Last month, we reported that Sam Raimi, the director of three “Spider-Man” movies, had not seen director Marc Webb’s The Amazing Spider-Man yet. He said, “I haven’t had the guts to go see the movie yet, because I don’t want to go to my girlfriend’s wedding. I just can’t bring myself to do it–I don’t have the guts.”

That has now changed as Raimi tells HeyUGuys: “It was very hard for me to see the new Spider-Man movie, I felt so attached to it, I couldn’t see Spider-Man with another director; it’s like my love, and I didn’t want to walk in on my love with someone else. It was just like that. Then I got over myself last week and said, ‘just see the damn thing’. And I did, and I loved it. I actually felt free. I thought, ‘why am I carrying around this baggage?’ Of course the next Spider-Man story should be told, and [Marc Webb] did a wonderful job telling that. I loved the movie, and I’m looking forward like a fan to the next instalment. I love the comic book, and now I don’t feel bound, and I’m really glad somebody’s remaking it again.”

Webb’s follow-up, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, is scheduled to hit theaters on May 2, 2014 and stars Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Jamie Foxx, Shailene Woodley, Dane DeHaan, Colm Feore, Paul Giamatti, Sally Field and Chris Cooper.