The Okay Spider-Man

Rating: 7/10 (3 July 2012)

I watched this movie knowing the visual effects were going to be bad, but not as bad as it were. For a $215 million budget it was disappointing. If you're going to do a blockbuster movie, do it right - especially a reboot. Considering the original 2002 release was nominated for Best Visual Effects, it definitely took the cake on that! Everything else I enjoyed, however I don't know how true it stayed to the comic. The casting was great. Sally Field played a perfect Aunt May, and Denis Leary was good as well. Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone have great chemistry together and I enjoyed watching the scenes they shared. It was the best Stan Lee cameo in any Marvel movie. I also liked that it was a little darker than the original, and a lot more different changes to the story. Although the movie ran over two hours it kept me entertained. The 3D was okay, nothing really blew me away. All in all, if you want to watch a B-movie and pay top dollar for it, then by all means, other than that wait until VOD. In my opinion, there was no reason for this reboot because there was nothing wrong with Sam Raimi's version - it looks like Hollywood is just running out of ideas. Sidebar: watch the credits