It's only upon becoming a legal adult and taking control of Oscorp after his father's death that Harry rekindles ties with Peter (who knows a thing or two about having an absentee dad) - at least before things take a dark turn, which we will touch on later.īy comparison, Ben's demise in "The Amazing Spider-Man" hits the same general beats as his death in Raimi's "Spider-Man," with Ben getting shot after Peter allows an armed thief to escape in retaliation for the burglar's victim screwing him over minutes earlier. As "The Amazing Spider-Man 2" reveals, Harry's father Norman sent him off to boarding school when was eleven to focus on finding a cure for retroviral hyperplasia: the genetic terminal illness that's long plagued their family. Where Peter and Harry were high school besties in Raimi's "Spider-Man," Harry hasn't been present in Peter's life for years when "The Amazing Spider-Man" picks up and doesn't even appear in the film. Curt Connors, AKA Lizard, from "The Amazing Spider-Man" and Max Dillon, AKA Electro, from "The Amazing Spider-Man 2" crossing over into the MCU thanks to the multiversal story in "No Way Home," let's look back at the movies where they got their start, and where the tragic tale of Garfield's Spider-Man began. Out of all the live-action Spider-Men so far, however, none have led a life as rough as that of Andrew Garfield's Peter Parker in the "Amazing Spider-Man" movies. And although Tom Holland's Peter Parker has had it relatively easier in the lead-up to his return in "Spider-Man: No Way Home," he has also had to deal with the loss of loved ones and seen relationships shattered due to him prioritizing his super-heroic duties over his personal happiness.
THE AMAZING SPIDER MAN 2 GWEN DIES MOVIE
Director Sam Raimi's "Spider-Man" movie trilogy threw everything but an actual kitchen sink at Tobey Maguire's iteration of the web-slinger, including the deaths of friends and family, economic hardship, and Peter's need to keep secrets, even when it meant doing harm to his most treasured relationships.
If it wasn’t for the extreme success of that, we probably wouldn’t see Shailene Woodley leading another young-adult adaptation or Scarlett Johansson’s Black Widow as more than eye candy in "Captain America: The Winter Soldier." And we know what two female lead characters did for Disney’s "Frozen.Life is never easy for Peter Parker, whether he's a comic book character, the lead in an animated series, or a flesh and blood person.
Look at what Jennifer Lawrence has done with “The Hunger Games” franchise that has gone on to make upwards of $1.5 billion after two movies.
This blunt, uncharacteristically violent development is true to the source material, but it’s a bummer and a blown opportunity, both narratively and in terms of how the male and female characters work."Ĭlearly, audiences are extremely receptive of strong female leads girls can identify with. That’s because, unlike some other superhero stories in which godlike heroes live and love among ordinary folk, Peter remains a strongly human presence. "Most women in the big comic-book movies continue to be consigned to supporting roles, and especially antediluvian ones, good for ogling and saving and not much more. The New York Times' reviewer Manohla Dargis noted this, too.
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