It's Just Not That Good

Rating: 5/10 (26 September 2012)

I've no idea why they remade this. Probably because someone had loads of unsold spider man toys in a warehouse somewhere and needed to start shifting them. I didn't really fancy this film to begin with but I decided to take my son to see it, and the hype that was surrounding the 3D of this film got my interest. But as usual with a Hollywood blockbuster I was left totally disappointed. The characters are just totally unbelievable. I am to believe that a 17 year old high school student is also a top scientist in Oscorp? I know its based on a comic but if I went on a tour of a huge corporations' laboratories and the tour guide was some 17 year old kid I would think that they must be pretty hard up for staff. It's just a movie thing I know but nobody in films like this look like kids. The high school was full obviously of grown men and women students. But lets just forget that and be wow'd by the 3D action sequences. The 3D was crap. Yes sure you could tell it was layered etc, but for a film that was supposedly a masterclass in 3D movie making I was unimpressed. If this is the best 3D can do I will save my money from now on and just see the 2D version. Overall it was just not that good. The characters were lame, the story was lame and the 3D wasn't anything special. Not looking forward to the squeal.