To each his own

Rating: 7/10 (14 February 2015)

I'm sure there are much more knowledgeable people out there in terms of Spider-Man expertise, after all I just read some of the 90's Spider-man comics when I was younger, not exactly a "hardcore" fan by all means, still I have to agree with a lot of the criticism directed towards this reboot attempt. Reboots or remakes aren't exactly a bad thing, but as time passes by we can verify that most of them, unfortunately, follow the global culture in which they were created. TASM is not an exception.
For those who have seen Raimi's trilogy it will be impossible to ignore the déjà vu that you'll be left with. Almost all of the scenes will remind you that it all has been done already, no surprise there, after all the "basic" source material for both adaptations was the same, i.e. the comics (although with different scripts). Expecting morality out of a movie would be ridiculous, specially these days, but if you're older than the expected target audience for these movies you'll notice and be annoyed that they made the main character to constantly lie in order to avoid problems when he wanted to follow his own will. Realistic? Unfortunately yes. Faithful to the character portrayed in the comics? As far as I remember, no... Considering the fact that most times the majority of the audience is/will be composed by very young people, and specially if you're a parent, this won't be something you'll want to expose your children to. This isn't new, Raimi's Peter Parker also had some moral issues to deal with but in a way that was consistent with the comics.
Then there are some inconsistencies within the characters themselves. Gwen Stacy is portrayed as being a bit snob and shallow (like MJ in the beginning). Despite her apparent concern with Peter in the beginning she never shows any romantic interest in him until he makes a little demo of his powers, something that kind of contradicts what she says in the sequel and at the same time what Emma Stone said in an interview about the character. Captain Stacy is portrayed as being the opposite of what he was in the comics as well (until he finds out who Spidey is). Overall TASM was an average movie with some good acting bits by the main cast, needing better and longer fight scenes and could have benefited with a better villain design.