To say that Tobey Maguire's performance was better than Andrew Garfield's is to not know Peter Parker/Spider-man

Rating: 8/10 (10 July 2012)

Yes I said it, Andrew Garfield is a better Spider-man and an even better Peter Parker than Tobey Maguire's was. He is much more interesting, he is an outcast, and shy figure, not dorky, like Tobey's was. And I personally relate more to that. As a person that grew up with Spider-man comics and the 90's TV Series, I think this version is much more closer to that one and so I liked it a lot more. I think overall the movie's tone was more realistic and one could relate more with Peter's inner struggle and anger. The cast is great, and I liked the chemistry between Emma Stone and Andrew Garfield. I thought that retelling the origin was unnecessary, and still do, everyone knows it by now...even so, I liked the scenes between Peter Parker and Uncle Ben, Martin Sheen does a good job in this one, and because of that one can relate more to Peter Parker's pain when he looses his fatherly figure. This version of Spider-man actions and reflexes are much more spider like. The way webs are used in action scenes was overall much more imaginative, whether it was used as a real web to catch a prey in the sewers, or the detail that I loved when Spider-man tried to wrap the Lizard in web while circling around him like a spider would. The movie is not perfect though, that's why I gave it an 8. Where it misses is in the plot, some questions left unanswered leaving much to a sequel, and some scenes like the basketball and American football, I think they took them too far, I understand the idea, basically if I had such power I would like to show it off too.. But the way it was shown, everyone would know that he is Spider-man.. Overall I liked the movie a lot and I wait eagerly for a sequel, I think the potential is there for a much better trilogy, much closer to the comics version of Spider-man!