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<blockquote data-quote="Richards" data-source="post: 5969852" data-attributes="member: 508">I saw it yesterday, and let me echo all of the kudos on the casting, especially on the part of Aunt May and Uncle Ben.However, I was disappointed in the plot, as it was basically rehashed from the original X-Men movie.&nbsp; (Magneto: &quot;I'll turn all of New York City's populace into mutants!&nbsp; Then they'll have to accept us!&quot;&nbsp; Lizard:&nbsp; &quot;I'll turn all of New York City's populace into humanoid lizards!&nbsp; Then they'll, uh, be glad that they're lizards, or something....&quot;)&nbsp; Also, since when does turning into the Lizard make Dr. Curt Connors stronger, faster...and smarter?&nbsp; The stronger and faster are a given, but I fail to see how a human being being injected with lizard DNA is suddenly going to become even smarter than a top-level scientist.&nbsp; And that's not just me reading into what I saw, that was actually spelled out in the movie in a scene in Connors' makeshift sewer lab, when the computer simulation was showing the transformation from human into humanoid lizard.And that, really, is what made me dislike this movie as much as I did.&nbsp; It seems like at every turn they felt the need to make a change from what has been shown before (either in the comics or in the previous movies), just to be different.&nbsp; I HATE the &quot;change purely for the sake of change&quot; mentality.And finally, any Spider-Man origin that does not include the simple 6-word phrase &quot;with great power comes great responsibility&quot; has utterly failed at its task.&nbsp; Those six words right there are the whole core of the Spider-Man story.Johnathan</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Richards, post: 5969852, member: 508"] I saw it yesterday, and let me echo all of the kudos on the casting, especially on the part of Aunt May and Uncle Ben. However, I was disappointed in the plot, as it was basically rehashed from the original X-Men movie. (Magneto: "I'll turn all of New York City's populace into mutants! Then they'll have to accept us!" Lizard: "I'll turn all of New York City's populace into humanoid lizards! Then they'll, uh, be glad that they're lizards, or something....") Also, since when does turning into the Lizard make Dr. Curt Connors stronger, faster...and [i]smarter[/i]? The stronger and faster are a given, but I fail to see how a human being being injected with lizard DNA is suddenly going to become even smarter than a top-level scientist. And that's not just me reading into what I saw, that was actually spelled out in the movie in a scene in Connors' makeshift sewer lab, when the computer simulation was showing the transformation from human into humanoid lizard. And that, really, is what made me dislike this movie as much as I did. It seems like at every turn they felt the need to make a change from what has been shown before (either in the comics or in the previous movies), just to be different. I HATE the "change purely for the sake of change" mentality. And finally, any Spider-Man origin that does not include the simple 6-word phrase "with great power comes great responsibility" has utterly failed at its task. Those six words right there are the whole core of the Spider-Man story. Johnathan [/QUOTE]

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