10 Criticisms Of The Amazing Spider-Man Films That Are Completely Unfair

Of all the criticisms of The Amazing Spider-Man, this perhaps shows the biggest misunderstanding of the film's themes. In the film, Uncle Ben gets killed (of course) by someone whom Peter wilfully failed to stop. Peter then goes on the hunt for him. However, Peter never finds him, and the storyline appears to just get dropped without any kind of resolution.

However, this storyline is resolved. While having dinner with Gwen's family, Peter gets into a little disagreement with Captain Stacy about the activities of Spider-Man. Peter claims that he believes Spider-Man is trying to help people. Captain Stacy then points out that Spider-Man is persistently going after criminals who all match the same description, as if he has a personal vendetta; he isn't helping people.

This statement has a profound effect on Peter. After all, he is just using his powers to go on a personal vendetta. This scene is immediately followed by Peter stopping the Lizard in his first true act of heroism. The entire point of this scene at the bridge is that it is the moment that Peter actually becomes a hero who saves people, rather than someone using his powers for his own personal vendetta. So yes, the subplot with him hunting his uncle's killer is dropped, but that is the closure on that subplot. Peter casts his personal vendetta aside in favour of actually being a hero.