SPOILERS Where I mostly compare the new Spiderman to the old one...

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The plot had a similar structure to the old movie with some paralells. I can't say how it relates to the comics, as I've never read them.

Peter's character was all over the place. Kind of understandable, with all the stuff he's going through. New powers, losing his uncle, getting a girlfriend, being bullied, feeling cool, feeling attacked, feeling lonely, betrayed, etc. I have to admit I prefer the geeky Peter from the first movie a bit more.

 I also felt like his photography had less to do with it here and was more of a throw-in that wasn't all that necessary to the plot at all. I don't know how it was in the comics.

I felt like Uncle Ben and Aunt May fought too much. I was under the impression that they were a gentle but firm elderly couple. Then again, maybe it's just the old movie talking.

This movie felt less wise than the old one. Uncle Ben talked about the same topics, but they barely came to conclusion or felt resonant because Peter didn't want to hear it. I know he didn't want to hear it in the old one either, but he at least let Uncle Ben speak his piece and didn't counter with a "if it was so important then..."
The lines were written to sound heroic, but they lacked a depth of meaning.

The lead's romantic relationship seemed to come a lot easier than in the other movie, but then again, in the other movie, Peter wasn't already attractive and tall and stuff. :P He was a geek, someone practically invisible to Mary Jane. Gwen was more reachable and Peter wasn't a nobody, I guess.

Speaking of romance, it bothered me that after making this promise to Gwen's father, Peter decided to go ahead and pursue Gwen, rather than honor her father's wishes to keep his daughter safe. "But looooooooooooooooove is more important than anything~!" the romantics protest.
I disagree. A choice to pursue a relationship with someone, knowing that it would put them in danger, isn't real love. It's infatuation. It's feelings. The loving choice would have been to keep a distance, to keep her safe. To me, that would have actually been a more satisfying ending. Everyone doesn't have to be happy in the end. And that line about the best kind of promises being the ones you can't keep was pretty much the dumbest thing in the whole movie, if you ask me.
Edit: One more thing that Bethany pointed out.  Gwen's father died and she seemed more concerned about Peter not hanging out with her anymore. And instead of honoring his last concerns, they'll "listen to their hearts" and who knows what trouble that will cause. D:
I don't know how the comics went, but I preferred the first Spiderman movie's sad ending where Peter made the choice to keep the girl at a distance to keep her safe.

There was a bit more crudeness than I like. A girl loses her shirt,  in a couple instances there was mention of or hits to guys in the sensitive area... Gwen blames PMS for her moodiness (though I have to admit I found that part funny, being a girl. I just don't usually appreciate it being part of something like a movie). There was a bit of language: Peter says mother-something at one point (but the something isn't the word usually used there, thank goodness), and there are several uses of "oh my god." There might be some others, but my brain usually skips over and I forget them. Usually, though, the language wasn't just thrown around. It was at least somewhat understandable for the intense situations.


I know I've been complaining a lot (guess I'm critcal, haha! Can't watch something without picking it apart, eh?). So I should talk about the parts I liked.

I appreciate the fact that Curt Connors initially had the same response as Peter's dad-- no, they would not do human testing so soon. But then, when finding that he'd be kicked out, his desire to have his own arm back took over. It was kind of sad, because I thought he was a cool guy.
When he realized what was going wrong, he immediately went to find the one guy to warn him, which I thought was very good of him, but the lizard took over and his will was compromised, I guess. Despite all that, he was a good guy in the beginning and the end, and I guess that's what counts.

I liked how Peter took off his mask and let the kid he saved wear it to inspire and comfort him. That was really great.
I really, really liked how the kid's dad in turn mobilized all these people who could have been evacuating for their own safety, to help Spiderman when he was in need. He really couldn't have done it on his own, which is interesting, because it seems that usually in superhero movies, the hero pushes through and maybe some other minor characters help, but it's usually not a nameless guy who had one or two previous lines.

Edit: I also really appreciated how that mean kid, Flash, ended up becoming Peter's friend. Despite how they didn't get along, he let Peter knock him around a bit and apologized. He must have lost someone close to him too. I really, really liked that. It wasn't some revolutionary change, but it was a change for the better. It wasn't even because of the influence of the main character.
Wow. XD Just. The bully befriending the main character (and not for an ulterior motive). For some reason, that's just lovely.

Come to think of it, that was in the old Spiderman too. The citizens chipping in. I like that. I like it a lot.

Um, I think that is all the thoughts I had on it. It wasn't my favorite (man, it takes a lot for movies to impress me, I guess), but it sure wasn't terrible.

The fact that I went to see it with one of my best friends, Bethany, an awesomesauce superhero fan, made it a great experience. And we went to H-E-B afterwards and bought miso. c:

She also lent me Batman begins and Spiderman 2, so I'll be watching those soon enough.

Now all that remains is for me and Emma to go see a movie (because Peggy and I went together to see the Hunger Games back in... was it March?).