@MartyMcFly
I tagged you cause I know we had this discussion before. As much as I loved ASM2, wouldn't you agree that perhaps not enough emphasis is being put on Peter's social ineptness in these movies? Is that not a defining aspect of the character that they seem to have glossed over in a major way?
The way I always understood it was that Peter used Spiderman as a way for him to escape his own mundane reality. Peter Parker might be shy and timid but as Spiderman he's fearless and heroic. Peter Parker might be awkward and nerdy but Spiderman is cool, funny and he gets the girl. Pretty much Spiderman is all the things that Peter Parker
isn't. Once he puts on that mask he's allowed to live out all the power fantasies he never could as plain old Peter Parker.
But the thing is Garfield - as much as I enjoyed his performance - is pretty much the same in an out of the suit. There is literally no distinction between Peter Parker and Spiderman in this movie outside of the costume. And to me that's a problem.
I know you like to go on about how Peter changes and evolves as a character but the fact is we never really saw that in the first movie either. This is the way we're introduced to Peter from the jump. In this continuity Peter is cool and hip before he ever gets bit by the spider. So there really is no "evolution" going on there.
And it's a shame because ASM2 is head and shoulders the best Spidey movie I've ever seen and I thought Garfield fukkin crushed it all around. But I think it would have been much better served had the first movie laid that groundwork. The first movie should have been primarily about Peter on a journey of self discovery and overcoming his inner demons so that by the time the movie is over he no longer needs the mask to be confident in himself. And THEN we would get to see the sly, witty and romantic Peter in ASM2.
That would have worked better for me.
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that was awesome