The Slightly-Amazing-Yet-Ultimately-Impotent Spider-Guy.. vs. a Lizard!

Rating: 7/10 (13 July 2012)

With better editing and more sweeping soundtrack, the film could have been epic. Instead, it mostly fell flat; even in spite of solid direction, writing, and performance.
Sam Raimi always brought the audience into his world and taught you how to truly care about what was happening within the silver screen. Here, it just felt like a 2012 rehash of something we've all seen before, but now, care less about.
As an avid fan, I always hated Raimi's mutant web-shooters; so the induction of Parker's technical genius into this series marks a welcomed return to the source material. In addition, the filmmakers did an amazing job at capturing the sardonic tragedy that is at the core of Spider-Man's reality. Without Raimi's camp-humor, this tone was even more ever present.
Stone, Garfield, Leary, and Ifans gave it their all, and it was enjoyable. The clash between The Lizard and Spider-Man was certainly nothing to the scale of Batman vs. The Joker, but was enjoyable nonetheless.
Unfortunately with the film's pacing and unengaged soundtrack, things felt sluggish and tired: two things you never want to experience in a superhero action epic. In this regard, The Amazing Spider-Man was more of a Slightly-Amazing-Yet-Ultimately-Impotent Spider-Guy. I look forward to the sequels and how they are going to bring in the Goblins. There were some really interesting plot points teased throughout the film.
7/10, would watch again - though it could have easily been a 8-9/10 with improved post-production work.