The Amazing Spider-Man was all right.

Rating: 6/10 (17 April 2020)

Personally, as much as I was with the Raimi trilogy, I was not very emotionally involved with that film. I thought this movie was sort of soulless to me. First I'm going to go through some good stuff then I'm going to go into the negatives. I think the cast is really good at first. I think Andrew Garfield is very fantastic as Spider-Man but as Peter Parker I don't like him. I just don't see him as this dork, he should be rolling it with the cool kids in real life with that character. Yet as Spider-Man he is very good, he is on par if not better than the depiction of Spider-Man by Tobey Maguire. Martin Sheen is doing a very good job as Uncle Ben, Sally Field is good as Aunt May while I feel she doesn't have anything to do, Emma Stone is fantastic as Gwen Stacy, even though she's pretty underdeveloped. And even though he's the most underdeveloped character in this film, Rhys Ifans is presented excellently. The visuals and the cinematography were a further plus. This film has a smooth glossy look to it. The battle scenes are also enjoyable as hell, one of the movie's favorite elements. The film is messy though and I will go through it now. These are my negatives; I haven't liked the depiction of Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker again, I felt he was too sweet and stunning to buy him as that character. Another drawback is Gwen Stacy's lack of growth, she has some romance with Peter and supports him with the antidote in the end, that's it ... Another bad aspect I have is that once Curt Connors is The Lizard he tries to turn all of New York City into Lizards, that's horrible writing for a villain. Some villains want vengeance, kill the planet, rob something, these are schemes of legit motivation that I can get behind, but his plan is awful! The death set up for Uncle Ben was always too messy and badly managed. The death of Uncle Ben was properly set up in the first Spider-Man movie and you understand that. I hated the fact that the clerk is such a * * hole and gives Peter a hard time for 2 cents, just felt so pressured here. A clerk would let you off the hook in real life for that, but it's so ridiculous and terrible here. Peter then attempts to trace the murderer after Uncle Ben dies. Sadly he can not locate him, but then the subplot is never discussed or resolved again. Laughter writing right there. Last but not least I didn't like Peter's setup getting his powers, he's just sneaking into a room without any security and then heading into the biocable with the spiders all over the place like an fool. I genuinely thought it was a lot easier for Peter to get his powers in the first film, here it makes no logical sense to me. There are also other contradictions in which I can go on and on, but those are the key ones which bugged me. The Amazing Spider-Man is an average movie overall. It's got a lot of issues but it's still a fairly enjoyable movie, it's got a nice main character and some fun set pieces. I dislike this film not, it was just disappointing, I truly wanted something as spectacular as suggested by the title but I was truly let down. I wasn't pumped up or set my hopes too high, I was disappointed frankly. If you're a Spider-Man fan you may like or may not like this movie. Yet if you're critical of game, with this game there's a lot to nitpick.