Before they can
throw down Peter gets called away to save a kid from falling to his
death, allowing Connors to escape. The next day Captain Stacy holds
a press conference to announce he's issued an arrested warrant for
Spider-Man, as he was the only person at the scene that was
identified. Uh-huh, in this era of people being glued to their smart
phones NO ONE got a single picture of Connors as the Lizard? If
you're going to update Spider-Man's origin to be more modern, you
really have to account for things like this as well. Come to think
of it, where is J. Jonah Jameson and the Daily Bugle at this point in
the story?
Peter goes to talk
to Connors about the giant reptilian creature he encountered the
night before, and this scene is hilarious in that Connors does
everything in his power to make it obvious that HE'S the Lizard.
Peter, who actually is quite competent in this movie, immediately
picks up on this and goes to Captain Stacy to report it. Naturally
though Stacy doesn't believe a word of it, but his interest is at
least a little piqued to have his men research Connors a bit further.
This JUST MIGHT BE the most positive portrayal of a
pseudo-antagonist police officer I've ever seen in a superhero movie.
Heading back to
school, Peter notices a bunch of small lizards crawling into the
sewers... for some reason. Is the Lizard spawning little sidekicks
or does New York have a lizard infestation they're not telling us
about? He suits up and follows them, getting jumped by the Lizard
where the film makes the VERY unfortunate decision of having the
villain freaking TALK.
