10 Overlooked Positives Of The Amazing Spider-Man Films
2. Andrew Garfield Was Perfectly Cast As Peter
Andrew Garfield was somewhat short-changed by The Amazing Spider-Man films. Arguably, hes a better Peter Parker than these disjointed movies deserve. Even to me, a great enjoyer of the Maguire movies at the time, Garfield is a superior Peter. Nerdy kids are meant to idolise Peter Parker. Although he gets bullied at school and routinely beaten up by supervillains, hes always been a figure of pure wish fulfilment. Hes smarter than the bullies, hes funnier, and hes secretly a ruddy superhero. Hes the James Bond equivalent for lonely teenage boys, and Garfield really seemed to understand this. Garfields Peter was a little more sheepish than Maguires running-for-the-school-bus dweeb. Although he didnt have a tonne of confidence, his Peter was a character that wanted you to like him. Not pity him. That, surely, is what Peter Parker should be. Okay, yes, Ill admit that seeing Peter on a skateboard was maybe a step too far. Theres a fine line between only the viewer/reader knows how cool he is and hes blatantly a very talented, attractive guy and everyone knows it, after all. Other than that, though, Garfields performance is hard to fault.
