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The ending with Gwen and with Peter crying... wow (spoiler-ish)

posted 10 years ago by ejs8882000
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I'm a fan of both Emma Stone and Andrew Garfield and I love their chemistry as Peter and Gwen. I just saw this movie for the first time the other day and I have to say that the scene where Gwen dies and Peter cries and holds her was probably one of the most heartbreaking things I've seen on screen in quite a while. It didn't seem like the typical "Hollywood crying" scene where there is only a few tears and maybe a few cries out. Nope, he balled like a baby. You could literally feel his pain and it seemed pretty realistic. Of course the fact that Andrew and Emma are a couple in real life probably helped with making the pain seem real as it might have been hard for him to do that scene.

Anyway just thought I would mention that. I have seen only a handful of films that have had crying scenes that seem fairly authentic. And now this might be one of them too. At least in my opinion.

[–] carlosgfc 10 years ago

You should remove the -ish because it's a flat out SPOILER. 

And I agree, I didn't expect this kind of scene, much less in a superhero movie, for me it's one of the best scenes in all the Spiderman movies.

[–] Viltrumite 10 years ago

And I agree, I didn't expect this kind of scene, much less in a superhero movie, for me it's one of the best scenes in all the Spiderman movies.

Really? I'd been waiting to see Gwen's death on screen since I was a kid. The 90s cartoon pussied out by having Mary Jane (replacing Gwen) falling into some dimensional portal and not to her death. Don't want to upset the kids, I guess. Then the ridiculous Spider-Man 3, movie teased Gwen's death (even though she hadn't yet had enough screen time for us to give a damn), but had her get rescued in a silly way. She soon disappeared from the movie, never to be seen again.

The Amazing Spider-Man messed with audiences by having Gwen muttering to herself "I'm in trouble!" after discovering Peter's dual identity. The scene in which Spidey throws Gwen out of the window to safety (yeah, I know...) scared the hell out of me, but it was probably wasted on non-Spider-Man fans.

In The Amazing Spider-Man 2, we knew Gwen was a goner as soon as she gave that speech about living your life, etc. I didn't prepare me for her death, though. It was heartbreaking. Gwen and Peter were probably my favourite movie couple ever, so that scene was heartbreaking. Andrew Garfield really sold it.

[–] carlosgfc 10 years ago

Well, it's one thing to know it should happen, it's different to see it being done and on screen. It's not the death itself but how it's done, the movie has you wondering all the time if they're going to do it or not, even if it's been years since I paid atention to anything from SpiderMan(I'm not one of those fans that know everything from the comics) I did know that Gwen Stacy was supposed to die, but since they made such a great couple, the temptation of keeping her alive could've been more powerful. And the way she dies, when the movie makes you think he saved her it's cheap but effective: he does catch her, but too late, and you see it happening, right in your face and dropping dead, so definitive, no last words, no nothing. It's not the first chick to get killed, but the way it is done is not certainly common.

[–] GreenGoblinsOckVenom86 9 years ago

The 90s cartoon pussied out by having Mary Jane (replacing Gwen) fall into a portal instead of outright killing her.

No offense but they couldn't have killed her. I don't think I ever saw that episode though til I was an adult and bought the vhs release of it and other episodes. I never saw an episode passed season 3 because I only watched reruns during the week after school. I will say when I first saw it I thought the scene at the end with her going through the portals implied she basically stayed in there til she died of starvation. Then I saw the Green Goblin Harry episode I thought she actually returned from the portal. Until years later I decided to watch a bootlegged copy and found out that MJ was a clone. Then the last episode and found out she actually somehow was still alive somewhere.
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[–] Seth_Rogue_One 9 years ago

I watched that just now and was thinking to myself 'I really hope she is dead and she's not gonna wake up coughing being alive' cause she was immensely annoying in this one. I thought they had pretty awful chemistry.

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[–] nddostal 9 years ago

agreed-she was so miscast-Emma could not pull off the smart girl thing-she sounded and looked like a dumb valley girl

[–] ejs8882000 9 years ago

Really? That's kind of shocking to hear. A lot of people loved her as Gwen. And how did she "look and sound" dumb? She sounded like a normal person to me. And she looks like a normal young woman too. She was shown to be smart and kindhearted and funny. And Emma Stone is a great actress. She's usually good at portraying smart characters in other films.

[–] ejs8882000 9 years ago

Really? I thought she was fantastic. She was shown to be smart, kindhearted and funny. And a lot of people like her. And I thought the chemistry was amazing.

[–] Seth_Rogue_One 9 years ago

Emma Stone is a hit and miss for me, in this one a definite miss

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[–] The_paranoid_android 9 years ago

That was one of my favorite moments in the entire film. So much raw emotion, especially with Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone's chemistry was terrific. It did feel like a heartbreaking "crying" scene because unlike a lot of Hollywood movies, it stayed in that scene and just showcased how painful the moment was for Peter.

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[–] TMC-4 9 years ago

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[–] texascoon2 8 years ago

For Amazing Spider-man 3, they could have done something different from the older stories and, at the same time, use something from the newer books by having Gwen come back as Spider-Gwen.

[–] diddly_diddly_swag 8 years ago

It was a very sad moment. I knew it may be coming and was hoping for it. I remember sitting in the theatre as everyone went dead silent and you could hear a pin drop. Marc Webb had the balls to what everyone at Marvel, DC, and Fox refuse to do. Kill off one of the most important and loved characters

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[–] Panthro44 8 years ago

For me, the REAL pain was him visiting her grave, day after day after day after day after day, as the seasons changed (keeping in mind that high school graduations are in the early summer...he was out there with snow on the ground). Oh, the deep, intense, bottomless grief and emotional low he must've felt. No words. Just silent, painstaking sorrow. In the theatre it was absolute silence.

If nothing else, they really captured that moment of the movie. This might be the most grief stricken scene ever. Really felt for Peter there. Very intense.

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[–] LukeLovesFilm28 8 years ago

I would say WOW. After respecting it for the 5 seconds it took Gwen to die, that grieving scene was as weak and lame as the rest of this movie.

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