Where is the fun?

Rating: 1/10 (7 August 2012)

If you want to remake a great movie and soon after the original was released and enjoyed, you are obliged to find something new and interesting to contribute. I didn't think it was possible to ruin Spiderman, already the subject of two excellent and one pretty good flicks but the hodgepodge of writers who brought forth this abortion have proved me wrong. Do all moviegoers everywhere a favor, guys and never write another screenplay, OK? There must be technical manuals that can survive your lack of literary skills and that will pay. Emma Stone was and will be beautiful for a long time but is wasted here. No chemistry between her and Andrew, none! Why there was even a need to cast Sally Field or Martin Sheen, I can't imagine. Less familiar faces would have given these supporting characters more depth. Andrew Garfield is so new and young, I hesitate to dismiss his career outright, but here he is leaping only as high as Ryan Reynolds in "The Green Lantern" and not nearly as high as Toby McGuire as Spiderman! Mostly, though, where is the action and the sense of fun in this god-awful talk fest?