contemporary feel Spiderman leaves you unmoved but entertained

Rating: 7/10 (11 July 2012)

For those of you interested in what this film is like and how the makers managed with this restart:
It's not as good as Sam Raimi's version, this film reminds you of the strengths of his film rather than erasing your memory. I was a fan of the first film and it's two sequels but was willing to see where this one was going and what it could bring to the popular comic-book superhero, on the plus side the acting is good and the visuals have a sort of realism which is enjoyable, the way Spiderman moves and the acrobatic dynamism is exciting and well-executed. On the down-side the film is emotionally misjudged veering from almost excessive emoting of tragic events to flippant instant recovery, basically it comes across as shallow and insincere, maybe this is clumsiness or editing. Also the action scenes are a bit confusing, sometimes you wonder if you blinked and missed something like on the bridge sequence (not a spoiler, there is a bridge sequence like in Raimi's Spiderman but I'm not saying what happens!)
It's worth seeing this film but not worth rushing to see it with high expectations, I expect that the tone is marketed towards young male demographic which it will please, but this is not good enough to be called a classic which Raimi's is.