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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mel O&#039;Drama" data-source="post: 307480" data-attributes="member: 23">Yes indeed. I'm not sure if it's a help or hindrance that the character is approaching his sixtieth anniversary and has had a lot of life experiences from a being a shy high school nerd to a married man with home and career. As you said, though, it's really about the qualities and no matter which era those qualities remain fairly consistent. There hasn't yet been a live action version that's captured that essence.I really like the naïve innocence and geekiness Tobey brought to the role of Peter Parker, but I never felt he looked or felt quite right. The films really were great, though (the third less so, but I don't hate it),and I really liked the casting for the supporting cast. The Sam Raimi films gave us a fine Aunt May, a great Mary Jane and a knockout J. Jonah Jameson.It's the extreme enthusiasm that I found incredibly off-putting. My introduction to his iteration of the character was the first solo film and I found it really difficult to get past all the babbling excitement of the opening minutes. The bigger problem for me with the MCU Spidey is the supporting cast, hardly any of whom look remotely recognisable as their characters to me. Ned Leeds is probably the biggest offender. And I'm still not even sure if MJ is meant to be Mary Jane. I do plan to watch the second film in the next couple of weeks so perhaps I'll find out. [SPOILER="Vaguer reaction to your vague spoilers for No Way Home"]That sounds very promising. The more I read of Holland in the role and the more pictures I see, the more it feels like he has potential to be a really decent version of the character. [/SPOILER]</blockquote>

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