Quote Originally Posted by Animeniax View Post
Not sure what you think of when you think of Spiderman (prob the bulge in his pants), but the Maguire Parker was spot on. The Garfield version is the newer hipster version from the 2000s, which is not what or how Peter Parker is. I imagine he appeals more to hipsters like yourself, but that's another character. Hipster Parker is almost as bad as black Nick Fury.
Like UChess said Garfield's Spidey was awkward and shy in school and even around Gwen throughout the entire film. But despite being awkward and nerdy he was still standing up for the kid getting beat up... as much as you could tell it was against his nature he did it anyway. Thats the type of character I appreciate, ones that are multi-dimensional and have different angles to them. And as the movie progressed so did he. You can especially see that when he was defending spiderman to the Captain. Clearly that scene was there to show that this kid who would have never said a word of disagreement to someone like that especially his girl's father, was now suddenly not as much fearless as he was brave in the face of fear if it meant doing what he believed in. THAT is what made me love this film and appreciate the subtle acting of Garfield.

So idk where you guys make him out to be this "hipster spiderman" just because he has a skateboard?? Are you kidding? Yeah I guess I can relate cause I was awkward in school and liked to skate. And despite him being shy and all he was still a cool guy underneath But I guess you just related more to the one dimensional Tobey?? He was a dork at first and then suddenly he's spidey and he's the most confident guy the second the glasses came off. Another small thing I really liked the glasses not being thrown out.

Oh an one last thing... Garfield was already a risk taker since he skated, so it wasn't like he was a total stranger to taking risks like jumping over gaps and such. So the transition to taking a risk and using the webs wasn't such a drastic one like Mcguire's seemed to me.

And remember this is coming from someone who LOVED the first 2 movies. The 2nd one obviously a little more than the 1st. Maybe I'm just a bit disenchanted by the supposed big ending of the trilogy and haven't let go my hate for souring two great films by ending it on sucha shitty note. It seemed like they weren't even sure if they were going to end it. I thought the venom spidey was cool when he fought sandman and all... but besides that they completely fuckd that movie. It shoulda ended with a battle between spiderman and sandman after he overcame venom. And then Eddie Brock should've been introduced and foreshadowed the next, and shoulda been, 4th and final film. But I digress.

I think you guys who are hating this clearly great, not perfect, but great film are looking at it with hate blinders on because like someone said already; they think its too soon for a reboot or they liked the original trilogy so this feels like blasphemy. Which I understand but hopefully you'll give this film another chance and take some of the things I said about it into consideration next time you see it.