Don't listen to biased reviews. One of 2012's best!

Rating: 10/10 (14 April 2013)

People are grading it down because it is the origin story again which even if it was too similar you can't down grade it due to that as you review films on their own. Also you can't down grade it because the franchise didn't need rebooted again that doesn't mean you reduce the stars! Is different from the first film and was closer to the comics. I loved the first two (3 was horrible) but this is the best one yet. Andrew Garfield is (pun intended) amazing as Spider-Man and Peter Parker and reflects the character better than Maguire. Emma Stone is Gwen Stacy and she is superior to Dunst. Gwen is his first love unlike MJ and the film shows Peter's intelligence buy having him make web-shooters (which happened in the comics). The characters and their relationships are the best part of this film with Garfield and Stone having the best chemistry than in any other comic book film. The Lizard is brilliant and is the 2nd best Spidey villain after Doc Ock in SM2 but then again they changed his character in that one. The film is a nice mix of light and dark so it's no Dark Knight but it's not like the original films which were more campy. The film is a great modernization as Peter is portrayed as a geeky, smart, outsider instead of a stereotypical nerd (that's why he skateboards) overall this is the truest Spider-Man film and maybe even one of the best comic book films ever!