One of the best superhero movies of all time

Rating: 9/10 (8 June 2015)

* MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS* This is an unpopular opinion, but I think this movie is excellent. Andrew Garfield is the perfect Spider-man, and Emma Stone as Gwen Stacy is also really good. The selling point of this movie is the relationship between Peter and Gwen and how well it is developed. The two stars are actually a real life couple, so their romance scenes feel 100 percent authentic. The villain, The Lizard, isn't one of the more memorable Spider-man villains in this movie, but that's fine because he's one of the few that isn't incredibly over-the-top. I also thought that the origin story was handled much better this time, and I'm glad that they re-told it. Uncle Ben's death was handled better, as well as his delivery of the Responsibility catch phrase. The effects are stunning, and I really appreciate that they took the time to show us all of Spider-man's stunts. Along with the great acting, I also love that this wasn't just another by-the-numbers MCU movie, and that the film makers decided to make this film feel special. It doesn't just feel like, oh, yeah, people have seen this kind of thing hundreds of times, let's skip to the jokes. No, it feels like 'Let's make the definitive Spider-man movie. Let's make the best Spider-man movie possible.' This is a great movie with great characters, excellent effects, a really good tone, and a good story. I love this movie.