[Mastersteef]

Went to see Spidey with my girl and my son and they both loved it....

...I liked it just fine but in terms of ranking it on a scale of enjoyment vs the previous trilogy I'd put it as:

1.) Spider-man
2.) Spider-man 2
3.)Amazing Spider-man
4.)Spider-man 3

Pros:
-Liked Lizard a lot more than I originally thought I would.
- Liked how Spidey actually fought more like a Spider (the "hallway cocoon" move was a fav)
- Enjoyed Pete's increased use of quips (though some were pretty "groan-worthy"
- And I really enjoyed Garfield's portrayal of Pete, though it was decidedly "Ultimate" universe inspired.

Cons:
- Web-shooters: Have always and will always hate them. Organic Webs are so much cooler and make so much more sense with the character. (plus Pete stole the freaking web tech from Oscorp as opposed to oh...MAKING IT HIMSELF! WTF!? )
- Lizard is simply not the kind of villain that should be carrying a whole movie by himself. To me he just didn't stack up against the likes of Goblin, Ock and yes...even Sandman. :/
- The whole movie felt like so much build-up....to the sequel. The origin story didn't need to be told again so soon (case in point, my 4yr old knows Spidey's origin from the original trilogy already and was confused as to where this movie took place chronologically)
- A lot of plot threads were teased...and then dropped entirely...it seemed like there were a lot of cut scenes in this movie.

Overall though, I enjoyed it. For me though the original Spidey was just so much more Epic and really took my breath away the first time I saw it as a kid, this one just didn't have anything in it that made me feel like "WOW" in quite the same way....Also, I really prefer Tobey's Peter as he seemed a lot more like 616 universe Peter who I relate to so much better.

I'd recommend this one to just about anyone though, and I'm interested to see what they do with a sequel.

(We gotta lose the freaking web-shooters though, have pete "evolve" organic webs somewhere down the line or something! Its a movie about Genetic splicing, make it happen!)