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Andrew Garfield is on the same page as the critics when it comes to this past Summer’s “The Amazing Spider-Man 2”. Speaking to The Daily Beast, the big screen Spidey says that cuts hurt the film.
“Once you start removing things and saying, ‘No, that doesn’t work,’ then the thread is broken,” Garfield said, “and it’s hard to go with the flow of the story. Certain people at the studio had problems with certain parts of it, and ultimately the studio is the final say in those movies because they’re the tentpoles, so you have to answer to those people.”
Garfield says he’s paying close attention to the criticism now, and is determined to make the next film in the series a more universally-liked film.
“It’s a discernment thing,” he explains. “What are the people actually saying? What’s underneath the complaint, and how can we learn from that? We can’t go, ‘Oh God, we f–ed up because all these people are saying all these things! It’s s–t!’ We have to ask ourselves, ‘What do we believe to be true?’ Is it that this is the fifth Spider-Man movie in however many years, and there’s a bit of fatigue? Is it that there was too much in there? Is it that it didn’t link? If it linked seamlessly, would that be too much? Were there tonal issues? What is it? I think all that is valuable. Constructive criticism is different from people just being dicks, and I love constructive criticism.”
Sony haven’t greenlit a third “Spider-Man”, but are developing spin-off films “Venom” and “Sinister Six”. As for whether Garfield’s Spider-Man will appear in either film, the actor is staying mum.
