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Amazing Spider-Man makes for a nice comic fantasy -- which is both a pleasant
surprise, since it could have been so much worse, and a bit of a let-down,
since the memory of Sam Raimi’s films stands fresh as an example
of just how compelling this story can really be. But Sony apparently had some valid
business reasons for “rebooting” this franchise so soon after the last trilogy. (Having typed that sentence, I will now take a shower.)
