Amazing just about fits the bill.

Rating: 5/10 (21 June 2012)

A critic once wrote that it is impossible to fathom anyone else portraying Spiderman other than Tobey Macguire. He'd willingly take back his words now. Garfield's Spiderman remarkably stands out in the instinctive humor which he displays, the sort of humor conspicuous by its absence in Tobey's Spiderman. The latter I admit was great in the first two movies but he didn't quite display any sarcastic behaviorism which we comic lovers really adore him for. The chemistry between Garfield and Stone is also great and becomes more watchable considering that they are real life lovers too. Gwen Stacy is quite different and a refreshing change from Mary Jane of the previous movies. MJ was more of the usual damsel in distress who had to be there so as to keep Spidey in business. This time around Gwen might be another character vulnérable, but having a more headstrong personality and is a mainstay in the film. The film explores much of Peter's life before he actually dons the role of the web crawler for which he is destined. This ploy of a gradual build up to the more exciting stuff in the latter half of the movie made for a great viewing. Also the 3D must have been the best amongst all movies I have seen since Avatar. I'd say "Amazing" just about fits the bill for this one.