THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN is decently done. The cast is fine. Garfield, though 29, is a good Spidey. Emma Stone is cute, but even my younger nieces & nephews remarked about how mature she was for the role. Martin Sheen and Sally Field are two fine exemplars of their acting generation.
On the downside, the villain is kind of lame and the whole lizard thing gets silly after a while. There are also far too many "coincidences" in order for the plot to work. And, some sloppiness too -
How did the front door glass that Peter breaks get repaired so soon, for example? Peter smashes the door, his uncle chases after him and gets killed. The cops show up to interview his aunt and the door is completely repaired! Either Auntie had a spare piece of glass/door in the basement and was pretty handy, or there was an all-night door repair shop!
Still, the special effects have improved. There is a better feel for high school life than in the 2001 version.
But, in the end, you kind of just shrug your shoulders and say, "meh". You've seen it before, and pretty darn recently. Some things are better in this version, a few worse, but, mostly just about the same. If I had to total them up this version might have the slightest edge, but it ends up a tie.
In Baseball, Tie goes to the Runner. When it comes to remakes, Tie goes to the Original in my book.
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