Was it Really Amazing . . . Or Was it Just in the Title?

So, I just saw The Amazing Spider-man last week.  So, what did I think?  Did the film truly embody what the title promised?  Did I get amazing?  Or should they have just called it 'The Spider-man.'  I'll be honest.  I got amazing.  But I also got something else.  The movie is really like the leftovers of Thanksgiving dinner.  You know how that is.  During Thanksgiving, the whole house smells of turkey that had been roasting before the sun broke the horizon, mixed in with the mouth watering smells of marshmallow topped sweet potatoes, stuffing, and the classic green bean casserole.  

When the meal is served, every bite is like morsels of chocolate popping and melting in your mouth.  After you lick orange-cranberry sauce off your plate, you are wanting more (Spider-man).  You get seconds, in which the tastes build on the delights of the first (Spider-man 2).  And then you are like, I am so full, but I just can't stop eating even though you know you really should.  And after you are midway through your third helping . . . you're screaming at yourself - WHY? (Spider-man 3)  After that, you're done and take a nap.  The next day, your refrigerator is stuffed with all the delectable foods of yesterday (five year's later), and your mind instantly goes back to how good it tasted the day before (movie execs) and you're like . . . second's please! (thus the creation of The Amazing Spider-man)

So, you load up your microwave safe plate, stick it in to be cooked for a few minutes, and then dig in.  And what do you get?  You get the same flavors, most of the same joy of the day before, but the texture is off because it's not as fresh, as vibrant, as special as having it on actual Thanksgiving (So like The Amazing Spider-man).  

You're basically served an updated version of the first one, but only in the measure of special effects.  The first had a better origin story . . . which actually made more sense, than the oh so coincidental one of the newer one.  The bad guys are essentially the same, both green, both criminally insane.  And the plot is a map of the first.  The differences.  The female lead is a blonde.  And Spider-man is more brash and filled with more angst.  So, I would say go see The Amazing Spider-man, only if you're hungry for leftovers.