An exciting new start for the Spiderman franchise

Rating: 8/10 (18 July 2012)

Although this latest reboot of the Spider-Man franchise fails to hit the high notes that Raimi's Spider-man 2 did, and despite it falling significantly short of the Dark Knight trilogy, The Amazing Spider-Man is a promising new entry in the series. What remains most promising is the cast. Sheen does an excellent job as Ben Parker, as does Emma Stone as Gwen Stacey. Although Garfield does manages to evoke his status as a class above other teenage actors, he doesn't come off feeling quite as strong in the role of Peter Parker, although he does a better job then most would be able to. Unfortunately, this movies shortcomings are its rushed and sloppy editing, poor pacing and uninteresting villain. The Lizard is poorly rendered in CGI and his motives are never truly touched upon. Characters, including Oscorps Mr. Ratha's seem to come and go at random, and the lack of polish makes it feeling like a rushed process in the editing room. However, the effects are solid and breathtaking at times, the humour and acting is perfect, and you'll come out charmed by Marc Webb's distinctive take on The Amazing Spider-Man. The parts where Gwen and Peter interact are electric and feel similar to Webb's other movie, 500 Days of Summer. Overall I can highly recommend you go check out The Amazing Spider-Man and judge Marvel's latest reboot for yourself.