All signs are pointing to The Amazing Spider-Man being a great film, and here’s why.

This is an excerpt from a review by The Telegraph about The Amazing Spiderman (hitting theaters on July 3):

Webb has created the first superhero movie aimed primarily at women… Raimi’s films were for the teenage boys who used to dress up in Spider-Man pyjamas; Webb’s is for girls whose other halves may soon be dressing up in Spider-Man pyjamas for their benefit… Twilight in spandex?

Unashamed to admit it, I am so excited for this film! Not because I’m looking forward to a drool-worthy Andrew Garfield in the skin tight Spiderman spandex suit (although I can’t deny that he definitely looks A++++ in that suit), but because based on everything I’ve seen about this film, it indicates that it is character driven with an actual plot.

But not to worry, men and other violence-loving Americans! The review also commends the more thrilling portions of the film:

“That’s not to say The Amazing Spider-Man is short on blockbuster testosterone, and the film’s second half offers more than enough bungee-swinging through Manhattan’s concrete canyons, immaculately rendered in vertiginous, silky-smooth 3D, to satisfy thrill-seekers of either sex. What’s refreshing is how Webb makes those action sequences count: with a plot that rests almost entirely on the romance between his two leads.

As someone who loves a good fight scene, particularly the webslinging ones that appear in the Spider-Man films, this also excites me. No matter how amazing Raimi’s action scenes were, they can only get better in 2012. In the past decade (yes, it’s been a whole 10 years since the release of the first live action Spider-Man film), film production technology and CGI has only gotten more advanced and more realistic.

So, assuming Marc Webb can choreograph a good fight scene (he’s never directed an action film, but he directed 500 Days of Summer, and if you remember the film, there’s a pretty killer dance sequence so he can’t do that horribly with a fight scene), the sequences in this film can only be more impressive than the films of the past because Spiderman’s actions rely so heavily on CGI and other technological aides.

Don’t get me wrong, I loved the Tobey Maguire Spider-Man films, but despite the fantastic action-packed sequences, the plot side of the films left something to be desired at times. Based on all of the trailers I’ve seen for The Amazing Spider-man and everything I’ve read, Marc Webb’s take on the Spiderman franchise promises lots of webslinging action as well as deep character driven plots.

Are you excited about the Spider-man reboot? Comment here or on my blog and let me know why or why not!