Inconsistent, charmless, awkward and far too downbeat. Clearly none of the dozen writers discussed what this should be.

Rating: 4/10 (26 June 2013)

Pretty much every review has rehashed the same old crap about how this is too soon after the old trilogy and oh isn't it ironic the name of the guy directing this movie so I'll keep it brief because there's not much to say about this film. I enjoyed the first two movies with Maguire (and looking back, the first one is real cheesy) but this one is far too downbeat and lacks all the charm any blockbuster could've had to make it enjoyable. Peter Parker ends up being a douchebag and every scene is awkward and contrived. It's a complete hit and miss film but the hits are okay (fortunately towards the end with obvious Terminator 2 references) and the misses are big due to none of the dozen writers of this film talking to each other about what they were writing. I liked Martin Sheen, Denis Leary and Rhys Ifans but I felt Emma Stone and Andrew Garfield missed the mark. Marc Webb was the wrong director for this.
4/10