With the end of the Sam Raimi trilogy, it was time for another Spider-Man to web sling his way onto the big screen, with the talented Andrew Garfield next up to put on the suit for director Marc Webb, for this 2012 reboot.

It was yet another origin tale, as we once again witness how Peter Parker becomes a superhero, but at least it was done with a bit of a spin on the standard lore.

Attending Midtown Science High School in New York City is Peter Parker (Garfield). He enjoys science subjects as well as takes pictures for the school paper. He’s a bit of a misfit around other students however, and isn’t one of the more popular students, such as Gwen Stacy (Emma Stone), whom he just so happens to have a crush on.

He lives with his Uncle Ben (Martin Sheen) and Aunt May (Sally Field), since he was left their as a child by his parents. And as his father (Campbell Scott) was a scientist, that’s no doubt where Peter got the bug for science from.

He learns that his father worked with Dr. Curt Connors (Rhys Ifans) who is currently working at Oscorp, studying cross-species genetics. Peter is keen to talk to Connors about his father, and decides to sneak in. Whilst there he gets bitten by a genetically modified spider, which he soon realises has given him super-human powers.

And it’s just as well, because NYC is about to see a creature take the streets with a plan that will change the city forever, unless a certain friendly neighbourhood Spider-Man can stop him.

It was only the second film that Marc Webb directed – his follow up to his 2009 debut 500 Days of Summer - and was probably too big a project off the back of that.

In its favour it had Garfield, who is arguably the best Peter Parker out of the three, with his classic training shining through giving his Parker more of an emotional edge than either of the others.

It could also be considered an early attempt at introducing the multiverse, with Parker’s main squeeze not only being Gwen Stacy, but also deciding to go with parker getting his powers from a genetically modified arachnid, as opposed to a radioactive one. It’s a subtle difference, but matters quite a lot in lore, as it means that Parker has to create his own web-slinging material, as opposed to him just producing it naturally.

It does offer a new villain, by the way of the Lizard, but sadly one that doesn’t make much that of an impact.

It’s also a film that relies heavily on CGI for both Spider-Man and his foe, with the action scenes all too obviously produced by computers, often looking more like cut scenes from the PS5 game more than anything else. After the more organic-looking scenes in Raimi’s films – which were no doubt born from necessity that choice – the action scenes here look just too slick.

It’s just a shame that Webb couldn’t do more, especially with the stellar cast at his disposal, and Garfield as such a great Spidey, making the film as a whole less amazing and more average.