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Did 'The Amazing Spider-Man' Lose Some of the 'Untold Story' DNA?

Audiences were already skeptical of another take on everyone's favorite wallcrawler in The Amazing Spider-Man just five years after the last installment of Sam Raimi's successful and memorable film trilogy. However, the studio seemed to have locked down a smart way of selling the hero with the "untold story" tagline that appeared on the poster and in the trailers. But now that the film is in theaters, it seems like not much is different in the new origin story of how Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield) becomes Spider-Man.
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