[perrych]

I'm reserving judgement on the Spider-Man movie until it is in theaters. I can already say that I hate the Lizard, and from the trailer, I can tell I will hate that Peter Parker helped create the Lizard. In this movie, Dr. Conners seems a little like Norman Osborne - a little unstable after his accident. What makes this move disappointing is all the work the previous movies did to set up a Doc Conners/Lizard moment.

I will say that I like that they are going back to something the previous trilogy lacked, and that is the brilliant Peter Parker. The second movie is the only one that really dealt with this in a meaningful way (and it was of course the best of the three movies).

I like that Stacey gets a meaningful role and is placed in her rightful place as Parker's first real girlfriend.

But, I worry that this movie will so try to get out of the shadow of the earlier trilogy that it will lose what made those movies a nice addition to the Marvel Universe.