Eff Sam Raimi

Rating: 9/10 (24 July 2012)

It was comically accurate, minus the major plot points that Sam Raimi already ruined. He at least makes his own web shooters, and doesn't spend an hour and a half romancing with Mary Jane. Sam Raimi turned the Spider-Man I know and love into an oversensitive douche, and this movie helps set it right somewhat. The jokes are actually funny, which is a big improvement. Not sure what Raimi was going for with the jokes in his trilogy, but they did not work. Michael Webb effectively took a dump on the desk of Sam Raimi, and I was pleased. The fighting style even measures up to the comics, with the frequent low-kicks and creative use of webbing. The only reason it does not get ten stars is that Raimi ruined a few of the best parts of the movie, without consideration for anyone who might want to make a decent movie in the future. I mean, if he had said "With great power comes great responsibility" and made a big deal of it, it wouldn't have flown, because we're all tired of it from the first trilogy already.