Spider-Man has had a rough cinematic history, as everything
after Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man 2 was
met with mixed reviews. Spider-Man 3 was
considered a cluttered mess of a film; overloaded with various subplots and
villains, notably the “emo Peter” scenes during the film’s second act. The Amazing Spider-Man was far from “amazing”,
as it was merely a modified rehash of Spider-Man’s origin story and
mischaracterized his alter ego of Peter Parker. The second Amazing Spider-Man is considered the worst entry in the character’s
history in film. Including many of the issues carried over from the previous
film (such as the aforementioned mischaracterization of Peter Parker), this movie
suffered from massive issues in pacing and character development. In both films,
Emma Stone’s Gwen Stacy had as much emotion as Bella Swan in the Twilight film franchise; and Andrew
Garfield’s Peter Parker lacked the intelligence his character is known for
(even a child would have known rubber does not conduct electricity, you do not
need a YouTube video to figure that out). Thankfully, since Spider-Man became
integrated into the Marvel Cinematic
Universe, the character is being adapted as faithfully to the source as
possible. Matter of fact; one of the praises of Captain America: Civil War was the perfected version of Spidey
portrayed by Tom Holland. (When people say, “third time’s the charm”, they are
not bluffing). Despite having a mere fifteen minutes of screen-time throughout
the entirety of the film, fans (such as myself) were excited for this version
of Peter Parker and could not wait to see his future adventures unfold.
Spider-Man has made a fantastic comeback and an amazing homecoming as he made
his entry into the MCU. Welcome home, web-head; I am overjoyed because my favorite super-hero is being treated with the utmost amount of care.
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