random movie news.

So many new things happening while I’ve been spending my pop-culture time in the 40’s and 50’s. Here are some things I’m excited about, just in case you haven’t heard.

1. Pacific Rim got a ComicCon poster the other day. When you bring Guillermo del Toro together with Idris Elba, good things should happen, good things.

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2. The Amazing Spider-Man is a success!

It will take until the second film to know how it will stack up against the first trilogy, but The Amazing Spider-Man exceeded the studio’s expectations in its first week.

For my money, I loved it. It certainly wasn’t perfect, in that there were some cheesy moments I could have done without. Still, I think it transcended the original films in most ways. Emma Stone and Martin Sheen are wonderful, and Andrew Garfield is brilliant as always, which is a nice change, because I’m sorry, but Tobey Maguire just can’t act. It was nice to have a Spider-Man who could carry the emotion in a scene without eye-drops and emo cues. I really don’t hate the original films, I promise, but this movie was most definitely a better film, and a truer incarnation of the things I love about Spider-Man.

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3. Michael Fassbender is bringing Assassin’s Creed to the big screen.

Just as is the case with Pacific Rim, two of my favorite things are combining as Michael Fassbender is going to star in the Assassin’s Creed film adaptation, which he will also be producing. I haven’t seen any word yet on whether or not they will retell one of the game stories, or give us a new assassin in the same world, but they had me as soon as they used Michael Fassbender and Assassin’s Creed in the same announcement.