Same Old, Same Old, but one new thing

Rating: 5/10 (21 August 2014)

Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield) as Spiderman is at it again, this time fighting off 3-new villains that threaten New York City: Electro (Jaime foxx), The Green Goblin (Dane DeHaan) and Rhino (Paul Giamatti). Then as Peter, he has to be a good boyfriend to Gwen (Emma Stone), please his Aunt May (Sally Field) and tell his best friend Harry (DeHaan) that Spiderman cannot give his blood to help save his (Harry's) life as that could kill him. Where does he find the time? Inquiring Minds want to know.
Here we go again. How they can do another "2" is confusing since they have already had "3." Go Figure. Must be the newer Math. Anyway.. (Hey, it's all in the spelling). Okay.
Most of us have heard the saying: "there is nothing new under the sun." Well, that is not entirely true. CGI is new under the sun and we see it all the time in movies. This movie revels in CGI (the 10-yr olds love it) and yes, it is fantastic, but truth be told when it goes on for too long we become sleepy. And, yes, it went on for too long too many times. See? Actually, the entire movie went on for too long.
There were too many scenes that seemed like the dialogue was dubbed in (unless you had a bad DVD) and it was so distracting I had to rewind to see what I missed. Turns out the dialogues were so lame, I didn't miss anything. Also those dialogues between Peter and Aunt May and Peter and Gwen early in the movie was amateurish and basically silly. They leveled out later on.
But, make no mistake, this is basically a love story between Peter and Gwen with Spiderman swinging all over and fighting the villains when he has the time. Coming up later on there will be a very big surprise and you may not like it. Yes, this will be the new thing.
One would NOT think that an Oscar nomination could come out of a Spiderman movie, but I believe that Sally Field as Aunt May deserves one for Best Supporting Actress. She was very good. Another Oscar nomination could be for the CGI and the 10-year olds agree.
Although Paul Giamatti, as Rhino, didn't have much screen time, I believe he had the time of his life and enjoyed his stint. You go, Paul! You did good.
I know they will do another Spider-Man movie in 2018 and if my sock drawer doesn't need reorganizing, I might watch it, or maybe not. I am coming to believe there is no Pull for me in these Spiderman movies; they are the same thing over and over and over.. The only Pull is the CGI and the 10-year olds can't wait. I can. (5/10)
Violence: Yes. Sex: No. Nudity: No. Language: No.