Worth watching, but set realistic expectations

Rating: 6/10 (13 May 2014)

I'll try to make this brief, because there are hundreds of reviews. First things first: it's worth your time. It's a superhero movie from the Marvel stable, and certain things in Marvel's movies are always done well. Garfield's performance is great for Spidey.
Now let me tell you what I said to my friend on the way out of the theater: the storyline didn't seem tight enough. It would have been nice to have some additional depth and/or development, particularly in the case of Electro's character. What seems to have happened in this movie is the same thing that bothered me about the 3rd installment from the Sam Raimi-directed series... the script tried to take on too many different things and in the process left the viewer wanting. That's not to say the pacing was slow - it isn't - but the storyline does not evolve in a way that is easy to understand; it juggles several different subplots and suffers for it. The final battle left me wanting- wait, which final battle? This is a microcosm that explains the larger problem I think most people will have.
Bottom line: see it, enjoy it, and hope that in the 3rd installment there is more cohesiveness to the storyline.