Not perfect but brings the franchise back well

Rating: 7/10 (18 January 2015)

After Spiderman 3 failed to ignite the flame for a fourth installment Sony decided to reboot the franchise of the most popular superhero on earth. I've heard mixed reviews of this movie and even I'm not sure whether or not this is a good or great superhero movie. It's definitely not a wasted reboot. Andrew Garfield is the perfect Peter Parker and Spiderman in this movie. I like the progession from shy bookworm to a level of confidence. He is also witty in this movie, a trait of Spiderman, again not so much explored in the Raimi movies. He has great chemistry with Gwen Stacy played by Emma Stone. The two feed off each others ability and weakness to create a pretty cute couple. The story tries to give you the impression of the backstory of Peter Parker and his parents and having seen the sequel I was unimpressed by the outcome of this subplot. Anotber aspect that was wasted was the Lizard. The lizard is supposed to have a shade of grey but I just want the Lizard to be taken down. I don't care about Dr. Connors even though I should. In that aspect the villain lost the humanity that makes him such a compelling adversary. This movie wasn't the perfect reboot but did give a good platform for the sequel to build upon which is what first installment should do.