Great Acting/Directing/Composer/Score/Soundtrack/Drama

Rating: 10/10 (21 February 2013)

I was extremely pleased with this adaptation of Spiderman. First off, and not necessarily foremost, Andrew Garfield is a much more dramatic actor then Toby Maguire. Of course all the credit cant belong to Garfeild, but also the director and composer, and in Maguires defense he can really only work with what the director gives him to work with, however I still hold Garfield superior as an actor. The building blocks were laid from the get go in order to build an understanding and emotional connection of Peters unresolved conflicts. An emotional connection was established between the viewers and characters resulting in real drama. The comic relief was tasteful, kept to a minimum, and for what i can recall, no cheesiness. The Score and soundtrack I thought was phenomenal. I have read that some think there was not enough action and used that as a bases of their dis-satisfaction. A great movie needs more than non-stop action and special effects. It needs believable characters and emotion. It needs a good story and good acting/directing along with a good score to serve as something of a backbone for the feeling and drama of a movie as well as what the characters are going through. If one puts to much action in a movie, there is less space for more important components that contribute to a great movie. The last Spiderman franchise I think i watched the first one a couple times and the second one once, and was not interested in watching the third so I didn't. I didn't believe the Toby Maguire Spiderman. The new one made a believer out of me. This movie blew me away and met a lot of the criteria that i hold important in a movie. I greatly look forward to the next two installments.