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My first big revelation: Spider-Man and The Amazing Spider-Man are the same movie. Not just similar, but point for point and beat for beat, the same. You can rename Green Goblin as The Lizard all you want, but they’re still both green. Uncle Ben still dies. Peter still has momentary passive-aggressive revenge. Aunt May is still tragic. The girl is still out of Peter’s league. The CGI is still primitive.
Setting that aside, Tobey Maguire’s Peter Parker (as directed by powerhouse Sam Raimi) is a social outcast (check), enduring unrequited love (check), and has to cope with loss (check). He is a tearful, introspective boy-man who is suddenly bestowed with exceptional powers, but who is so buried in angst that he becomes largely uninteresting. Maguire has the “cute thing” down pat as well – a quality that I really never ascribed to Peter Parker, especially as a fringer – but seemed too old to be portraying a high school student.
Andrew Garfield’s Peter Parker (as directed by Marc Webb [ha ha ha] has some backbone, where Maguire’s really did not. While he is a social outcast (check), enduring unrequited love (check), and has to cope with loss (check), he at least has some moral character to stand up to the bullies before he becomes a mutant. Garfield is lithe and angular, with a killer smile, but miles away from “cute.” He was more convincing as the class dork than Maguire was, but still seemed too old for the role.
With Spider-Man’s entry into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, it was time to upgrade the actor again. Enter Tom Holland as Peter Parker. He is a social outcast (sort of check), dealing with unrequited love (uncheck, insert sexy Aunty May instead), and coping with loss (uncheck, no Martin Sheen or Cliff Robertson Uncle Ben trope to be found). Spider-Man’s entire origin story is told in a couple of quippy paragraphs. Holland has the “cute thing,” rocks the Spider-Man angularity, and actually seems the right age for high school. He also comes with a backbone strong enough to issue a stern warning to self-centered smart-aleck Tony Stark.
Speaking of the “cute thing,” the Funko POP! Spider-Man beats out Maguire in cuteness hands down.
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