This reboot of Spider-Manisn't so amazing. It's rather unnecessary, considering the Sam Raimi pictures were just five years ago and this story was the same as his first one 10 years ago. That means we get no surprises. We knew Uncle Ben (hey...before you laugh at that name, the director of this is Marc Webb) would die when we saw this story the first time, but it still surprises you. It doesn't in this one. And, don't even get me started on the casting of Sally Field and Martin Sheen as those characters. Aside from one scene where Field gives him a hard time for putting bowling trophies on the table, or Sheen lectures Peter Parker the way he should've his own son Charlie Sheen…I just think well known actors in those parts bring baggage to the role.

Parker is played by Andrew Garfield, who I enjoyed in The Social Network. Rhys Ifans was poorly cast as the villain, and I didn't care for Denis Leary. His doopleganger Willem Dafoe I loved in one of the previous Spideys. That was an interesting villain. The CGI lizard creature in this I thought was awful and would’ve been better for the Godzilla reboot.

The two members of the cast I enjoyed were Emma Stone and Campbell Scott. I have no clue why we don’t see Scott in more movies. I also have no clue why this film never explained what happened to his character in this (he was the father that disappeared). Perhaps that is going to be answered in the sequel, instead of it merely touched upon.

There's a good score provided by James Horner. And one fun scene involves a musical score with the usual Stan Lee cameo, although even what happens there has been done previously in films.

Garfield is a better actor than Tobey Maguire, but we can buy Maguire as a nerdy kid. Garfield is, well, kind of cool even before he gets his powers. He rides a skateboard, has the looks, and people request him at their parties (even if it is only to take photos).

It was cute that when he gets his super powers, he does what I would've done with them. He dunks a basketball. Another scene we’ve seen in many films before.

I also found it to be a bizarre message that he dunks over and humiliates the school bully, yet they become friends later in the movie. What's next, him befriending the criminals he catches?

The chemistry between Stone and Garfield was okay, but they really didn't give us much of anything regarding that relationship (not even an upside down kiss).

There was a mesmerizing scene when Peter Parker is checking out the spider web technology in the lab. More of those scenes would’ve done wonders.

Before this movie started, I heard two people asking about why they are remaking Total Recall when the previous one is good. That's exactly what I'm asking myself about this series. Haven't we had enough of the reboots, especially with superheroes? Sure, I said the same thing about Batman Begins, but that was so good that after seeing it I didn't mind.

I'll let the plot holes go, because it's a superhero film. And unlike the two critics that didn't like the old style camera he was using (yet he uses a modern cell phone), whatever. I'm just bothered that it had no humor or heart.

I enjoyed seeing C. Thomas Howellagain, and the air-conditioned movie theatre was nice. Oh, and this was way better than Green Lantern.

I'm giving it 1 ½ stars out of 5.