Spider-Man without Tobey is like LOTR without Elijah Wood

Rating: 1/10 (6 July 2012)

Okay..I know the movie has a new franchise and whatnot, I've read enough on it, but let's be honest here: Andrew Garfield IS NOT Spiderman. In fact, no one but Tobey Maguire is truly Spiderman. The way the hero is portrayed in the new version is nothing but awful compared to the amazing work of Tobey on the first three movies. I am not diminishing Garfield as an actor at all, in fact, I do like him, but it sickens me to see that they have chosen someone other than Tobey to play our beloved Spidey. Also, let's not ignore the fact that Kirsten Dunst is MJ, and not even Emma Stone can do a better job at it than Kirsten. I can't wrap my head around that fact. Now, lets talk about the movie itself...the fight scenes are like 5 seconds long, and although the graphics are pretty decent, the content itself leaves you wanting more. Or in my case, it made me wonder why anyone would ever spend money on that movie. The whole thing is more about him being "the cool nerd" who gets the girl rather than the struggles he encounters along the way, which is what the first three movies with Tobey are about. Lastly, allow me to ask you this: can you imagine Lord of the Rings without Elijah Wood being Frodo? I don't think so. Can we imagine anyone else being Harry Potter but Daniel Radcliff himself? Absolutely not. What about Wolverine (X-Men) not being played by Hugh Jackman? How weird would that be? Yeah...nothing else I can say about the subject.