A totally un-original and basically unneeded movie. A reboot that has nothing different from original. I say B-.

Rating: 6/10 (4 November 2012)

"If you could do good things for other people you had a moral obligation to do those things. That's what at stake here, not choice, responsibility." After mysterious circumstances causes Peter Parker's (Garfield) parents to leave him with his aunt and uncle he is left to wonder what happened. Now in high school Peter is still wondering why. After meeting an old friend of his father's he begins to think he may have an answer and helps him with a scientific equation that has very, very bad side effects...for all involved. I was never really a big fan of the Sam Raimi "Spider-Man" movies. To me they were too cheesy. I was looking forward to this one because it seemed darker then those. While this did feel more grown up it was still nothing like I was expecting. I think my big problem with it is that it was so much like the other series that the movie didn't feel like it was needed at all. This isn't a fair comparison but the Chris Nolan "Batman" series was much, much different from the Tim Burton series that the re-boot felt fresh and original. This one just felt like...hey let's do "Spider-Man" again...OK. This may just be my opinion but there is nothing new and fresh in this movie compared to the others and to me that seems like a waste of a movie. This again though is a movie that people will watch regardless of any review written, but just so you don't get your hopes up don't really expect anything different or amazing. Overall, if you liked the other series then you will probably like this one, since it's basically the same movie. I give it a B-.