The Amazing Spider-man

Released: 2012
Action, Adventure
Director: Marc Webb
Starring: Martin Sheen, Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone
Running Time: 136 long minutes
Rated: PG-13

The breakdown: A totally unnecessary reboot on the Spiderman franchise.

I say unnecessary because this movie was poorly done.
Here's the plot:
Peter Parker who is a photographer but doesn't have anything to do with the paper, still loses his parents mysteriously and wonders what really happened to them.
He's left with Uncle Ben and Aunt May of course, but he takes up an interest in science after he's bitten by a spider.
There's no Mary Jane, instead we have some science major named Gwen.  She's super smart and an intern at Oscorp.
Uncle Ben still gets killed by a robbery gone wrong after Peter lets him (the robber) go, leading him to an interest in chasing down bad guys.

So they've totally messed up the iconic story, and to boot they got a lame awkward actor to play Spiderman.  He cannot do the role justice and a lot of scenes make him look to be a kid dressing up like Spiderman for Halloween.

The romance is terribly boring and lacks any spark, even though those two are dating in real life.

The special effects take the main stage and storyline and character development are on the back burner in this one.  Plus, the soundtrack is painfully bad and stands out so that it takes away from the movie instead of adding to it.
The whole project reeks of bad script writing and becomes a melodrama for superhero stories.

Skip it!
2 out of 5 for Emma Stone.