Andrew Garfield dons the "tekkie" Spider-Man suit in this dark and edgier reboot of the series that started going in reverse and thus needed a new portrayal. This film certainly drives forward with good pacing and high energy. The one word to describe this adaptation compared to the others? Intense. Everything is revved up, more faithful to the comic books and also more modernized for today's youth. Spider-Man sports some nifty goggles and it's neat!
Of course, there are the cliched "comic book movie" elements, e.g. Spider-Man makes his own webbing, but never runs out of it, using it up faster than a paycheck in some scenes that are great for humor but bad for realism. Then again, this is Spider-Man, so I'll leave the silliness of lizard-men and death-defying swinging to the pedants.
This is a great popcorn flick. The romance between Peter Parker and Gwen Stacy is cute and not nearly as imposing as the MJ & Spidey one from the first trilogy. This portrayl of young love might actually go somewhere, without needing steamy kisses in the rain or excessive sex appeal to get it done, thus feeling more natural and less pretentious. Also gone is the be-all, end-all comic book rule: Nobody can know the super hero's secret identity. This is shaved away early on, without any melodrama, and it's a refreshing dismissal of a tiresome plot device we've seen so many times before.
This "Spider-Man" movie has more attitude and flavor than its predecessors, and it's definitely a good thing. It felt more serious to me without delving into campy humor like the old ones. This was effected by the stronger character depth, rather than the heavy and mawkish message from the others. These people feel realer and less like characters in a fantasy story about a boy who suddenly gains spidery abilities.
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