Well I just came from seeing "The Amazing Spider-Man",overall it was good not great I didn't leave the movie theater going Wow that was an amazing experience i've got to see this again like I had previously did with the previous films (Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2, Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, and of course The Avengers) IMO Spider-Man 2 is still the best of the the spidey series I re-watched it a couple of days ago and it stands well still to this day and can match with Marvel's current hit movies.
Their is alot of good elements in this film that are even some better than Raimi's version but I feel that because I've seen spidey before this reboot just isn't good enough to stand on it's own and will be compared to the previous Spider-Man franchise & Batman Begins as it seems to pulled alot of elements from that film into this retelling.
*Good points
* Showcasing Peter Parker, a teenager with a gifted scientific intelligence
* Uncle Ben & Aunt May fleshed out more as surrogate parents to Peter.
* The trails of Peter going though high school as an outcast yet a defender for the weak and helpless
* Web-shooters (I would've loved it even more to have seen him actually come up with the web-fluid himself but for time reasons using a sample from Oscorp worked out well)
* learning to control and develop his powers (I like that it was fleshed out and expanded upon more so than in Raimi's first film origin)
* The Costume it worked and looked amazing on screen more so than I thought originally still prefer the classic from Raimi but this suit worked.
* Spider movements and position - (I like that Peter was showcased moving more spiderlike than previously and his positions were more accurate to the comic look)
* Wise-Cracking sense of humor (Need more so much more but for what it's worth loved seeing it. The Car-jacker scene was pure spidey need to see that more especially when he was fighting The Lizard at the school)
* Spidey vs. Lizard battles great visuals, great fights.
* Stan's Cameo was Hilarious
* Captain Stacy - I enjoyed him alot and he felt very much like Gary Oldman's version of Gordon
* The Death of Uncle Ben (Seeing it this time had more impact than in Raimi's )
* Captain Stacy's death and the promise (Wow just Wow)
* Final Swing - Good to see and right up their with Spidey 1 & 2
Bad points
* Peter & Gwen (Don't get me wrong, I though it was much better handled than how Raimi did Peter & MJ but their was way to much focus on this relationship and it wasn't necessary to over do it at times it felt like I was watching early days of clark & lana from "Smallville" agrh.)
* Dr. Conner's /The Lizard, I'm sorry but their was to much similarities to Doc Ock and Norman Osborn from Raimi's, In his character and motives also the absence of Martha & Billy Conners should've been addressed and would've made a much more justifiable reason behind Curt's purpose to re-grow his arm. Also while I get realistically it not plossible for The Lizard to keep on the white trench coat, It would worked . The duel personality of The lizard taking to Conners as the beast take over was to much like Osborn talking to The Goblin in the first movie.
* Richard & Mary Parker (While nice to have been seen this time around, they weren't needed.)
* Elements of Batman more so than Spider-Man in the film
* Wise-Cracking Spidey- Not enough
* Absence of Characters - JJJ, Harry Osborn, Martha & Billy Conners
* Oscorp genetic spider - Ultimate Spider-Man influence
** The spider bite on the back of the neck
* Music - The music tried to capture Elfman's style and failed
* Elements from Spider-Man (2002) - The film seems to draw alot from Raimi's film and while I realize that is to be expected it may be a big part of the reason my enjoyment of this film wasn't so high .
My Ranking in spidey films
1. Spider-Man 2
2. Spider-Man
3. The Amazing Spider-Man
4. Spider-Man 3
I won't be seeing this film a second time until the blu-ray release.
I love the Shins too, so it was great to hear this in the film.
