Started well, then went downhill to boring city

Rating: Null/10 (11 July 2012)

I never watch trailers.
I love Spider-Man 1 & 2, but I was open to a new take on it. Why not, that was art is about.
I liked Andy Garfield in the Social Network, I liked his acting in Never Let Me Go and The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus.
Okay, so I'm ready to be entertained, in 3D no less.
I really liked the beginning of the film, it was well-made, well-scripted, well-paced, well-acted.
Although little Peter reminded me of little Bruce, the story was different enough because his parents left him without an explanation.
What I found surprising was that it was incredibly parallel to Spider- Man 2002 in many regards - I didn't mind that, but it made it very predictable...I had thought they would go down a different road, but no...this is really a re-boot, Spider-Man Begins Again (while soon Batman Ends...;-))
I liked the high tech lab (not how he got in there, lol!), I liked the subway scene, that was funny.
Gwen is into nerds, okay, whatever...
I think the film began to lose me when Spidey had 'fun' with the car thief. I did not find that funny at all, his anger, supposedly rooting in his uncle's death (and that's me surmising it, it does not get explained...) is unbelievable.
Then comes the action part, character time over.
Unconvincing villain, bad CGI lizard, all very uninteresting.
At the end, when I was hungry and bored and just wanted it to end, they go back to a bit of character plot, but I didn't care, I was not involved anymore.
It seems so many things were just there to get taken up in sequels...
Didn't he want to know what happened to his parents? He got sidetracked so easily.
I thought maybe they'd explain how he can control when his fingers are sticky and when they aren't (and how are they sticky through his suit??) Why does a wound in his leg affect his abilities? Are his powers affected by the antidote? Oh nevermind, I don't really care...
Imo, the scriptwriter, director and the editor did not create an entertaining whole, the music was strange at times or just annoying at others.
What I DID like was the acting in the first part (the believable awkward teenager) and all the classic Spidey poses - loved those! Apart from that, 3D did not add a lot, the flying sequences, while elaborate, did not create a feeling of elation nor were they integrated well enough into the story.
So now what I feel like is watching Spider-Man again :-).
I was ready for a ride, but just got a bit of good drama at the beginning and a lot of boring action after that. I think I'd rather watch Transformers again...;-)
7 stars is actually a bit too high, as I was not entertained throughout, but what the heck, they don't do 6.5...
Just my two cents.