Now the Sam Raimi trilogy can be a love-it-or-hate-it series, me personally, I enjoy them a lot. They are quirky, bright and clearly fun (Spider-Man 2 remains one of my very favourite comic movies) they were different, electrified with snappy characters and dialogue.
The Amazing Spider-Man... is not.
It is back to the beginning: we see a recluse and mumbling Peter Parker begin his journey trying to learn more about his parents and why they left him. His journey directs him to Oscorp's Dr Curt Conners, a scientist researching gene splicing, specifically reptile and human DNA.
The tone is far removed from Raimi's vision; dialogue is muted and with Peter and Gwen Stacey's romance everything is downplayed and subtle; you won't find any J.K Simmons outrageous Daily Bugle boss character either. They need to work on the script writing in future films. I missed the Raimi zaniness...
It also suffers from "Origin-story-lacking-good-villain" syndrome (see Iron Man and Hulk) Curt Conner's character felt inconsistent, at least I wasn't sure how to feel about him. Sympathy? Hatred? I don't know. Also Peter's quest to find out about his parents seems to evaporate after people start to gain superpowers.
Is it bad then? No... certainly not as bad as some critics claim. Once Parker dons the suit he becomes a firecracker of overconfident wise-cracks, a good sense of reckless humour that the first half of the film was lacking. I'd also like to stress that Emma Stone does a lot better as Gwen Stacey than Kirsten Dunst's Mary Jane.
It is great to see Spider-Man on the big screen again, the film looks awesome, fight scenes are dynamic and exciting, and while I only saw the 2D showing, I can see that 3D would have worked well here.
Ultimately, I enjoyed it (as someone who wanted to hate it, I might add!) but being someone who doesn't follow comics, I don't see why it needed to be a reboot. Why not make a James Bond-esque move and continue the story, new Spider-Man, new villain, new girl? Bring in the parents' plot as a new story foundation. It's not like we need reminding who Spider-man is... and this film scarcely changes the origin story anyway!
Additional Marshmallows: Oh yeah, and anyone saying Raimi's trilogy was "silly"... this film's "I've been bitten" line was atrocious! It was also disgustingly easy for Peter to sneak into Oscorp's laboratories...
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