New and Great!

Rating: 9/10 (7 June 2014)

When I heard that they would be doing a new version of Spiderman I was not excited at first. How could you possibly replace Toby Meguire, he is Spiderman - plus I wanted to see him finish the third film with another sequel (since the last one made me feel empty). However after seeing it I'm amazed with what they did.
Do I really need to say what Spiderman is about? It's just Peter Parker being both himself and Spiderman. The actor who plays him: Andrew Garfield (maybe he'll be president ha ha) is terrific. He's cocky, occasionally cautious, and is learning something new every day. Like for example throughout about a good third of the film he has to learn how to get used to his powers, but he's clumsy at it for a while before he gets it down perfectly. In the old film they kinda did that but it was adjusted in 15 minutes of the film rather than a good third of the film. I love all the scenes where he is Spiderman and shoots himself in mid air, flies, swings around, and saves the day.
One other thing I love better than the old is the girlfriend. Face it, Mary Jane is stupid compared to Gwen Stacy, even a person reviewing with the Nostalgia Critic could only say that her hair was pretty - that's it. Gwen Stacy is an active genius and in this film doesn't even need Peter to save her, if anything it almost seemed like he needed her to save him; I almost wondered if she would be the one to save the day rather than Spiderman. The villain doesn't even kidnap her, nor does she exactly run in fear like Mary Jane, instead she fights him off with all she's got and doesn't ever play damsel in distress. I love that!
Both she and Peter kept the story going, and so did the villain. The villain was a tragedy and made me feel sorry for him. He wants to get his arm back but his experiment went wrong and turns him into an evil giant lizard, though like the Green Goblin in the first film he is somewhat of a Jekyll and Hyde character.
Overall the film was great, (too bad it wasn't in 3D) and though it can never replace the old movie, it is a great remake.