Spider-Man is not Captain America....

Rating: 5/10 (22 May 2014)

Okay before I get into the review let me tell you that I like comic book films, but none of the spider man that have been made thus far have really peaked my interest. Though the first trilogy was closer to the Spiderman comics I'm familiar with I still found the first part of this new reboot to be a better film, that said even that wasn't more that a 5 out of 10 film. Anyway so Spiderman is an interesting character in the Marvel universe, he does have a few stories that are more serious than what we have seen brought to life on screen so far but mainly the films are juvenile as is the comic. That's not to say that this is a problem, but lets be honest over a certain age its hard to like it. The problem isn't that it's funny ('cause Thor is funny now too...) but that the whole thing is awkward like a teenager. While jumping between buildings he makes strange noises his calls the bad guys Mr. Criminal and chats with his gf during action scenes. So it's pretty hard to take him seriously. The first film paved the way for this childish road, even if it was tighter than the old trilogy, especially the almost unwatchable 3rd part, but I still think the new reboot didn't succeed in stepping away from the problems of the old trilogy, its just a new Spidy film because they make money. Let's talk about the story: After a little back story about Parker's parents, Spiderman is torn between having a life and being a superhero. While he quickly finished with Paul Giamatti's character (who isn't rhino yet) and saves a few people – a school kid being bullied and Jamie Fox's character before he becomes Electro. He hears about Harry Osborn's dad dyeing so he goes to pay his respects. They get a little nostalgic and make friends. All the while of course Jamie Fox turns into Electro so it's time for a huge battle. It takes place and then things get complicated by Electro, Harry Osborn and Oscorp. I won't give away the ending. The positive things in the film are that it really looks good. All the things we saw in the first trilogy are brought back here twice as well done – even if sometimes the digital Spiderman bothers me – What I also liked is the chemistry between the two actors. Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone work well together, I didn't even really have a problem with Dane Dehaan either side note my biggest problem was Jamie Fox who had no idea how to play a silly, brainless and useless character. Anyway back to the positives its 140 minutes just flew by. Okay and now the negative: Based on the trailers it looked way too busy, with too many bad guys, but the film removed them in one fell swoop, two of them don't take up too much screen time and it just leaves the whole thing open for sequels. Electro was center-stage in the trailers but Rhino looked like he would have had the same size role. He didn't. I feel cheated. In fact I'm disgusted. There is only one bad guy in this film and the other two are mere footnotes there are not three enemies. The other problem is the useless script, and to think it took four people to write it. Four! The whole thing felt like it was a bunch of scenes tacked together that have nothing to do with each other and don't have a linear time line. It was just plain confusing. It made all the mistakes that the first part made 2 years ago trying to bite off more that they can chew... It opened in twice as many movies and wanted to double up on everything... but what happens if you try to double nothing? Just that nothing. I think Sony should start trying to change styles. This just didn't hit the mark. It's just a visual orgy with a confused story that I give 4 points to out of 10. https://www.youtube.com/user/silverscreenreviews1