>>212714226Yeah I didn't like this incarnation of the character either. I grew up in the 90s so I wanted quippy, modern Peter. Spider-Man 2002 was just a love letter to Raimi's vision of the character and that's why he's so lackluster and lethargic. He has "everyman" to him in that any guy who doesn't have a lot of charisma or going on in his life can immerse themselves onto Peter but they really lost the
>Peter takes off his blinders and channels all his frustration and bitterness into mocking people he has an incredible physical and mental advantage over given the way his body now processes information and pumps blood and adrenaline through himPeter should've been taking no prisoners with his insults. But when he puts on the mask he's no different than when it's off. Super lame. Just goes to show that Lee didn't get what made the character work to modern audiences. He developed Spider-Man like 30 years ago so of course his vision and what the world knows Peter as are vastly different. The fact that superhero movies were still pretty new allows that incarnation of Spider-Man to be heralded as a prime example of storytelling and etc when it was just timing, if anything.