It reached for heights, but didn't quite make it.

Rating: 5/10 (21 May 2014)

Once again, I left the theater with feeling as if I had been slighted. It was the same feeling after viewing The Dark Knight Rises.
The movie was long winded for all the wrong reasons. There was too much exposition regarding things that stalled out as soon as that particular scene was over. For the length of the film, things tied together so loosely there was not much I felt invested in toward the end. The film was lacking in writing, cohesion, pacing, and structure.
There were a few scenes that just came off as annoying. Most prominent in my recollection was the segment where Gwen was about to commence with her school interview and Peter showed up. All he did was act spastic, and speak incoherently for three solid minutes, all just to end up wishing her luck. I was done with the film by the time Electro was creating dub-step music when coming into contact with the electrical equipment during a battle.
There was no character I felt compelled to care for, or a character I could relate to. By the time any real gravity took place in the story I was distracted with the possibility that the film was almost over. Which, to my dismay, it was not.
I did enjoy the cinematography and camera work during action scenes from Spiderman's point of view. But in all, along with my Father-In-Law, we couldn't help but feel that all of the gimmicks and cliché occurrences took away from the strength of pivotal moments in the movie. I am hoping for a Director's Cut! It worked for Daredevil.