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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Richards" data-source="post: 5958540" data-attributes="member: 508">Thanks for the review, it sounds like I might like this a little more than I had anticipated from the trailers I've seen on TV thus far.  Here's what was already getting my goat and making the thought of going to see this movie far less exciting than I would have otherwise hoped:- The Spider-Man costume.  I absolutely HATE it when changes are made for no apparent reason.  Spider-Man's costume is iconic, and to me should not be changed on a whim.  While it's obviously based on the original design, the fact that it has blue fingers, a different spider logo on the chest, and the red web design on the chest doesn't flow into a red "belt" at the waist screams to me "we changed it just so it will be different from the costume from the previous set of movies."  And that, to me, means "we changed it for no good reason at all, just because we could."  I tell myself that this shouldn't bother me as much as it does, but this REALLY bothers me.- The Lizard design.  The comic book Lizard, likewise, has a very distinctive look, and the Lizard I've seen in the trailers simply does NOT look like the Lizard.  In fact, he looks to me rather more like one of the reptilian aliens from the recent "V" miniseries.  (Where's his reptilian snout?  Where are the ridges over his eyes?)  Also, in my mind, a Lizard who runs around naked is no true comic book Lizard, who obviously needs a pair of ripped pants and a lab coat to look "normal."  Realistic?  No, but we're talking about a comic book movie here; if we're going to raise the "realistic" flag, then Hulk should be running around stark naked all the time because there's no way any normal pair of pants would survive his transformation.Those two issues, while not deal-breakers, bumped "The Amazing Spider-Man" down from "I must see this as soon as it's released" (my attitude going into "The Avengers" - and well-deserved in that case), to "I'll eventually want to see this, but maybe I'll wait a month or two until it hits the base theater and I only have to spend $3.50 to see it."After your review, it sounds like it might actually be worth the extra money to go see it the weekend it opens, despite the irritations mentioned above.  So thanks again!Johnathan</blockquote>

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