Tom Holland captures what makes teenager Peter Parker such a sweet, great hero and leaves the audience wanting more, absolutely nailing a pivotal introduction for both himself and Spider-Man in the MCU. The wall-crawler made his highly anticipated Marvel Cinematic Universe debut in Civil War, where he is arguably the best thing in the movie! He not only steals Cap’s shield - he pretty much steals his movie, too. Admittedly, he’s not in the movie much, but our boy gets warmly welcomed back by his mentor Tony Stark, who worked so hard to get him and the others back, and Spidey does have a great little sequence trying to escape with the Stark Gauntlet… and he’s present for Iron Man’s death scene. We have to at least mention Avengers: Endgame, even if Peter was dusted for most of the film. Still, there’s some cool stuff here, like Thomas Haden Church’s fantastic if underused Sandman, and the continuing thread of the Harry/Peter emotional rollercoaster which is finally paid off in this film.

Oh, and Peter Parker actually punches his girlfriend in the face. Spider-Man 3ĭespite the massive amount of dough this trilogy capper made, Spider-Man 3 suffers from its sizable cast - most notably the shoehorning in of Venom. But it also gets mired in a convoluted backstory involving Peter’s parents, Jamie Foxx’s Electro is a lame version of Jim Carrey’s Riddler, and all the Sinister Six set-up is distracting… and ultimately a dead end anyway.

Amazing Spider-Man 2 features another heartfelt performance from Garfield as Peter Parker, and it brings the death of Emma Stone’s Gwen Stacy to the screen in a heart-wrenching manner. This is the one that killed the Andrew Garfield franchise after just two films, leading Sony to broker a deal with Marvel.

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