Peter Parker's Story - Well Told.

Rating: 10/10 (6 July 2012)

The Amazing Spider-Man has received far too many mixed and bad reviews from people angry that the beloved previous series was rebooted so quickly. To put it simply, the cinematography, plot, acting and character development of The Amazing Spider-Man make 2002's Spider-Man look like a bad TV Show that has lost most of its connection to its original source material.
Many people claiming to be comic book fans are complaining about vast and sweeping inaccuracies from the comics, and are raging about how Stan Lee should be furious and "This isn't Spider-Man, it's Twilight!"
Now, this film doesn't exactly follow the comic book down to the page, there are a few slight changes that I won't point out for the sake of avoiding spoilers. However compared to most comic book movies, this film is very surprisingly accurate, and far more so than its predecessors. Very few actual Spider-Man fans have any complains about the romantic scenes between Gwen and Peter (although we're used to reading about them in college, they make the transition to high school very well), and love the way classic characters like the Lizard and Captain Stacy have been modernized while remaining true to the original spirit of their creators.
Certainly this Peter Parker is a far more modern high school student than the old one (who was in high school for around forty minutes), but this needs to happen! It's not 1967, and we need characters who are relatable NOW. This Peter Parker is a superb modernization of the original character and captures the Peter Parker/Spider-Man magic much better than the previous movie version.
There is room for criticism in my review however, and some complaints are well founded. For example, complaints that the film was not well paced do have some merit. It's almost as though the Peter Parker scenes are slow and thoughtful, but the Spider-Man scenes are rushed and panicked. Unfortunately to anyone disappointed, Spider-Man has always been about Peter Parker, and we've seen three movies of him swinging around and hitting villains while rescuing damsels in distress.
Now it's time for Peter Parker's story.