Entertaining, but not the best

Rating: 6/10 (11 July 2012)

Because of all the recent super hero movies and because the last Spiderman was only a few years ago, everyone's gonna compare them with all the videos & super hero movies they've watched in the past.
This version excels in a couple of ways to the Spidey's of the past, but fails in too many ways to be as good as past efforts. The web slinging and references to the Marvel comic's art work was excellent, far better then any past Spiderman films, and the fight scenes in a couple of instances were better choreographed in the closer shots.
But, the story was not as well written as either of the first two Raimi films, the character development was rushed, the editing was almost as bad as Spiderman 3 with missing pieces that jolted the eye and made the mind wonder. In other words, the CGI was excellent but the attention to detail of the real shots were poorly thought out. Example: Peter passes the doctor a coffee with his hand over the rim and in the next shot Parker's fingers are through the handle. Sloppy camera work happened like that thruout the film.
All in all it was entertaining and fairly well done, yet not a classic, nothing really new here. I'm sure it'll do well, the actors were good, and I look forward to seeing them try it again in the sequels. One thing I did miss though and that was Stan Lee's cameo.