Spider-man-child

Rating: 6/10 (28 July 2012)

Spiderman in this movie seems to be a young adult who has been coddled by his parents. He doesn't seem to be able to deal with the real world. He's like a man-child.
When I think of heroes, I don't think of man-childs. There were kids in this movie who were more heroic, and more mature than Spiderman. There were actually a great number of characters in this movie who were more heroic than Spiderman.
Spiderman might have been the lowest common denominator. I think he might have dragged some heroic characters, including his girlfriend, down to his man-child level.
The end result wasn't pathetic. But it was dumbed down. But I guess a dumbed-down hero is better than no hero. A dumbed-down hero can still be a sane man in an insane world, and maybe even a genius.