Not really a reboot, more a rehash

Rating: 5/10 (29 January 2013)

So what was the point of this so called reboot? What did it do that was anything new? The following can't really be called plot spoilers because they've all been seen in the previous Spider-man movies.
Geeky kid, who is picked on? Tick.
Gorgeous girl who has sympathy for geeky kid? Tick.
Geeky kid bitten by spider and gets amazing powers? Tick.
Geeky kid exploits new powers? Tick.
Geeky kid learns that not only can he climb tall buildings, but he can jump off then too? Tick . . . now if only he had something to hold on to though . . . oh wait . . .
Geeky kid develops his own seemingly endless supply of web? Tick.
Uncle to geeky kid gets killed? Tick.
Geeky kid goes on a rampage against all baddies? Tick.
Geeky kid swings between buildings defying all laws of momentum and physics? Tick.
An otherwise normally mild mannered scientist induces himself with some drug and metamorphoses into a deranged monster hell bent on conquering the world? Tick.
CGI dominated battles ensue between Spider-man and said monster? Tick.
Stan Lee has a cameo? Tick.
Seriously with the exception that the love interest is Gwen Stacy, there is nothing new with this reboot. Batman Begins provided a good reboot of that character because the previous ones had become too comical. But this "reboot" of Spider-man did nothing new or darker.
And anyway, why is he Spider-man? Surely it should be Spider-kid or Spider-boy?