Released too soon after Sam Raimi's trilogy

Rating: 7/10 (1 December 2012)

This film is not a ultimate success but it also is not a fail either. That being said it has to be looked at from many angles to get a full understanding of why it failed to match the box office success of Raimi's trilogy.
Background Story- When you start any movie franchise off the most important thing is getting a solid background story for the character. The main focus is the mystery of what happened to Peter's parents. We saw flashbacks through out the movie of Peter's memories of his parents. The problem is we get too engrossed in these flashbacks which results in a slow pace when the main focus should be about how Peter becomes Spiderman and it feels too often like his alter ego (Spiderman) is a side story rather then the main focus point.
Characteristics- Now in Raimi's adaption Peter Parker was one of the least popular kids in the school and a bit accident prone, which is the perfect character because once he is Spiderman it shows how far he has come. However in this adaption Peter is a bit cocky and not nerdy at all. It's almost like he is too polished.
Villain- Now this is one of the most important aspects of a super hero movie. If you don't get your villain right not much else will go right. Now Raimi got it spot on. He brought in Spiderman's arch enemy the Green Goblin. A great start to the trilogy and makes the audience want to come back for more which is good for when the sequel comes out. There are the villain in Amazing Spider-Man. The main reason is he is a giant lizard. How more accurately it is the transformation of a scientist who is played by Rhys Ifans who's experiment went wrong so I'm afraid it's another point to Raimi's trilogy.
Love interest- This however is one angle where Amazing Spiderman gets it right. Gwen Stacey(Emma Stone) it a much better match for Peter. They both have a fascination for science and are more alike. The other love interest that we are comparing it to is of course Mary Jane who features in Raimi's trilogy. It is obvious in the story that Peter sees Mary Jane and thinks she is out of his league.
So although I credit director Marc Webb for taking the reigns of a reboot so soon after the previous set of films and taking into account the success it brought in the box office, it just didn't feel like it ever got going. Although there is room for improvement Webb has the ability to level out the bumps in a other wise decent start to the reboot.