Watts brings the same energy to Homecoming, blending the comedy of Spidey’s quips into bigger set pieces, and relying heavily on Peter’s classmates — the dry-witted Zendaya as MJ, Jacob Batalon’s overjoyed geek Ned, Angourie Rice’s broadcaster-in-the-making Betty, Tony Revolori’s Extremely Online egotist Flash — for splashes of genuine comedy. The villains of Raimi’s spider-movies are on another level, compared to other Spider-bad guys in film. But the movie doesn’t stop layering things, giving mysterious backstories to everyone it shows off, mourning characters before they actually die, always gesturing slightly offscreen, trading a Spider-Man story for a Spider-Man RPG sourcebook. In welcome contrast to the history of superhero movies to that point, Homecoming imagines Spider-Man as an appropriately aged high schooler juggling the most dangerous after-school gig imaginable.

It might lose marks for doubling down on the Iron-Man Spider-Man, but Far From Home is far from a failure. Screen Rant included Screwball in their "Spider-Man: 10 Best Female Villains" list, [16] and in their "10 Spider-Man Villains That Are Smarter Than They Seem" list. The thrill of discovery motivates Alfred Molina’s Otto Octavius, a genius who dreams of science guiding us to a better world fueled by renewable energy.Into the Spider-Verse upholds all the traditional Spider-Man values, with a young hero learning about the grim sacrifices and heavy responsibilities that come with power. Within the web of consequences and villains he inadvertently sets up for himself, it’s fun to watch him play off the other Spideys, and help heal the wounds of the oft-rebooted franchise.

He is just as endearing as he is hopeless, with all his thoughts rising to the surface (to alternatingly vulnerable and humorous effect). Some of the entries on this list were more contentious than others, but our number one pick was unanimous across the board.It’s even not that hard to imagine how the three of them, up against Jamie Foxx’s unstable take on Electro, still could have resulted in a fun throwback to ’90s blockbuster ridiculousness, a modern successor to Joel Schumacher’s campy Batman films. If we were ranking movies based on number of Spider-Mans alone, Far From Home — well, it’d still be second to our current reigning champ, but it’d be up there. If Tom Holland’s Spider-Man has been defined by one thing, it’s the way he’s absolutely teeming with well-intentioned teenaged energy, and Far From Home lets that shine.

This movie made such an impact on me as a kid, that I named one of my first OCs after Peter Parker and gave him a romantic interest named Mary Jane, because I didn’t know what fanfiction was yet. This is the heavy weight that he casts off as he leaps to his feet, because yeah, all that shitty stuff is worth it. It’s a shame that Sam Raimi’s mostly excellent Spider-Man trilogy — whose other movies often end with quiet, human confrontations of good and evil — ends with a messy CGI battle, but in some ways it also presages the worst parts of the long two decades of superhero movies that would follow.When Spider-Man and Daredevil arrive at the Bar With No Name, Screwball is among the patrons that attack them. The result is a classic high-pressure Spider-Man story where the threats aren’t only coming from the villains, but Peter’s capacity for doing it all as the clock ticks down. Civil War might boast a fun and fresh introduction to Spider-Man, but Infinity War and Endgame’s packed runtimes barely have the time for Peter to do anything but blip into dust, traumatize Tony Stark, and serve as a football in a contrived girl power moment.

Spider-Girl later chased Screwball and confiscated her camera to prevent her from broadcasting her latest activity before handing her over to the police. The movie sees him juggling his spider-obligations and grief post- Endgame (including the death of his mentor, Tony Stark), with his more YA concerns (asking MJ out).But despite the awful action, and the ugliest bad guy in any superhero movie for the last 20 years, there is one redeeming Spider-Man-related scene of Amazing Spider-Man. We use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience on our site, show personalized content and targeted ads, analyze site traffic, and understand where our audiences come from. Screwball later appeared in Las Vegas where she collaborated with Arcade who gave her the training, equipment, and exclusive streaming rights that she needed. The Enforcers recognized what was happening and began to attack Bookie only for him to be rescued when the real Spider-Man showed up.