More modern update is not exactly a good thing

Rating: 5/10 (2 February 2014)

A reboot only 5 years after the previous movie? Seems a bit odd. This movie has all new actors and retells the story of Peter Parker becoming Spiderman. This time he is played by Andrew Garfield, and he really plays up the emo teen angle. He acts like a jerk and talks back to his aunt and uncle. To me that got annoying fast.
Instead of Mary Jane, we get Gwen Stacy played by Emma Stone. I liked her for the most part and Rhys Ifans plays Dr. Curt Connors aka The Lizard. I thought the lizard looked downright weird with the blatant CGI. Also the motivation that turned him evil was kind of hard to buy.
The scenes with Peter coming into his powers are pretty amusing. Also his romance with Gwen was very convincing. What I didn't like was his attitude, he's a lot more jerkish and self-centered then the comedian hero we're used to. He doesn't get a lot of funny lines and acts like an idiot through most of it.
The action, including the climax battle, is good but not great. It's pretty standard superhero fare these days. Overall the worst of the 4 movies so far, and die hard fans probably won't like it.