sony Pictures Marketing Department. For shame. (Via /Film)
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