Cinepals React to Screen Rant's Amazing Spider-Man Pitch Meeting: 'You All Forgot Just How Many Holes It Had'

Reacting to Screen Rant's Amazing Spider-Man Pitch Meeting, Jaby and Sintel Koay's verdict is simple: the movie has way more holes than they remembered, and at least one scene has aged badly enough to make them uncomfortable watching it get spoofed.

This matters for fans because the Screen Rant Pitch Meeting format, created by Ryan George, works by exaggerating a movie's actual plot beats for comedy, and watching two hosts who genuinely only saw The Amazing Spider-Man once react to those beats laid bare gives a good gauge of how the film holds up nearly a decade later.

Jaby and Sintel Admit They Only Watched The Amazing Spider-Man Once, When It First Came Out

Both hosts say the only time they watched The Amazing Spider-Man was on release, and neither had rewatched it since. That distance is what makes the pitch meeting's rundown hit them so hard, with Jaby saying, "yo, i've seen this movie one time, i don't remember any of this nonsense, i don't remember it being discontrived and this silly."

The Pitch Meeting's Subway Scene Joke Catches Them Off Guard

The moment that visibly surprises them most is the pitch meeting's description of Peter discovering his powers by undressing a woman without her consent and then beating up the men who come to her defense. Jaby calls it "very surprising" and questions how recent the movie actually is, prompting Sintel's response, "well it was before you know culture changed," adding that it would be "an absolute no-go if it was made like three years ago." They also riff on the scene doubling as what they joke was probably a Victoria's Secret brand tie-in.

They Notice the Movie Abandons Its Own Setups, Including Peter's Parents and Uncle Ben's Killer

Both hosts flag how the pitch meeting exposes the film ditching its own storylines, first the search into Peter's parents' disappearance, then the hunt for Uncle Ben's killer, and even the antagonist character referred to as Rasheed, who just disappears from the movie. Sintel jokes in the bit, "i really enjoy starting story threads but i find it's tough to end them so sometimes i just don't do it."

Jaby Feels Bad for the Intern Whose Identity Peter Steals to Get Into Oscorp

Jaby recalls actually feeling sympathy in the theater for the guy dragged out by security after Peter steals his identity to sneak into Oscorp, noting that everyone else around him was laughing while he wondered what happened to that character's life afterward.

They Compare the Lizard's Plan and Uncle Ben's Death to the Pitch Meeting's Mockery

The hosts also laugh along as the pitch meeting mocks Dr. Connors' plan to temporarily turn the whole city into lizards and Uncle Ben's decision to grab a fleeing robber's gun. On Uncle Ben getting shot, Sintel jokes about karma, "he pays the price for that in the second one so should have listened, woulda coulda shoulda."

Neither Host Has Seen The Amazing Spider-Man 2, and They Compare Its Age to the Raimi Trilogy

Jaby admits he still has not seen The Amazing Spider-Man 2 and says he plans to watch it, adding it has been roughly seven and a half years since that film's 2014 release. The pair also note that Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy has its own goofy moments that do not hold up perfectly either, with Jaby saying that after going back to Spider-Man 1 for an edit involving Willem Dafoe, it struck him as clearly from an older era, and it now feels strange that The Amazing Spider-Man is old enough to feel dated too.

Do you think The Amazing Spider-Man's plot holes were always this obvious, or does the pitch meeting format just make them impossible to ignore?