Spider-Man has become a hero in his own right

Rating: 9/10 (4 July 2012)

Finally, Spider-Man has become a hero in his own right. What originally set Spidey apart from the rest of the superheroes was the fact that he was different. Marc Webb did this perfectly. He made him what he was meant to be, a teenager with powers who has real life issues. It's nice to see that someone understands the concepts and feel of what the comics represented. Sam Raimi tried to mimic Superman. Sometimes I even wondered if Sam Raimi had even read the comic books at all or whether he just flipped through it so he could see the pretty pictures.
Andrew Garfield was a perfect Peter Parker in every respect. Peter Parker was always the awkward intelligent teenager. Despite the name the film draws mainly from the Ultimate Spider-Man series and in some cases almost having almost identical dialog. Obviously, there is also a lot from the Amazing Spider-Man comic as well. The chemistry between Gwen and Peter was real unlike in previous films where it was nothing but fake. "Oh, I'm Mary Jane. I love you cause your Spider-Man. Love me too because I'm the ugliest model around." And for the record I don't hate any of the previous films.
The emotion was so powerful in this film that even the girl sitting next me was crying and a girl crying over a superhero film is unheard of. The climax to this film was incredible. He actually moves like a spider unlike in previous films. His whole "learning to use his powers" thing was very realistic. In Spider-Man he just knew how to use them.
Now let's go through the stuff that wasn't so good. Pacing was all over the place but not a big deal because it doesn't really take anything away from the film. The Lizard was slightly underused and more of a kick a round villain. ASM is way more loyal to the source material than Sam Raimi's ever was. It's like Stormsink (Youtube Reviewer) said Sam Raimi should go see this film with a notepad and take some notes because this is how you make a Spider-Man film.