Read this review! it describes the movie fairly

Rating: 7/10 (6 July 2012)

I went in to this movie expecting a nice watch,i was convinced i was going to watch a great movie,and other than a few things,i did.
let me say at first,I'm a huge Spider-Man fan,everything from comics to games to movies,i don't skip a single detail about my favorite hero.
The film starts out with a young Peter and his parents leaving,the writers leave figuring out why up to the viewer as they do not clearly reveal why, a smart viewer should realize that his folks are hunted down,especially his father who is kinda shown as a secretive man and a scientist,along with his friend Dr.Curt Conners who later becomes the villain.
Peter,curious about his father stumbles across a briefcase of his,in that briefcase the name Curt Conners and Oscorp pop up,so peter goes on his search,an equation his dad figured out is the missing part in Conner's project of cross-species genetics,peter gives him the equation and he forms a serum which transforms him to the lizard,something lacking in this movie is at times very crucial,The Lizard has no clear motives for doing anything he did,all of his plans come from nothing,they are just there for no reason at all,second of all The Lizard's design is atrocious ,he did not look scary and intimidating at all,plus even when Conner's was the lizard,he looked completely in control over himself and his actions,plus everything he spoke was clear,something that is not in the comics,oh and he didn't need to inject himself every time he transformed to the vigilante,it was anger in the comics,but i turned the blind eye.
Back to Peter's character development,it is done brilliantly here,Garfield gives a career defining performance here,Peter's path to becoming Spider-Man feels like a journey,a lot more exploring is present in this movie,zero to none in the Raimi version,plus Spider-Man was never a true expert at swinging from the first time he invented his web shooters,and i was glad that was shown,some parts though feel rushed and hurried,adding the extra 30 minutes to this movie could have filled up those error's.
Emma Stone is gorgeous,she truly is a lot better than Marry Jane,Gwen Stacy fell in love with Peter Parker,MJ fell in love with Spider-Man,I'm glad that Gwen was preferred over Mary Jane,oh and Emma Stone is a whole lot better looking and better at acting than Kristen Dunst,who was just there because she was a redhead,the romance in this movie seems genuine and is really heart-warming,i do though think the kissing came a bit too early in the movie,it would have been better if there was a build-up to the huge kiss,but hey I'm kinda nitpicking here.
Now,on to the reason people go to a superhero flick,the visuals and the action,the visuals are great at times,but also at times they feel a bit lacking,not everything looks polished enough at times,and there is no reason for this movie to be in 3D,i kinda hoped i watched it in 2D and got rid of these uncomfortable glasses they give you,and the new suit that Spider-Man dons is kinda unnecessary,its obvious it was designed for the casual movie-goers to differentiate between this version and the Raimi ones,something that could be accepted eventually though,now let me start with the action,Spider-Man looks kinda weak here,i wonder how he will be able to handle villains with more arrows to there bows and more tricks up there sleeves,The Lizard is basically a smash-and throw villain,there is nothing complex about him(IE: The Joker or Doc Ock)back to the action again,it lacks thrill,it really could have been much much better,oh and how the hell did Captain Stacy climb all the way up to that Oscorp tower with a shotgun,and after than huge satellite pole falls down from the Oscorp tower,what happens to everything down there,oh and how did Gwen come up with an antidote that just awesomely works in 8 staggering minutes,some plot holes but hey these things are in all movies.
bottom line,you like Spider-Man watch this,if you were ever in doubt about this,just watch it,its worth it however you look at it.
looking forward to the sequel!