10 Criticisms Of The Amazing Spider-Man Films That Are Completely Unfair

10. Peter's Was Presented As A Popular Kid

One big criticism of Peter's characterisation is that he was presented as a cool, popular guy, which doesn't fit the character of Peter Parker from the comics. But when we take a closer look at what the first film presents, this isn't true at all.

In fact, the film goes out of its way to show that Peter is the kind of kid who gets picked on and who doesn't get the girls. There's a scene early on in which Peter talks briefly with an attractive girl. She asks him if he is free on a particular day, and he seems surprised but interested. Then it's revealed that she actually wants him to take pictures of her boyfriend's car; she isn't asking him out on a date. The whole point of this scene is to show that Peter isn't a cool, popular guy who gets the girls.

Later on, when Peter talks to Gwen and somehow finds the courage to ask her out, it is painfully awkward, because he just has no idea how to talk to girls. So the film does everything to show that, although Garfield may be a good-looking actor, this Peter is absolutely not a cool, popular guy. His characterisation is a great match for the original Peter Parker.