While treading familiar territory, The Amazing Spiderman manages to bring a fresh and more rounded take on the origin story of Spiderman

Rating: 8/10 (5 July 2012)

In 2002 Sam Raimi launched the first Spiderman movie which along with 2000′s X-men pioneered the modern superhero genre. It has been 10 years since then and 5 years since the mostly disappointing Spiderman 3 hit theaters in 2007. In the years since 2007 The Dark Knight was released and Marvel launched a fleshed out multi-film universe; both of which have greatly influenced what is do-able in the genre. Sony is now rebooting the franchise by bringing in a new cast and director Marc Webb to put his own spin on the origin story of Peter Parker as Spiderman. Can this new take on Spiderman bring enough new things to the table to leave an impact or is this movie simply going through the motions?
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