Off to a much better start than the previous trilogy

Rating: 10/10 (3 July 2012)

First of all, I was one of the people who did not think it was necessary to do a Spiderman movie reboot, but after seeing "The Amazing Spiderman" I am very glad they did. Andrew Garfield played a much better Peter Parker/Spiderman than Tobey Maguire ever did. He actually looks more like high-school student as well. I also enjoyed the Peter Parker/Gwen Stacy storyline more than the Peter Parker/Mary Jane Watson storyline. The villain of Dr Curt Connors/The Lizard was fantastic. All the characters seemed to be easier to relate to than in the previous movies. It gives you more of a realistic look at how a real high school student would react if given superhuman spidey powers. The roles of Uncle Ben and Aunt May didn't seem to be as major in "The Amazing Spiderman" than in the previous trilogy, but I liked that because it didn't take away from the film or drag on the scenes with them in it. On the whole, I prefer "Spiderman 2" to "The Amazing Spiderman" or maybe I just need to re-watch them both, but if "The Amazing Spiderman" is an example of where this trilogy is headed, I am very excited for it.