10 Reasons Andrew Garfield’s Spider-Man Owns Tobey Maguire's
4. His Fighting Style
There is something very unique about Andrew Garfields 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. Garfields 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 its 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 Maguires swinging through the skies of New York, as Garfields flexibility and movement looks like its 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 Tobeys Spider-Man never had these moments would be wrong, Spider-Mans 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 Garfields battles will always outshine Maguire.
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