And I thought Spiderman 3 was bad!!!

Rating: 1/10 (20 November 2014)

This has got to be the worst Spiderman film I have ever seen, nothing about this film is worthwhile and I will admit to say that I was looking forward to it. I have been a Spiderman fan all my life and I appreciated the early Spiderman films by Nicholas Hammond, yes they were cheesy and campy but it was still entertaining.
Then we had the excellent Sam Raimi Spiderman films, not only was Tobey Maguire an excellent choice for Spiderman but he looked and acted just like Peter Parker would. The first and in particular the second movie defined the hero that Spiderman is and yes while the third film was bloated it was still entertaining to watch.
Now onto The Amazing Spiderman, truth to be told I had no problem with Andrew Garfield replacing Maguire, the same can be said about Emma Stone replacing Kirsten Dunst, however the film itself doesn't feel like a Spiderman movie. The first half hour is basically about Peter Parker's deceased parents, however we don't get a conclusion as to what happen to them, the story just disappears. Most importantly though Garfield's Peter Parker is totally off the mark, he shouts at his Uncle Ben and Aunt May, spends most of his time on his skateboard and only seems interested in dating Gwen Stacy. Heck, even the scene where Uncle Ben dies felt totally wrong.
I know this is just based on a comic book but at least keep it to the source material, what happen to the famous line "with great power comes great responsibility" I just could not connect with this version of Peter Parker at all and it doesn't get any better when he puts on the suit either. As far as Dr Connors goes, I think Rhys Ifans was reasonable as the doctor but once he becomes the Lizard, any credibility he has is thrown out the window, obviously a villain such as the Lizard is not going to look realistic but the CGI here is unbelievably bad.
On a happier note, it was good to see Martin Sheen and Sally Field as Uncle Ben and Aunt May respectively. Dennis Leary as Captain Stacy was not too bad either. Again, I am sad to say that this Spiderman film is not worth watching, I watched it once and I won't be watching it again, in fact now would be a good time to revisit Sam Raimi's Spiderman films again.
If I can think of one good thing to say about this Spiderman movie, it would be the web shooters which were pretty cool (and faithful to the comics) but then that's not saying much about the overall movie itself.