(I don't wanna write a summary)

Rating: 7/10 (12 June 2014)

I can't believe I waited this long to watch a superhero movie. I missed watching the first Spiderman reboot in the theaters so I thought that I would give the 2nd one a try, and the movie left me conflicted.
Let's talk about the good parts. - I like Garfield's Spiderman way more than Tobey Maguire because the character is supposed to be funny. The one-liners and jokes are spot-on and instead of a buff dude, we have a nimble skinny guy, just like in the comics. I also like the new costume, a big improvement from the first, even better than the Raimi Spiderman. He also does waaay better action as compared to the first reboot.
Also, you get to see Spidey interact with the citizens in New York, and he is... well, friendly. Maguire didn't really do that much talking with everyone else. ALSO, less emotional outbreaks from Peter Parker, and less stuttering (doesn't mean they aren't there tho).

Gwen Stacy is also a big improvement from MJ in the first films because instead of being rescued constantly, she actually HELPS. A pretty face is not everything, girls.

... and that's all I can think about for now
Now with the gripes: - Electro was not a well-written character. Before the powers he was a cartoon-like obsession with Spiderman, and after his accident he suddenly hates him? And his motives are confusing. Why does he suddenly have an attention disorder? Why does he suddenly want all the power in the city so he can be a "god"? Ugh, Jamie Foxx deserves better.

At some point you feel like Electro is Dr. Manhattan from Watchmen. He's bald and all blue, he can teleport, and the explosion in Times Square looked like the explosion in Watchmen. Hmm.

Everyone laughs so hard at things that are hardly funny in a conversation (particularly Peter x Gwen and Peter x Harry). Peter was like a nervous girl trying to get Harry to sleep with him by laughing at everything he said.

Peter and Gwen scenes are still annoying. I love Emma Stone and I think Andrew Garfield is awesome, but whenever they talk to each other, you just reeeaaaally want it to be over. They have chemistry, but it doesn't make you want to watch them... like an annoying hipster couple.

the only time where you actually feel for them is when Gwen dies, and that feeling of sadness is just because nobody wants to see Emma Stone die. What kind of sick bastard would wish to deprive the world of Emma Stone?

Rhino is too heavily advertised for the movie, but he is really just a cameo. Fans would have been more satisfied if they had no idea he would be making an appearance, instead of expecting him to be a main part and wondering the entire time where the heck Paul Giamatti was.

The Green Goblin is confusing. First he just wants to live/survive his disease, By the end, he wants to ruin Peter Parker (or world domination, whatever villains want). He doesn't want revenge for the people who took over his company. He just wants to f*ck shiz up. Sure, him assembling The Sinister Six at the end would be awesome, but I would have wanted it to be written better.

so much talking. The action is not well-spread throughout the movie. At some point you forget that Peter Parker was Spiderman.

It's just not iconic enough. You compare it to the Sam Raimi films and you just wouldn't get the same feeling. I don't know if the word is "forgettable" but it's something at those lines.

I don't think the soundtrack helped. So much hipstery music. You wouldn't get any of that in a Marvel Studios movie.

To sum it all up, it was an improvement from the first reboot, but not as good as the Raimi films (except 3. 3 does not count). I would rather just replace the director (and maybe a different writer).They already got the right Spiderman. They just need to put him in the right film.
7.0 flat/10