Amazing Movie (Though, I'm tired of the pun too!)

Rating: 8/10 (8 July 2012)

This was easily my most anticipated movie of the year. Spider-Man being my favorite character in any form of media, and reading just about any and every Spider-Man story I can get my hands on, you can trust me when I say this is easily the best Spider-Man movie to date. Now, I don't know if as a movie it tops spider-Man 2. I'll have to see it again, but I can assure you that that characters are a lot closer to their comic counterpart and the action scenes and ideas brought up are exactly what you would want in a Spider-Man movie. The acting as a whole was great, but I want to focus on Emma Stone and, of course, Andrew Garfield. This is the first time I've legit cared about a romance in a superhero movie. Usually, they feel to tacked on, or just kind of there, but here fell in love with both characters (....no h**o). Their scenes together were the best parts of the movie for me, especially the scene on Peter's porch near the end that I won't spoil. Now, Andrew. I felt with him exactly what I felt with RDJ playing tony Stark in Iron Man. The same kind of magic, as if he were born to play the role, and I know this is just my opinion (as is the whole review) but I'm going to say that this is the best performance in a comic book movie since Heath Ledger as The Joker in The Dark Knight. He truly was fantastic as both Peter and Spider-Man. The only complaints I have are that the Lizard is a HUGE missed opportunity, where they could've told a kind of Jekyll/Hyde story and show some humanity in the character, he just kind of turns into "Generic Villain A", though the fight scenes are cool. Second, and final complaint is the movie is very obviously cut up at points. It's kind of distracting at first, but overall if you love spider-Man or you've never read a comic book in your life and are just looking for a fun time, go see this movie. In fact see it twice. It truly is Amazing...sorry...no really I am...I'll stop now.