Biggest Problem of the Film: Peter Parker is a jerk.

Rating: 3/10 (16 May 2013)

Despite what some reviewers have said, this Peter is not likable or heroic in the slightest. Say what you want about Toby McGuire's Spider-Man at least he acted like a hero, and was only ever this bad when he was under the influence of the black suit or was under a lot of stress; and even then he was apologetic afterward. Andrew Garfield's Parker appears to be this way all the time. The very first thing we see him do is steal an intern's id badge causing some poor guy to be hauled away. Next we learn that he is stalking Gwen Stacy, and has her picture on his desktop (yeah, that's not creepy). He meets with Kurt Connors, solving his conundrum by just memorizing his father's formula and then taking credit for it. After gaining superpowers, he becomes arrogant and immediately uses them to humiliate some bullies and athletes in high school. Even when he's fighting crime, it's only to find his uncle's killer, and then he sadistically taunts and humiliates the car thief and insults the cop on the scene. The car thief isn't attacking him, he's trying to get away and Peter just keeps taunting and cracking jokes. He's a jerk to Gwen Stacy's father when he invites him to diner, and he's a jerk in every scene with Aunt May and Uncle Ben. When the lizard is loose, the only reason he is after Connors is because "I created him," so he's just fixing something that he screwed up, and it's out of guilt that he's doing it. And lastly he says he makes an oath to a dying man, and once he's dead, because he's in lust with Gwen Stacy, he's says he's actually relishing breaking his promise to her dead father. Also he might even be stealing crates of industrial strength spider-web because I doubt someone like Peter has the spare money to order something expensive like that in bulk. For a character who's whole character is based around responsibility, Peter goes out of his way to be completely irresponsible in every scene he's in. I mean there's being a Chaotic Good Lovable Rogue which is how the Spider-Man in the comics in sometimes portrayed, and then there is being an Chaotic Neutral, selfish irresponsible, egotistical, sadistic anti hero, which this how he portrayed in this film. Maybe this one is based on the Ultimate Spider-Man comic, which I didn't read. Maybe it's because he's angsty because he's going through puberty or because of his parents' deaths, but he's a jerk when he's not angry or irritated.