Saved by the Third-Act Inspiring Hope that #2 Will Be Better

Rating: 7/10 (30 December 2015)

If this rather quick return of the Web-Slinger has any reason to exist, it may be to just keep the Character (Marvel's Most Popular and Fan-Favorite) alive in the ever-growing Universe of Comic-Book Characters on the big screen.
But, one could say that familiarity breeds contempt. For example, by now just like Superman and Batman, anyone with a heartbeat knows the Origin Story and watching it played out again with Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield) and Uncle Ben (Martin Sheen) with Aunt May (Sally Field) is a Ho-Hum experience.
That's not exactly what is expected when an over 200 Million Dollar Budgeted Super-Hero Movie is unleashed on the Fans and the Public that eats this stuff up like there will never be another one.
But after the Origin Story is over, it settles into its Teen-Angst template. Here again, we get to see Peter Parker, previously bullied by His High School Classmate "Flash". The "Revenge" that the now Peter (Spider-Man) Parker can unleash is a lame basketball court duel that is Boring and lackluster.
Things pick up after the requisite and awkward Gwen Stacy (Emma Stone) verbal courting where They see who can stutter and stammer the most. Peter does a lot of stammering throughout the Film and it gets a bit tiring.
The Movie is at its best with the Lizard Man in the Third Act that saves the Film from an utter and dismal failure. In fact, the final third of the thing when Spider-Man is on the street catching criminals and ultimately confronting The Lizard is good enough to make this darker and more serious Spidey follow up better than a disappointment and leaves hope that Amazing #2 will be much better.