Spider-man 2.0

Rating: 5/10 (29 November 2012)

Back in 2002, Columbia pictures took on the story of Spider-man. While the superhero hype wasn't set back then, the movie still got a lot of credit and got called the best superhero film so far. Now, Columbia pictures tries to live up the hype with "The amazing spider-man."
First off, it is clear that the new Spider-man took a lot of ideas from the old one. The famous quote from uncle Ben is, though changed, still in it. Uncle Ben still has the same attitude towards Peter humiliating someone, etc. I know it is the same comic book but I think they could have done that more original.
Another thing i don't like is that the new Spider-man is actually pretty childish. Andrew Garfield is trying to be very funny with his one-liners and it is OK to show that he doesn't control his abilities once but not over and over again.
The story of the villain is not really moving or exciting and the whole concept of someone who tries his own medicine/drug on himself, than turns into a villain is very unoriginal and cheesy.
The death of uncle Ben was very touching in the original but in "The amazing Spider-man" it is only given a few minutes and forgotten for the rest of the movie. His death involves around the origin of Spider- man. Why he turned on the suit. But with a death like this we get very little sight in that.
Another thing is the overload of Sci-Fi. Don't get me wrong, I love Sci-Fi but I felt is was misplaced in this movie. Lights, touchscreens and high-tech needles appear everywhere.
Overall, I think this movie is aimed for the younger public and they will love it. But don't get your hopes to high.