I liked Emma's portrayal, she was very likeable as Gwen, and she and Andrew had great chemistry. However it seemed very cheesy, and I was disappointed with Dr Connors/Lizard Man who was such a big villain in the cartoons and I found every fight scene with him quite over the top. As for Andrew, I liked his snark but he made Peter seem a bit arrogant at times. Treating it as a completely different movie to the original movies, I think if you can't connect with the characters enough it makes it harder to get into. Its unfortunate really since I loved the Peter/Dr Connors relationship from the cartoon.

I find the Peter/Gwen relationship sweet I do wish that they had put more focus on Dr Connor and Peter/Dr Connor relationship to create a greater emotional impact. I don't watch the cartoon so I am not sure about the Peter/Dr Connor relationship in it though.

In the cartoon Pete's relationship with Dr Connors is very much like mentor/student. I think if the film focused on that relationship I'd be more emotionally attached to the film. I do prefer Gwen to MJ though