Someone must've heard my incessant references to Amazing Spider-Man #33, because last night my friend Chad invited me to the red carpet premiere of The Amazing Spider-Man, a movie for which my excitement stemmed almost entirely from the video above. Say what you will about how comics and movies don't need to keep rehashing origin stories, but Andrew Garfield is clearly a guy who gets Spider-Man and cares about the character, and that goes a long way with me.
Plus, free popcorn!
The premiere was in Westwood, near UCLA. I took a few pictures of the crazy premiere ambiance, but didn't get any action shots of the time I tipped a large machine over onto Mr. Garfield so I could watch him escape while delivering an inspirational speech, nor did I photograph our subsequent team-up after we resolved our petty differences to fight a common evil. J. Jonah Jameson would have my head.
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The view from the front of the line.
This was the theater with the stars in it.
There were two theaters, one for talent and one for us. The producers, director (the aptly-named Marc Webb) and cast did pop in to our theater to say "Hi" right before the film got going, though.
But was Spiderman, at any time during this whole experience...on the case?
ReplyDeleteYou know, for the first part of the movie, he really was!
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