No one will read this anyway..

Rating: 4/10 (12 August 2014)

At the time of this writing, there are like 800 reviews. No one's going to read mine. So I can say what I want. It's very freeing really..
OK. I was disappointed. I can qualify that by saying that I wasn't expecting realism or depth of story or anything. I was expecting bad animation, comic-book style fighting scenes, cgi everywhere.
Hey! I got it. Right? So why didn't I enjoy the film? Mostly because the rushjob that this movie considered "character development." Almost every character in the movie was very shallow and behaved like a child. You have the characters who change their minds at the drop of a hat. At least two of them were like, "I love you spider man! Unless you disappoint me, then I will MAKE YOU MY NEMESIS AND HATE YOU TO MY GRAVE!" The flip-flops were almost dizzying. It was very elementary school. You know, this person is your friend one day and then not the next. Kids pick and choose their friends rather easily and honestly, but adults usually practice the art more subversively.
Then you have the character of spider man himself. I think it's worth noting that Peter Parker was originally envisioned as a fairly normal fellow, maybe a little bit shy. You know, the classic nerd who becomes a man through somewhat extra-normal means. It's a well used cliché and people identify with it because everyone feels like the shy nerd sometimes.
But in this film, the spiderman was not a shy little nerd. No, he's a talky teen, a ladies man, full of himself, with snarky comments for everyone. I actually have no problem with this, I found the change rather interesting. I'm just mentioning it because it is different.
Overall, I feel that the movie was made for teens. It has precious little appeal to mature adult audiences, even those who grew up with the comic books.