![]() ![]() This movie gives us a beautifully-executed Stacy death scene, one of the most powerful moments in the history of Spider-Man comics, and it wasn’t enough. So heavy is the shadow of Marvel Studios at this point that not even the strong chemistry of Garfield and Emma Stone’s Gwen Stacy can save the franchise that ended with this installment. Jamie Foxx’s Electro takes on a nerdy, Jim Carrey/Riddler personality that feels too comic book-ish even for a superhero film, and Paul Giamatti’s Rhino isn’t even worth mentioning. Hipster Harry Osborn (Dane DeHaan) works wellas a friend from Peter’s past but not as the next Green Goblin. We get a well-put-together Spider-Man suit that takes influence from the big-eyed comic-book versionsof the 90s, which makes up for how bad all the villains look. Andrew Garfield was a pretty good Spider-Man and an even better Peter Parker, if for no other reason than he looked like he was drawn by classic Spider-Man artist Mark Bagley. “Spider-Man” feels a little dated now in this new era of superhero movies, but is still an undeniable classic.īack in darker times, when we were all convinced Spider-Man would never be a part of Marvel Studios, this was the best we thought we would get from a Spider-Man film post-Sam Raimi. A classic upside down kiss with Mary Jane might be this film’s most memorable moment, and the web-swinging in New York, when seen for the first time, had a Christopher Reeve/Superman flying for the first time feel to it. Perhaps this movie’s only flaw was a silly Green Goblin suit - William Dafoe was actually much more menacing outside of it as he went to war with Maguire’s Spider-Man while slowly going insane. “X-Men” hit theaters in 2000, but Sam Raimi’s “Spider-Man” was the first superhero movie since 1989’s “Batman” to feel like a worldwide pop-culture event. If you have superhero movie fatigue, you can thank the first “Spider-Man” film, the first movie ever to debut with a $100 million opening weekend. “Homecoming” takes Spider-Man out of the previous movies’ dark shadows and shows it can be fun to be Spidey. Michael Keaton gives an all-time Spider-villain performance as the Vulture (we shouldn’t be surprised, the guy was Batman) and Spider-Man has never looked better, with a suit that’s a nod to the Spider-Man art of the 60s and 70s up top with its webbed wings, mixed with some high-tech, Iron Man-like magic. Tom Holland’s Peter Parker leads an actually-young cast of high school supporting players. ![]() “Homecoming” isn’t just a declaration of Avenger-hood, however - it almost magically feels like a brand new Spider Man movie, despite being the sixth one. ![]() Once the cinematic road to the Avengers was created, it just never seemed right that Spider-Man’s deal with Sony made it so he couldn’t fight alongside Iron-Man and company. Spider-Man is finally home where he belongs: Marvel Studios. “Spider-Man 2,” despite now having a lot more competition, can still be considered one of the best superhero movies ever. Alfred Molina gives a compelling performance as classic Spider-Man villain Doctor Octopus, and composer Danny Elfman, with an assist from superstar comic artist Alex Ross in the opening credits and some fun-to-watch skyscraper web-swinging at movie’s end, gives us one of the greatest superhero movie scores ever. Harry Osborn discovers that his best friend Peter is secretly Spider-Man and, convinced Peter killed his father, Norman Osborn/The Green Goblin, Harry goes down the dark path of becoming a Goblin of his own. 50, Tobey Maguire plays a frustrated Peter Parker who decides he’s no longer going to allow Spider-Man to get in the way of the things most important to him, mainly his love for Mary Jane Watson. Taking its cue from the “Spider-Man No More” storyline of 1967s “Amazing Spider-Man” No. “Spider-Man 2” may not be able to hold the top spot for long with more movies from this promising new franchise on the way, but for now it’s still our top Spidey-flick. Here is our ranking of all six Spider-Man movies: You don’t have this current era of superhero movies without Spider-Man leading the way at the box office, but that doesn’t mean those films got it right every time. ![]() Now that Spider-Man is swinging into theaters for the sixth time, it’s time to ask where this new franchise, now under the watchful gaze of Marvel Studios in addition to Sony, ranks among the rest. ![]()
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