Better than the first series, by a landslide

Rating: 10/10 (25 July 2012)

First off, when the first Spider-man movie came out back in 2002, I wasn't all that excited. I was a huge spider-man fan, and I loved the comics and the 1994 TV series, but the first movie didn't seem all that great to me. Toby McGuire didn't seem to make that great of a Peter Parker. I never could get used to him being Spider-man. Also, that series of movies didn't go along with the original comics very well. I wasn't very pleased.
As soon as I saw this new Spider-man movie coming out I thought, "Well lets see if they can get this new series started off right." The previews and trailers definitely got me a lot more interested than the trailers of the first series. I saw that Andrew Garfield was playing Peter Parker and I got more excited because he seemed to fit the part a lot better than McGuire ever did.
Well, I didn't see the movie in 3D in theaters. I decided to see it at the drive in with my family instead. I still saw the movie though. The action scenes were intense and very exciting. There were also plenty of scenes where a little bit of humor was necessary. One thing about this movie compared to the others is that it seemed to flow very well. It had a well organized plot, the director knew what he wanted, and he made it happen. There were a couple scenes that seemed a little bit rushed like the one fighting scene against the Lizard on the bridge and when Peter revealed that he was Spider-man to Gwen Stacy. Though they were rushed, they needed to get done and they were done well for being rushed.
I also like Emma Stone's role as Gwen Stacy a lot. Gwen was Peter Parker's first girlfriend in the comics and this movie did great fitting her in. Her father the police Captain (Denis Leary) did a great job, its just that in the original comics he doesn't die until a later battle. Sorry for that one spoiler but it is true.
This movie was very exciting, a lot better than expected, and I came out of there thinking, "I wouldn't mind seeing that movie again." My dad was even pleased. He doesn't like a whole lot of movies also. Every single movie he does like is a great movie and just about every movie he doesn't like did terrible in theaters. I rate this movie with 10 stars and I highly recommend that if you are doubting this movie to stop and just see it. You won't be disappointed.