Much better than I expected..

Rating: 7/10 (18 March 2014)

Having seen all 3 of the Tobey Maguire Spider-Man films and only really being impressed with the second one, mainly because of Maguire himself who I thought was very weak in the character, I bŷpassed this when it came out at the cinema and really only rented it due to it being in 3d and me wanting to test drive my new 3d TV.. The story is familiar to those who saw the original back in 2002 but stops short if being a direct retread which would, naturally, have been pretty pointless. I liked the "villain" character in this one, although I did miss one of my favourite characters from the originals, that of J Jonah Jameson who doesn't appear or is even mentioned in the film. I guess he was just too strong a character to rework.... I also enjoyed seeing Sally Field in the role of Aunt May, and I think this bodes well for the upcoming sequel(s), although a lot will ride on which villains are chosen and how they are used...