Why did Kurt Connors save Spider-Man?

Question

Towards the end of the movie, the big fight between Spider-Man and The Lizard (Kurt Connors) happens, and Spider-Man ends up defeating The Lizard, but gets thrown off the building. The issue with this is that The Lizard had previously destroyed his web shooters. However, just before Spider-Man would fall to his death, Kurt catches him while he’s reverting back to being human, and saves him.

Why did he save Spider-Man? Shouldn’t he be mad that he was thwarted? That Spider-Man turned him back into a human with only one arm and will be in prison for the rest of his life?

Answer 1

This is actually easier to understand in the comics and the 90's cartoon series but Curt actually really likes Peter and respects his intelligence. You can also see that Curt and the Lizard are two different beings trapped in the same body (Jekyll and Hyde). From those other sources you see that whenever Curt comes back from being the Lizard he does his best to try and make amends for the foul deeds committed by his alter ego, in this case saving Spider-man from falling off Oscorp tower.

You can also see the disparity a little bit as Peter goes and talks with him after he's figured out that Curt is the Lizard. Instead of trying to hurt him there in the middle of the lab he just tells Parker to go away he's working on a solution himself.