10 Reasons Andrew Garfield’s Spider-Man Owns Tobey Maguire's

By Thomas Blakey /

4. His Fighting Style

There is something very unique about Andrew Garfield€™s Spider-Man compared to most on-screen heroes and that is his fighting style. The fight scenes are what can make or break a film and each character has their own unique style €“ Black Widow is a more martial arts based character, Batman is a brutal brawler while Superman and Hulk will generally just punch and smash everything with the difference being one jumps and the other flies. Garfield€™s battle with the Lizard in his high school was wonderfully done, the way he moved was almost spider like €“ he was agile, quick (in wit and movement) and decisive, but it€™s important to remember Peter Parker is just a teenager with special gifts, but no training, and that does come across in his performance. Even his web slinging is leaps and bounds better than the robotic moves of Maguire€™s swinging through the skies of New York, as Garfield€™s flexibility and movement looks like it€™s taken straight from the pages of a comic book. A lot of credit has to go to the stunt co-ordinators and special effects team, but it is Garfield fans that will recognise these great scenes (Garfield did study the way Spiders move before tackling the role). To say Tobey€™s Spider-Man never had these moments would be wrong, Spider-Man€™s train battle with Doctor Octopus was a tremendous piece of filmmaking and is arguably the finest Spider-Man fight scene made, but the consistency of quality and entertainment in Garfield€™s battles will always outshine Maguire.