The Amazing Spider-man? Naah

Rating: 6/10 (6 May 2014)

I am a big fan of the spider man series, the previous one and not the 'amazing spider man' .. Two years ago when i went to see the first amazing spider man, i was let down by both, the story-line and the antagonist. I returned to theater this week in hope of seeing some improvement in our kid Peter.
Not as disappointed as by the previous one but i wasn't too happy either. The story-line was still a little bit rushed and the villains , though vicious were not the 'sandman' or 'green goblins' , we had come to know from the original spidey series. Acting was justified to the story-line and direction was as expected, good. Andrew Garfield , however 'amazing' can never match the character done beautifully by Tobey Maguire.
Among other flaws, this movie is incomplete emotionally and humorously. The pros of this movie... Emma stone i guess. She portrays Gwen Stacy's character quite nicely . Jamie foxx's potential , in my opinion has been wasted, he seems like a villain whom we all know can be destroyed(again nothing like sandman) and we do not worry over him that much. Dane Dee Han does a childish Harry Osborn , obviously Franco was wayyy better.
The action scenes were good and they are one of the reason i gave this flick a 6 rather than a 5.
Maybe if for a second you forget the original series by sam raimi, you might end up liking this movie , maybe not.
In my opinion if you are not in a rush for a superhero movie, wait for x-men days of future past. If you are, sling to your nearest theaters.