I liked it more than the first Spider-man

Rating: 8/10 (13 January 2013)

The Amazing Spider-man actually took me by surprise. I expected it to be mediocre seeing as how the only reason this movie was created was so that Columbia pictures could keep the rights to the Spider-man series. As disappointing as it was to hear this info I can actually say that they did good with this movie. Is it perfect? No. But I can say I liked it a bit better.
The first spider-man movie had issues with technology. For the time it was good and all but it hasn't aged well. The way Spider-man was portrayed in the previous films was that he was so awkward he could barely talk in complete sentences which always bugged me (no pun intended). However this new Spider-man is actually likable, is interesting, and is still awkward but in a much more realistic manner. The previous Spider-man was so awkward it was almost unbearable and unrealistic and Mary Jane always annoyed me. However in this movie Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone both do a great job. The way Peter Parker is portrayed is much better, funnier, and still serious at the same time. Gwen Stacy is also very well done though the only problem I have with her is that she is supposed to be 17... and she looks older than that.
The Lizard is also pretty well done in this movie. He gets enough screen-time and action to be a pretty cool villain. If there was one complaint I had with him is that I wish they would've his face look more lizard-ish. I know they are making him look like the very original Lizard but I think his face still looked a little awkward. Though the CGI is very well done on The Lizard. I also liked that they didn't make Curt Connor's really evil, just insane because of the serum. Also the fact that they didn't kill him off makes me happy. I wouldn't mind seeing him again sometime.
The movie's strong points is that I found the villain much more interesting that the Green Goblin and his lizard form wasn't revealed too early on. I found the characters rather likable but Uncle Ben had really stupid logic. In one scene where Peter Parker utterly embarrasses the school bully (Flash Thompson) Uncle Ben doesn't approve of it and says that Peter Parker shouldn't take "revenge". This was the dumbest line in the movie seeing as how Peter was proving a point that Flash Thompson isn't as tough as he thinks he is. Peter didn't hurt him, he simply embarrassed him. Another dumb thing is that a cop shoots at spider-man when he is only casually walking along. That is illegal on many levels and is dumb altogether.
Either way I found this movie rather enjoyable and a bit more interesting than the previous attempt at a spider-man movie. All of the issues of the last movie are actually done right such as: Gwen knowing Peter's identity early on, The Lizard doesn't die, Peter isn't awkward, and also the very last couple seconds of the movie are also very nice and changes what would've been a cliché sad ending into something a little bit more. Good movie, but not perfect.