Movie Order Trailers The Spiderman movie series has been a cash cow for its producers. It raised the bar for superhero filmmaking, and the genre has not been the same ever since. This post has been updated. In 2012 Marc Web Films decided to reboot the series and give a fresh take on it. Somehow, though Marvel pulled it off again. The love story of Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson seems to all but disappear amid drama. Marvel really needed a vacation from all the doom and gloom of Endgame, and Far From Home offered the perfect respite for the series.
Many previous superheroes were older, middle aged men. Sony and Marvel Studios have found their groove with this fun reboot well, sequel to the reboot , with the best still possibly yet to come. Previously, teenagers were usually limited to the sidekick role of the actual Superhero. Far From Home offers a bizarre new story for the Peter Parker character, taking him and his buddies out of New York City and implanting them at ravishing locales across Europe. Spider-Man 3 may not only be one of the worst comic book film adaptations of all time, but it may be the most anticipated disaster in cinema history. Critical reception to these movies has also been extremely high, with the first series achieving extremely high reviews. Venom, perhaps the most intense, imposing Spider-Man villain of all, is played by someone from and even Aunt May looks like she realizes this was all a bad idea.
At this point, Sony knew they needed the Marvel Studios touch. In total, the five movies have netted over 3. Poor Tom Holland had a very difficult job ahead of him to separate himself from the other two men who had very recently played Peter Parker before him. Director Sam Raimi got a villain and a plot line that he was rumored to have wanted no part of Venom and his black, alien suit that takes over Spider-Man for a bit , and we got a movie that looks like something no one wanted to make. In this reboot of the franchise, Andrew Garfield is a pretty decent Spider-Man but an even better Peter, if for no other reason than he looks like he was drawn by classic Spider-Man artist Mark Bagley.
Spiderman is another all-time American classic comic that was adapted into many movies. Spiderman is a household name for almost everyone. Once star Tobey Maguire starts dancing, we know this is not going to be one of the all-time-great Spidey-films. Or does an animated Miles Morales put up a fight? Peter Parker was the first teenager who become the center focus of his own comic. Originally planned to be the beginning of a new Spider-Man cinematic universe, Sony was hoping to use Spider-Man 2 as a launching pad for a Sinister Six villainous team-up film. Marvel quickly picked up the pieces and started production on the Tom Holland iteration of the character, finally bringing glory back to the Spider-Man name, but hey—at least we got in the meantime.
In case you were wondering, you should definitely watch the Spiderman movies in order. In all there have been a total of five separate Spiderman movies and two totally separate series. Yet, miraculously, Into the Spider-Verse, the brilliant animated take on the character by Christopher Miller and Phil Lord, not only answered the Spidey fatigue, it corrected it. This leaned into the teenage drama, with the youngest Spider-Man actor yet, giving Parker a truly endearing naivety. Robin for instance in the series, was merely an afterthought to Bruce Wayne who garnered all the attention.
But, after reports that Raimi was not happy with the over-abundance of villains in the production—he allegedly wanted nothing to do with the Venom character at all—fans could tell something was awry. The second series, while not as good as the initial one got a 73% and a 53% from Rotten Tomatoes. Helmed by 500 Days of Summer director Marc Webb, this reboot saw Peter Parker as a trendier, hotter, skater boy sort of hero. The first trilogy got an 89%, 94%, and a 63% respectively. Still nothing to scoff at as the reboot trilogy earned 1. Disney managed to navigate this awkwardness brilliantly, foregoing yet-another origin story for a Spider-Man film that truly felt like it was about a kid in high school. But seriously, who would do that? Plus Tobey Maguire's Peter Parker was perfectly equal parts dork and badass.
But Amazing Spider-Man 2 was a huge disappointment. Whether Peter Parker being a teenager appealed to the audience or an average joe fighting evil, one thing is clear: Parker is one of the most popular comic book characters. But along with a brilliantly-executed, mind-bending concept, Spider-Verse captures the spirit of Spider-Man, with a truly hilarious film that might be the only superhero film to-date that fully embraces the art of comic books. Yes, this unfortunately got a little bogged down by Iron Man hogging the show, but even then Marvel managed to develop the Uncle Ben type mentor thing using Tony Stark. But things got even weirder Sony announced a completely new take on the character less than five years later. You could always start with the 2012 series, and skip the original. In the last 17 years, Spider-Man has appeared in 11 films, been played by at least four actors or voice actors , and made billions of dollars.
But, the film was so bad it ended up caving the Garfield Spiderverse entirely. With great brand visibility comes great responsibility that not all Spider-Man films have been able to live up to. I suggest you start at the 2002 movie and work your way up in chronological order, by release date. The original writer of the comics, Stan Lee had a role in many big name comics such as , Captain America and. Like many Marvel Comics, this character was an instant classic. Working together, Marvel and Lee tirelessly worked over many years to bring us so many of the comics turned movies that we know and love.
It revitalized the character, along with the genre, setting the course for all the Spider-Men and superheroes that came after it. That's because most of the fun seemed to bank off the excitement of having Spidey in this new cinematic universe, rather than developing the character naturally in his own films. Spiderman is part of a handful of Marvel comics that will live on for many years into the future. The first comic in 1962 was a first for the superhero niche. .
Yet, not all Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Mans are created equal. The film turned out to be a huge flop, cancelling the possibility of a Raimi Spider-Man 4, and forever ingraining in our minds the image of an emo Tobey Maguire on the streets of New York. Too bad it hardly lasted. . . . .