Does He Deserve The Name "Amazing"?

Rating: 8/10 (13 July 2012)

*Review Contains Spoilers*
PLOT: Peter Parker has been bitten by a radioactive spider which gives him wall crawling abilities, acrobatic skills, and a "spider" sense. With the help of web shooters he invented, he becomes "Spider-Man". As all this is going on a scientist at Oscorp named Curt Conners finds a way to grow back his missing arm.In the process however, he becomes a giant human-like lizard and begins terrorizing New York. Can Spider-Man stop him before he succeeds in his plan to turn the majority of New Yorkers into giant lizards?
MY THOUGHTS: The Spider-Man in this movie, I find, is a little more dimmed down than he was in previous films. I didn't like how he would tear up as much as he did because it to me he seemed like a wimp. Several scenes in this movie didn't need to be there or could have been done better and different. I disliked the scene where he trains himself (his wall crawling) while he is skateboarding and doing ollies all over the place. It just didn't seem right. I did like it however that the film was more "current" with Parker using the internet and his phone because you could connect with it more.
Even though it is a new series of movies, I don't think the origin needed to be in it, or if it was, not make it take as long as it did. Don't get me wrong, It was cool to watch a different take on it, but it was boring because we have seen it many times again and again.
The main villain, The Lizard, was good for the most part and looked pretty cool. However, I would have like to see a more lizard like face with a longer nose as well as see him in a lab coat like in the comics. The Lizard was not done as well as Doctor Octopus or the Green Goblin for that matter. Needless to say, he did wear the lab coat in two scenes, but, it was ripped off him both times in just a few seconds.
PROS / CONS: It is good to see a new look on the character of Spider-Man as well as be given a newer origin story. His suit was alright, not as good as the previous one, but still alright. The Lizard was done well with just a few nitpicks like the nose and the fact that he didn't have his signature lab coat. The main problems though are almost all associated with the Spider-Man. He was whiny, his suit was passable, and his skateboarding was just out of place.
OVERALL: 7/10