Better off making Spiderman 4 than making a lousy reboot.

Rating: 2/10 (9 July 2012)

I can't believe they decided to reboot spiderman and make him crap. Spidey has always been different because he is the anti-hero. He is always placed between a rock and a hard place where no one decision is right and everything he could possibly do is wrong on all counts and it will come back to haunt him sooner or later.
His villains are always desperate men pushed into a corner and come out fighting. After watching the show you'll be left wondering if things could turn out better for everybody. The original series by Ramni made me feel sorry for Dr Ock, sand man and even the green goblin.
I never felt anything for the lizard who seems to be a generic super villain who's lost his mind. Spidey has lost his gift of gab and is never witty nor funny. He doesn't fight using his brains despite being out-muscled by the lizard. He never faces any important life-changing decisions like Tobey's spidey did on the bridge in spiderman 1.
The movie was too long and slow in between, too much time was spent trying to show the love interest between PP and GS. Unfortunately their lines were cheesy and lame. It does seem like the writers didn't know spiderman or love.
Uncle Ben dying is a BIG thing in spiderman's life. Uncle Ben was the one who made spiderman promise to take on responsibility to do the right thing. Yet only 5 minutes was spent on Uncle Ben's death and there was never anything said to spidey that would shape spidey's character.
I'd rather they made Spiderman 4. Spiderman 3 wasn't good but it was more true to Spiderman's character than this reboot where spiderman has lost his soul. This movie will only appeal to those who do not know Spiderman from the comics. It is nothing more than another superhero movie.
I hope it flops at the box office. Ramni's Spiderman has lots of issues and deviations but it still features a Spiderman and villains that are true to their comic book selves and what the original writers made them out to be. This movie is a cheap assed attempt to cash in on the Spiderman brand.
2/10 stars only because Emma Stone was a true star in this movie.