Spider-Man Homecoming: 5 Scenes We Need (And 5 We Don't)

2. Emo Peter Parker And The Ominous Tone

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When fans flocked to the theater in 2007, eager to see how Sam Raimi would put a bow on his trilogy, many of them probably didn't expect what they saw. It€™s now become a monster of an internet meme, but 9 years ago, the horror was all too real.

Peter Parker going full emo and dancing down the streets of New York doesn€™t exactly scream €˜Spider-Man,€™ and the film only went downhill from here. Not only was it a severe issue with the film€™s plot, it was a betrayal of the very tone that Spider-Man is known for, opting for a darker, unnatural feel in a movie that should have been relatively breezy all the way through.

Besides ditching emo Peter Parker - which Marvel will obviously do - they should also be sure to ditch this darker tone. Despite the success of Batman Begins and its€™ successive sequels, not every film needs to be gritty to be enjoyable.

Spider-Man: Homecoming is a film that would benefit from an emphasis on everyday comedy, contrasting the classroom with crime-fighting - Peter going on a downward spiral, ending his relationship with Mary Jane and turning into what can only be described as a superhero sexual predator is not a story-line the character should entertain.

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