Unoriginal but enjoyable.

Rating: 7/10 (20 July 2012)

Ah, reboots. I kinda saw this coming, but I didn't expect it to basically ignore the previous franchise. You don't need to tell the entire origin story again; just give us the basics. Garfield is /definitely/ not able to pull off being a high-schooler, but this doesn't take away from the movie. Emma Stone may not be at her most attractiveness, but she and Garfield have wonderful chemistry. Much better than Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst failed to have.
The Lizard is also an improvement on the previous villains. I could actually understand and somewhat sympathize with him, though I felt that the ending was just the CGI team showing off their talents. It has a few slow parts, but noting a bathroom break can't fix.