The Amazing Spider-man Re-make!

I need to stop with MEMEs but whatever. 

I knew this was coming. The studio and all the paid hacks said "This movie is totally original and new."

Whatever.

Hollywood has now reached the low of remaking movies just 10 years after the original with barely a hint of plot change. This should be a disgrace right?

Wrong.

I really enjoyed this movie despite it being a COMPLETE RE-HACK of the 2002 film. First, here is a brief comparison:

2002 Toby McGuire - WUSS, can't stop crying and whining. Luke Skywalker in spandex. Kirsten Dunst - ANNOYING wet blanket girlfriend. Uncle Ben - Overly dramatic killed shortly after Spider-man slacks off. Still better than Uncle Owen in Star Wars.  Aunt May - 100 years old and guilt tripping Toby to tears. As if superheroes needed any extra guilt complexes. Plot - Bit by a genetically enhanced spider in a lab no kid would ever EVER get access to, our hero accidentally breaks the house, instantly knows Kung-Fu and uses new-found powers to avenge Uncle Ben. After the death of said Ben, he feels compelled to save the city from a crazed scientist that was initually friendly to him as a callow high school youth with a surprising MIT level understanding of science. The Oscrop scientist then goes nuts after being fired and slays his former employers. Next he decides to wreak havoc on the city. Final showdown involves removal of the spidey mask and a father figure dying and demanding a promise from Spider-man that he cannot keep.

2012 Andrew Garfield - Acceptable, seems sassy enough to fight foes and take a punch. Emma Stone - Fun to watch, seems much less cliched. Martin Sheen - funny, better dialogue, dies in almost the exact same way. I DON'T CARE ABOUT THE MYTHOS. ITS ONLY BEEN 10 YEARS CHANGE IT UP ALREADY. Sally Field - Peter's true Steel Magnolia. Forget the blood on your shirt! Where are my free range, corn bred organic eggs! I'm so mad I could hit someone!! BINGO. Nothing changes from 2002.

So why do I like this re-make better? NO TOBY, NO KIRSTEN. More humor and the STUPID promise crap is resolved before the end of the film.

Perhaps the best feature of this flick compared to the original and other superhero films? VULNERABILITY. Spider-man actually seems to have a limit as to how much of a beating he can take. And he does not heal like Wolverine so getting thrown through eight brick walls would not work in this movie. Of course he gets his butt kicked like all heroes in such a movie, but they had me believing the Lizard really could have bit his head off.

If anything it was fun to just keep score of how many things were almost identical to the original. In my mind, this is clearly the superior version of this particular movie and I recommend you go find out for yourself.