Good, but not for everyone

Rating: 8/10 (10 July 2012)

I am not a hardcore fan of the spidey, and while this movie may have upset many of the hardcore fans, I thought it was, though lacking in some parts, a brilliant re-boot, certainly better then raimi's version.
I have to warn you though, if you want to see spidey in action and don't have much care for the plot, this is not for you.
First of all, in this movie, Peter Parker's character was a great improvement overall from its predecessor. He was human, had problems, got cocky when he realized his powers, and had his weaknesses. He wouldn't just magically heal himself every two scenes, even though they may have overdid the wounds a little bit. And most importantly he had the sarcasm and the sense of humor has been improved greatly.
The effects are not as pleasing as one would expect to be. First person web-slinging parts are greatly done, though the lizard himself doesn't look as good as you would expect him to. Also that mutant lab rat was just funny.
The lizards motive of "destroying weaknesses" was too forced in if you ask me. The bit where he talks to his "evil self" were too.
Sure, the story behind peters family was never revealed, but to be honest i didn't have much care for it either. If you did, thats what we have sequels for!
Spider-man is portrayed as a human with super powers, rather than a super hero with a human side, which is in my opinion an a lot better approach.
It was a good movie, but if you want two something hours of pure action, I wouldn't recommend it to you. If not, go see it, you wont regret it.