10 Dumbest Decisions In Spider-Man Movies
Spider-Man movies feature tons of characters, and every so often, one of them makes a dumb decision.
One of the reasons Spider-Man has been such an appealing character for the past 50+ years is that, for much of his history, he's depicted as a young kid learning to become a superhero. The movies capture this reality rather well, as they tend to focus on a character thrust into an important role with little to no experience.
Stan Lee and Steve Ditko wanted to create a character the readers could relate to, so he was young, had some serious money problems, issues with his relationships, and he was saddled with guilt and shame. Spider-Man has a lot to learn, which means he doesn't always make the best decisions.
Granted, not everyone in a Spider-Man movie makes great decisions all the time, but for the most part, it's Peter Parker (and sometimes Miles Morales) making decisions that seem relatively dumb to the audience.
He's flawed, he's young, and he's going to mess up from time to time. The thing about Spider-Man is, he learns from those mistakes, and they make him a better superhero because of them. As of 2020, there have been eight theatrical feature films starring everyone's Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, and these ten decisions were the dumbest across all of them.
10. Peter Handing Over The Glasses To Quentin Beck
For Peter Parker in the MCU, inexperience is the name of the game, and that's one of the things the fans love most about him. He's thrust into a world he's woefully unprepared for, and while this gives him an opportunity to learn, there are those who take advantage of him.
Case in point, Quintin Beck, otherwise known as Mysterio, managed to weasel his way into Peter Parker's world to the point of becoming the young man's hero. This was during a time shortly following the "blip" and the death of Iron Man, which hit Pete incredibly hard.
The world was looking for a new Iron Man, and Pete was the presumptive candidate, but he wasn't prepared. When he received the E.D.I.T.H. glasses from Tony, he didn't keep them for very long. After making the dumb and insanely irresponsible decision to accidentally call in a drone strike on a classmate, he handed them over to Beck willingly.
He even pushed them into Beck's hands, and this was after he barely knew the guy for a day. Doing so was a regrettably stupid decision, and by the end of the movie, he ended up paying for it with his reputation as well as his secret identity.