Even as a Spider-fan, impossible to hate for a movie fan

Rating: 7/10 (9 July 2012)

I've been a Spider-man fan my whole life. The whole deal, comics, action figures - you name it. So, needless to say, I generally disliked Raimi's movies. The first was sub-par, the second slightly better, the third nightmarishly horrific. I went into this movie knowing that they had put the Lizard as part of the origin story and I was prepared to dislike it.
The Lizard has never been a great villain - along the lines of sandman and the vulture. But they nailed him in this movie. It worked. Rhys Ifans was perfect.
Gwen Stacie has always concerned me as a character for movies, because her death in the comics was always so tragic, but considering this is a new universe, they could have her live so it might still work. Emma Stone played her well.
Andrew Garfield was incredible.
The story worked. There were some issues, but they were so inconsequential it's not even worth bringing up.
What I'm trying to say is if you are a true Spider-man fan, and you have become slightly afraid of Spider-man movies because of how terrible they've been in the past - this one is safe. You won't hate it, you may even enjoy it.