The Amazing Spider-Man 3D (8/10)

It's inevitable that comparisons will be made between the new and the old. Especially for a reboot of already a very successful franchise that was Spider-Man back in 2002.

Unfortunately, I feel that there were things that the previous Spider-Man did better than this; but nevertheless, this Spiderman had a lot of good going for it too.

Director Marc Webb must have fairy godmother looking after him. Not to take anything away from the success and beautiful (500) Days Of Summer; but to go from a simple story to a mega-budgeted movie, that's quite an achievement for Webb, considering that he's only done a few music videos and TV episodes.
But he really brought his A game with The Amazing Spiderman. Not only that, but this was the most emotionally-charged Spiderman ever. Webb has a knack for pulling the audience's heartstrings, just like how he did with (500) Days Of Summer.

Being a reboot, I'm glad to say that the producers kept what was needed while took a few liberties with introducing Peter Parker turning into the friendly-neighbourhood web-slinger.

But what got me really disappointed were three things. One, his Spider-sense was missing. I thought this was one of the key features of Spiderman and yet they have omitted it. An obvious example was Spiderman swinging and finding a helicopter waiting for him at the corner of a building, which stopped him in his tracks, or aerial maneuvres.

Second was the way he explained why he needed to go after bad guys to Gwen Stacy. He didn't convince me so I wasn't sure if Gwen saw his point of view.

And that was lacking because, thirdly, Uncle Ben didn't use the key phrase of every Spiderman story, "With great powers come great responsibilities." This to me was one that should not have been omitted. That's why when Uncle Ben scolded Peter, there was no oompfh.

I also would have liked more explanations on how Peter created his web. The movie made it like it was so easy but to us fans, who has never ever wondered if we could create our own webshooter as well when we were young.

Apart from those, everything else was very much close to perfect. Andrew Garfield, perfect. Emma Stone, hot and perfect. Martin Sheen, great choice and perfect. Sally Field, another great choice and perfect. Denis Leary, perfect. Even Rhys Ifans, perfect.

But kudos to Garfield, a lot of the little nuances in his performance as the geeky Peter Parker, those I thought were ingenious. And it's really those little bits that set him apart from Tobey McGuire's Peter.
And I'm very sure everyone would agree that Stone has done a better job than Kirsten Dunst as Spiderman's love interest.

Now I'm just wondering if they will kill off Gwen in the second instalment and bring in a Mary Jane in the third, or end it with a broken Spiderman in the third?

But whatever it is, if Webb can continue with consistency - mixing emotions with action and special effects, this trilogy can be a better one than the first.