an improvement, but still not good enough

Rating: 6/10 (3 July 2012)

first spider man movie. OK second spider man movie. good third spider man movie. bad fourth spider man movie, the reboot the amazing spider man was better then the third, better then the first, but still nothing to get all excited about. to be fair this movie had a lot of hype and the pressure certainly hit a lot of the cast and crew. especially Andrew Garfield. he is really the only person who plays a main character from the other films. the lead role. and if he doesn't do good, the movie fails because it centers around spider man. but Andrew Garfield topped Tobey Maguire performance by a long shot. Tobey Maguire to me in some ways was like the Adam west to spider man. very kid friendly, and hes not intimidating. Andrew Garfield it much darker and can be taken more seriously, mainly because he is surrounded by a darker area and has a better script. i like how they put Gwen Stacy as the love interest because she was the first love interest and i wont say what, but her story ends very dark, which will lead to a even darker sequel with a much more darker villain. the villain curt Connors I've been waiting for in the raimi series. they gave Connors a lot of development but never went anywhere. this one i think they put him in there with you supposed to know who he is from the raimi films. but the actor that played him very well. veteran actors martin sheen and sally field do great in there roles as uncle Ben and aunt may and bring some maturity to the cast. and Stan lee of course makes an appearance. now this movie said it would be closer to the comics. in some respects they were but there was a lot missing and no doubt this spider man could not keep his identity secret. the story is strong but it seems rushed towards the end. they refer to Norman Osbourne a lot in this film, but technically doesn't make one appearance and the reason i said technically is because the clip after the credits were Connors is talking to someone may or may not be Norman. but this movie couldn't live up to the hype and it was a lot of hype and i guess people that like the film can use too much hype as an excuse but if the dark knight rises is good, that has massive hype and if it lives up to the hype that excuse goes out the window. again a movie worth checking out, but not to rush to see. i say see it, but no hurry. see it