Sony Swings and Misses Again!

Rating: 5/10 (15 July 2012)

"With great power, comes great responsibility." These are the words not uttered by Uncle Ben in this movie. Anyone who has been a Spider-man fan since before the first movies knows these words are the very foundation that makes Spider-man the hero he is.
Though Amazing Spider-Man does a good job portraying The Lizard, The movie fails to use the characters properly. We get very little witty banter from Spidey. The movie fails to show why Gwen and Peter is nearly a better couple than Peter and Mary-Jane. In the comics Captain Stacey figured out on his own that Pete was Spider-Man.
Gwen Stacey in the comics was Pete's first true love, yet in this movie they rush the relationship so much the viewer does not understand how much this relationship means to Peter and the eventual character development of Spider-Man. Captain Stacey's character also served for something more in the comics. When Captain Stacy was killed by Doc Ock in the comics he told Peter it was his job to take care of Gwen, which meant more when Green Goblin killed Gwen.
Spider-man's character is unique because the character himself is surrounded by misery, yet he still finds the desire to press. Though he has every right to say enough is enough and give up, his moral compass comes back to those words that continue to ring true in his mind, "with great power, comes great responsibility." I think that's the part of the Spider-man magic Sony has yet to understand. Until they do, they will never produce an amazing Spider-Man story.