The Amazing Spider-Man. Is it amazing?

Rating: 8/10 (18 April 2014)

The Amazing Spider-Man retells the origin story of Peter Parker's transformation into the superhero we all know and love, Spider-Man. This time around Peter Parker is still in high school and the intelligence of his character is shown more throughout the movie with Peter having to create his own web shooters after realising his powers of course.
The villain in the movie is The Lizard. A rather poor attempt and making him the villain severely butchered his character. 1)This version of The Lizard does not have a snout making him look like a taller, green version of Voldemort. 2)There is no balance between the morale of Dr. Connors and The Lizard. Dr. Connors is supposed to be a good guy but after his first transformation into The Lizard, Dr. Connors himself starts to become a villain.
The relationship between Peter Parker and Gwen Stacy in the film is very convincing due to a large amount of brilliant acting (unlike that of the Sam Raimi trilogy) and explains their relationship easily. Gwen Stacy is much more likable and entertaining to watch than Kirsten Dunst's portrayal of Mary Jane.
The only real flaws are that The Lizard/Dr. Connors character was butchered and Spider-Man was only on screen for 25 mins of 136 minute running time.
Overall The Amazing Spider-Man has great,but short, action sequences, an interesting story, a great relationship between Peter Parker and Gwen Stacy and a cool suit in my opinion. I recommend it to any Spider-Man fans out there.