10 Ways The Amazing Spider-Man Was Better Than Homecoming

No matter how many times Disney portrays high-school as a wonderful, whimsical environment where teenagers sporadically sing and dance on tables, in reality it will always be known as Satan’s second hell.

The Amazing Spider-Man doesn’t entirely reflect this as it just had to open with a generic song that was likely top of the charts once, but it’s portrayal of high-school was still harsher and more realistic than Homecoming’s: not everyone was a genius, Peter wasn’t treated as the centre of the universe, and people gathered in a circle on the playground to enjoy watching a kid get picked on by the popular neanderthal.

While Webb’s high-school was socially diverse and realistic (aside from being a terrible Indie music video at the beginning), Homecoming’s is a school for geniuses, resulting in an environment where everyone is equally smart and “geeky”. It’s too bubbly and colourful, and at times it feels like a Disney production with the children even having their own televised news channel. There’s no fights or conflicting personalities, and the closest thing to high-school mockery is Peter being called “Penis” at a superficial party he’s not even attending.

Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone and the crowd of extras resembled college students who had embarrassingly been held back for years, but Webb's brutish depiction of life in high-school made suspension of disbelief possible. In Homecoming, the artficial friendliness and bright colours makes the school that of a Disney channel sitcom.