RT Score: 73%. "A well-chosen cast and sure-handed direction allow The Amazing Spider-Man to thrill, despite revisiting many of the same plot points from 2002's Spider-Man." Fanboy reception on this one was enraged for a variety of reasons. Some simply didn't like the new "gritty" aesthetic that's a million miles away from what Sam Raimi aimed for, derisively mocking Andrew Garfield's Peter Parker as a "hipster" take on the character. Others, like me, didn't like ASM because it simply regurgitated the very same beats of the first Raimi film; the first hour of ASM is a total waste, and moreover, it just seems like a cynical way to do a reboot. Why not just start with Peter as Spidey, and if you really need to show us how he got the powers again, do it by way of sparse flashbacks throughout? What we all really wanted was Spider-Man 4, but we got a pointless retread instead.