I'm sorry, but this was not a good movie. There will be spoilers in this.
Was it "AWFUL OMG WTF DID YOU DO?" No. But it was very blah, more bad than good. First off, everyone in the movie was kind of a jerk most of the time. Especially Peter, who came off as some angsty, arrogant, prick a lot. Him walking around in his popped collars and hoods up with his iPod, back talking to his Aunt even after Ben dies, etc. was just too much. I did not LIKE Peter that much. I sure as hell could not relate to him. I was just like "=\" when he was all "dats right the boys in blue here! Dats what I'm talkin' about! Yo I got him." Why? I love Andrew, but they wrote this all wrong. The skateboarding thing was cheesy too. As for Captain Stacy, I hated him. He had little screen time, and when he was there he was unhelpful and insulting, and then he dies and we're supposed to feel sad. I couldn't. The worst part was how he told Peter to stay away from Gwen. What a ****. In the comics he told him to protect Gwen. I mean, what a horrible thing to make someone promise you before you die. Then Peter goes and disrespects the promise at the end, which kind of made him seem a little...jerky. But I almost don't blame him.
The Uncle Ben thing to me was just...messed up. He runs out in the middle of the ghetto at night after Peter, which was a bad idea right there, but anyway he gets shot...and we never catch the guy? I mean, I guess you could argue that the guy hanging at the station was him, but where was the big "you're the man I let go" moment? Instead we get a sketch artist drawing of Thor and Peter goes on a blood lust hunt finding guys with star tattoos (which came off as really stupid to me) and does he just let them go after seeing it isn't him? It was kind of a blur to me. I know he turned some in. He did let all those guys in the ally go. Hope they don't happen to kill his Aunt in the sequel (which hopefully a sequel doesn't happen).
Next, Lizard was ruined. Okay, we lost the build up of the friendship in Raimi's series. It wasn't much, but it was established to wear we can finally get a movie about him. But then they rebooted it. So now we start with Connors who Peter does not know, and really their relationship is like that of Norman and Peter in the first film. They get along for a bit, but it's awkward, and then they're enemies. That really kills the whole tension of Peter having to fight a friend and mentor. Lizard's big plot? LOL. All I will say there. Well, aside from his nefarious deed coming from basically no where at the end there. It was like "we need to wrap this up so by the way Lizard is going to do this." And where was Connor's family? There goes that whole aspect that could have given him some likability.
Then we have a bunch of moments that are just "WTF" like the basketball scene, which aside from the silly music, was pretty fun, but then he jumps half across the court, shoots, breaks the glass, the girl's gum pops, and it was like "Seriously?" Then the bit with the dad getting his work buddies together and up in cranes in a city of hell and chaos just so Spider-Man could...swing on them? Why?! There were buildings why the hell does he need a crane? I am lost there. And after all is over, Connors catches Peter and holds up with his about-to-go-bye-bye arm, and they make a big deal of him holding and pulling him up...did the writer forget Pete can stick to walls? I mean seriously, Spider-Man is never in danger of falling down the side of a building. Don't try to get us all tense with that.
Another big issue I had was the lighting and cinematography. Now the city looked pretty at night when he was swinging around, but why was everything so dark and dry? I could, and I know you guys hate it when people do this, compare this to Twilight's look. It comes off in that dull, dark, grey/miserable tone. Spider-Man needs to be brighter and more vibrant and colorful. This felt too serious, yet it was really corny a lot of times. I really had an issue with no Spider-Man at daytime aside from that evening shot of him swinging first person from the teaser and on the building top. Never a blue sky friendly neighborhood bit with him. This is not Batman or Daredevil. They needed to brighten the movie up a lot.
The movie needed more Spidey as well. He was hardly in it. This would have been MUCH better if it wasn't a Spider-Man movie. If Webb just made his own superhero up, and it was like an Indie superhero film, it'd be great. The love story was touching in spots, and Andrew and Emma had good moments. However, it was too much of that and not enough of Spider-Man. I forgot what I was watching a few times.
Next we go to the Untold Story. Oh wait, there wasn't one because Sony cut it because it was stupid.
There was too much CGI in this. Like 95% of the fights with Lizard it was just two CG characters. It wasn't that good either, which hurts. I felt Spidey was CG through most of it, but that could be an exaggeration.
The score was great. It didn't fit with the movie though. I didn't like the vocals heard at the beginning which sounded like something from 2003's Hulk, but more "um...what?" But the score was good other than things like that, just didn't fit for me though.
Another good thing were the stunts. I liked when he ran from the thieves in the ally, and when he fought the cops. The stuff on the train was well done looking too.
Lastly, the costume sucks. It does. It sucked from day one for me and many others, and it did not get better. It looked like a goofy parody version of Spider-Man and it was hard to take seriously. Lizard was even worse, he just looked really stupid (literally, like he had a tiny brain) and I couldn't help but chuckle at how his face was sometimes. Why bother with the lab coat if he is going to rip if off right away? That is just teasing us. The CGI on him was mostly bad looking, and he totally did not fit with the environments.
It is down there with Daredevil for me (not the Director's Cut). I probably won't watch it again. I'll pretend it's a fan film. I sort of hope they just reboot it. This is what happens when you get a guy who wrote a script for Spider-Man 4 that apparently caused Raimi and his team to leave because they wouldn't let them change it, and let him write you a reboot. It was forced and rushed. They should reboot it again. But in like, 10 years. It amazes me when fans say how close to the comics this is. But okay lol. I never again want to hear someone who likes this movie whine that Raimi's series had too much Peter crying and too many mask off scenes because this movie is guilty of all of that. Not that it bothers me so much, but it comes off as hypocritical when I see that. The movie is like X-Men Origins: Wolverine for me in the sense that the movie was kind of...not good but the game was amazing. I love the game for this.
4/10 or 5/10
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