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Even Andrew Garfield Admits This Movie Was Awful

posted 10 years ago by spiceymeatballz2
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GARFIELD Suggests Studio Cuts Led to AMAZING 2 Woes (by Chris Arrant, Newsarama Contributor)

Didn’t like Amazing Spider-Man 2? Actor Andrew Garfield feels you, bro.

Garfield, who starred as the titular character in this summer’s disappointing tentpole, spoke out about studio interference, which he suggests compromised the non-so-well-received sequel.

In an aside during a Daily Beast interview promoting his upcoming film 99 Homes, the young actor pointed out multiple factors that might have contributed to the dour response to the film compared to previous outings.

Garfield says...

"I think what happened was, through the pre-production, production, and post-production, when you have something that works as a whole, and then you start removing portions of it—because there was even more of it than was in the final cut, and everything was related. Once you start removing things and saying, ‘No, that doesn’t work,’ then the thread is broken"

“We can’t go, ‘Oh God, we *beep* up because all these people are saying all these things. It’s s**t."

The movie was brain damaged from the script stage. Anyone saying otherwise is just making excuses. Even Garfield knows it's a bad final effort. You don't come forth and make excuses unless you know how bad it turned out.

Proof: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H53183mVc2o

[–] Pussyeater75 10 years ago

He never said it was awful. Those words never came out of his mouth.

[–] SonicBoom77 10 years ago

He's wording it carefully to avoid getting crap himself from the studio.

[–] LukeLovesFilm28 10 years ago

I still can't believe he suggested that they make Spider-Man gay and turn MJ into a black man.

[–] charman32 10 years ago

pathetic luke stop trolling in youtube and here nobody cares for your pathetic taste in films.

[–] megaknocker 10 years ago

People care don't they?

[–] dash26354 10 years ago

After The Amazing Spider-Man 2, if that were to happen in the next film of this series I would not even care. I am done with Spider-Man on film until the franchise is put in better hands.

[–] megaknocker 10 years ago

Agree. If Sony makes anything, I will never pay to see it.

[–] jacobvasquez240 10 years ago

He never said it was bad,he said it didn't come out as he expected it to.

[–] spiceymeatballz2 10 years ago

You don't make excuses unless you know it's a bad film. This is just like when Shia said that Crystal Skull was a mess and he knew that they botched it.

[–] megaknocker 10 years ago

Just fire him officially.

[–] wingnut9 10 years ago

It's been done for all practical purposes. No one wants Garfield back in any way shape or form.

[–] megaknocker 9 years ago

No one wants Garfield back in any way shape or form.

At least that's been solved.

Now we need to get Zack Snyder booted off the Superman scene.

[–] Eleazar (251) 3 years ago

No one wants Garfield back in any way shape or form.

That didn`t age well ;)

[–] LanceDance (1301) 3 years ago

lol, only a few loud people want him back. They clearly forgot how bad his films were, and that he wanted to play a gay (technically bi) Spider-Man who dated an "MJ" that was a black guy.

[–] megaknocker 10 years ago

Those email leaks say something different.

[–] EurasianEyes 9 years ago

And how is that not the same thing? It didn't come out as he expected it to...because he expected it to come out good...and it didn't, so?

[–] SillyGayBoy 10 years ago

Yeah I look forward to the missing content.

[–] Verdugo85 10 years ago

Because Amazing Spider-Man 2 was CACA!!

[–] Red_Shame 10 years ago

for me to POOP on!

[–] David_Blue 10 years ago

spiceymeatballz2: "In an aside during a Daily Beast interview promoting his upcoming film 99 Homes, the young actor..."

Who is in his thirties. And looks it. And acts like it.

Calling disagreement hate is childish.

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[–] megaknocker 10 years ago

Garfield in high school was another laughable concept they asked us to swallow.

[–] SloberDon 10 years ago

And the sun is hot. We already know this movie is all kinds of awful.

[–] megaknocker 10 years ago

Movies like Interstellar may be saying that the sun isn't really hot.

[–] spiceymeatballz2 10 years ago

That's why I reported it.

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[–] megaknocker 10 years ago

Well, that's another reason he's out.

[–] SpanishRicky 10 years ago

Let's all forget this franchise ever happened.

[–] megaknocker 10 years ago

Let's all forget this franchise ever happened.

Those who don't learn from the past are doomed to repeat it.

[–] Viltrumite 10 years ago

No. I liked it.

[–] manchof1 10 years ago

Did you like it more than Fantastic Four?

[–] megaknocker 10 years ago

Story's FF was bad but not this bad. Still, the new FF looks worse than both.

[–] ThomasMagnumPI 10 years ago

No sane person can credibly defend this awful effort. There can only be level of excuses why it turned out so bad.

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[–] O-Face 10 years ago

Wouldn't stroking Spiderman 3 on its board?

[–] megaknocker 10 years ago

Ha! That's what she said.

[–] General_Ackbar 10 years ago

What amazes me is that the execs at Sony have now interfered with and ruined TWO Spiderman franchises! How do these hacks keep their jobs???

Somewhere in the universe there has to be something better than man

[–] manchof1 10 years ago

They don't care about promptly running the series into the ground and turn it into one uber crapfest, just so they can continue making money off the Spider-Man license.

[–] General_Ackbar 10 years ago

Which is short sighted and just plain self destructive. If they'd left well enough alone than Raimi's series would have gone on for at least several more vastly successful films. Now even their reboot series is fizzling out due to their meddling. What are going to do in five years? Reboot again??

Somewhere in the universe there has to be something better than man

[–] spiceymeatballz2 10 years ago

Exactly. Raimi earned the right to be left alone based on box office alone.