Film as Literature Essay Spider-Man
Abbreviation Notes
AG - Andrew Garfield TM - Tobey Maguire TH - Tom Holland
Category: Disney's Renovation Citation: Spider-Man Far From Home
Commentary: Disney Marvel Studio's replaces Uncle Ben with Tony Stark and in the newest movie Tom Holland's Spider-Man has to predicament of being a normal teenager while also living up to Tony's legacy
Category: Disney's Renovation Citation: Spider-Man Far From Home
Commentary: Disney leaves a lot of small easter eggs inside there movies just like in Spider-Man with Nick Fury and other character helping them bring more viewers something no other franchise could have done with the Spider-Man films
Category: Disney's Renovation Citation: Spider-Man Far From Home
Commentary: If not for Tony Stark being Peter's mentor he would not have received the Edith gift which is what the whole entire movie is centered around
Category: Disney's Renovation Citation: Spider-Man Homecoming
Commentary: In this movie, Peter's best friend is Ned rather than the classic Harry Osborn giving a refresher to the Spider-Man film
Category: AG Citation: The Amazing Spider-Man
Commentary: Peter Parker is suppose to be a nerdy high school kid and Andrew Garfield seemed to cool to fit the persona being able to ride a skateboard and all
Category: Disney's Renovation Citation: Captain America Civil War
Commentary: Rather than taking a chunk of movie time out of the solo Spider-Man movie, Disney introduced Tom Holland's Peter Parker in a Captain America film to negate any need for an origin story for Tom Holland
Category: AG Citation: The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Commentary: The Andrew Garfield Peter Parker may have worked within the MCU because the love story with Mary Jane could happen and more character development could happen also. Manly I see Andrew Garfield as too old and cool for the MCU portrayal of Spider-Man
Category: TH Citation: Spider-Man Far From Home
Commentary: The Mysterio twist was absolutely perfect which added a whole different depth into the Spider-Man film showing the different genre the film can be characterized within
Category: AG Citation: The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Commentary: The death of two main character being Captain Stacey and Gwen Stacey over two films is very dark and horrid for a superhero film.
Category: AG Citation: The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Commentary: The film focused more on camera works such as the clock tower scene taking away time from the story line leaving little interest into the Spider-Man story
Category: TH Citation: Spider-Man Homecoming
Commentary: The film was a great balance in all aspects of film having a great story arc with incredible film techniques.
Category: AG Citation: The Amazing Spider-Man
Commentary: The film's lighting throughout the entire film is very dark having very few cheerful and light scenes leading to a more dull and dark adaptation of Spider-Man
Category: AG Citation: The Amazing Spider-Man
Commentary: The love interest in this movie is Gwen Stacey whom Peter is forbidden to be with by her father's dying wish
Category: TM Citation: Spider-Man
Commentary: The love interest in this movie is Mary Jane whom Peter decides for them to be together is too dangerous and he loses her
Category: TH Citation: Spider-Man Far From Home
Commentary: The love interest in this movie is Mary Jane whom Peter wants to be with and is only restricted by his awkwardness unlike the others.
Category: AG Citation: The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Commentary: The love interest is Gwen Stacey and this is the only film in which the love interest is killed emphasizing the dark gloomy film adaption of The Amazing Spider-Man
Category: TM Citation: Spider-Man 3
Commentary: This film really made it impossible for Disney to use Tobey Maguire's Peter Parker in the MCU because way too much character development had already happened.
Category: AG Citation: The Amazing Spider-Man
Commentary: This is the only Peter Parker that has a chasing vendetta for his parents and only one that's whole plot is about them
Category: TM Citation: Spider-Man 2
Commentary: Tobey Maguire's Peter Parker was the only one to have a blue-collar job as an average person would have
Category: Disney's Renovation Citation: Spider-Man Homecoming
Commentary: Tom Holland's Peter Parker film is the only one that did not have an important death to occur in the pilot movie leaving out any sad mournful moments.
Category: TH Citation: Spider-Man Far From Home
Commentary: Tom Holland's Peter Parker gives an almighty powerful power over to Mysterio who tricked him showing Peters childish and inexperience which is exactly what Peter Parker is.
Category: TH Citation: Spider-Man Homecoming
Commentary: Tom Holland's Peter Parker is a very nerdy and childish version compared to the others because of the way he is able to disable to training wheels on his suit but also childish enough to not listen to Tony about the suit
Category: TM Citation: (Joset)
Paraphrasing: Once Marvel had purchased Sony's rights to Spider-Man the already introduced story line of Tobey Maguire's Spider-Man would not work within the MCU so they had to go and create their own version of Spider-Man by casting Tom Holland
Category: TM Citation: (Joset)
Paraphrasing: Tobey's most iconic important facts that directly relate to the comics is his work at the Daily Bugle that the Tom Holland Peter Parker will not have now that his identity has been revealed
Category: AG Citation: (Emily 188)
Quotation about the comic book: "Rejected by a pretty girl and pushed around by a jock, Peter makes his way alone to a scientific demonstration where a spider gets in the path of a radioactive ray"
Category: TM Citation: (Ebert)
Quotation: ""Spider-Man 3" is, in short, a mess. Too many villains, too many pale plot strands, too many romantic misunderstandings, too many conversations, too many street crowds looking high into the air and shouting "oooh!" this way, then swiveling and shouting "aaah!" that way"
Category: TM Citation: (Ebert)
Quotation: "And isn't it a little unusual to propose marriage after sharing only one kiss, and that one in the previous movie, and upside-down?"
Category: TM Citation: (Joset)
Quotation: "Being an adult is rough, especially if it isn't common knowledge you're also a superhero trying to save the world"
Category: Disney's Renovation Citation: (Eberly)
Quotation: "Casting Zendaya as MJ gave the Marvel Cinematic Universe a whole new look. She gave diversity to the character, showing that anyone, no matter what the color of their skin is, could play this character"
Category: Disney's Renovation Citation: (Sandoval)
Quotation: "Holland as Peter, the reluctant hero who has doubts about his ability to live up to the role that Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) wants him to, brings all the layers needed to help us understand his inner conflicts"
Category: TH Citation: (Sandoval)
Quotation: "Holland's Peter Parker enters the film with superpowers intact—no clunky origin story to weigh down the action"
Category: Disney's Renovation Citation: (Sandoval)
Quotation: "It's awkward and romantic. It's packed with action and just enough eye candy to make any older viewer feel like a kid again"
Category: TH Citation: (Neher) 456
Quotation: "Rather than showcasing another Origin Story, the standard "how I got my powers" first installment strategy for multi-episode series these days, Spider-Man: Homecoming instead takes hero Peter Parker's unique capabilities on faith and places him in a modern high school, letting him cope with the ensuing teenage psychodynamic"
Category: TM Citation: (Eberly)
Quotation: "Spider-Man starts with Peter's class visiting a laboratory"
Category: Disney's Renovation Citation: (Neher 456)
Quotation: "Spider-Man's two most entertaining set pieces take place on Staten Island Ferry and at the Washington Monument; Marvel superhero films, like Hitchcock films, love utilizing both quotidian urban environments and iconic national monuments for scenes of peril"
Category: TH Citation: (Eberly)
Quotation: "Spider-Man: Homecoming starts with Peter's video diary of spending time with the Avengers"
Category: TH Citation: (Sandoval)
Quotation: "That is funny stuff, but he's underestimated this generation of nerds, and within minutes of discovering this protocol, Peter and Ned have unlocked it"
Category: AG Citation: (Eberly)
Quotation: "The Amazing Spider-Man begins with Peter's game of hide and seek"
Category: AG Citation: (Emily 186)
Quotation: "The recent big-budget film franchises based on Spider-Man have featured the love interests heavily, which draws women to the movies so they are familiar with those versions of the plot"
Category: TH Citation: (Joset)
Quotation: "We haven't seen who Tom Holland's Peter Parker was before becoming Spider-Man, but instead have seen him grow throughout his experiences within the Marvel Cinematic Universe(MCU)"
Category: TH Citation: (Sandoval)
Quotation: "Young Peter has been given an invaluable and powerful gift by his late hero and mentor, Tony Stark—Tony's tinted glasses"
Category: TM Citation: (Joset)
Quotation: Toby Maguire's Peter Parker, "is the average man and possibly one of the most relatable heroes in Marvel for that reason"
Category: AG Citation: The Amazing Spider-Man
Summary: Andrew Garfield is Peter Parker and the key points in this film are Peter searching for what really happened to his parents, Peter's receiving his powers, Gwen Stacey's love story, Uncle Ben dying, and Dr. Connors as the evil Lizard killing Captain Stacey.
Category: Disney's Renovation Citation: Spider-Man Far From Home
Summary: At the very end of the film in Disney's known for post credits scenes, Peter Parker's secret identity is revealed to everyone. THE FIRST EVER TIME IN ALL THE SPIDER-MAN MOVIES
Category: AG Citation: The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Summary: Peter embraces his role as Spider-Man and strengthens his relationship with Gwen Stacey and then is faced with his hardest challenge Electro who controls electricity and is far powerful than Spider-Man. Harry Osborn returns in the movie and Peter figures out Oscorp is where all his enemies come from.
Category: TH Citation: Spider-Man Far From Home
Summary: Peter goes on vacation as an effort to relax and step away from being a hero when Nick Fury recruits him to a mission to fight the four elementals alongside Mysterio. Mysterio turned out to be the bad guy taking Peter's gift from Tony Edith to control all electronics. Mary Jane figures out Peter's secret identity.
Category: TM Citation: Spider-Man 3
Summary: Peter has finally started his relationship with Mary Jane only to be flawed when venom takes over his suit changing him physically and emotionally. Peter must fight off Venom and Sandman. Peter must also fend off Harry how has found out Peter's secret identity and Gwen Stacey is introduced as Peters other love interest
Category: TM Citation: Spider-Man 2
Summary: Spider-Man faces self-doubt and retires being Spider-Man while Dr. Otto Octavius blames Spider-Man for the death of his wife making Peter return to becoming Spider-Man. Also, Harry Osborn still hates Spider-Man and Mary Jane gets engaged to another man.
Category: TM Citation: Spider-Man
Summary: Tobey Maguire is Peter Parker and the main important parts in the film are Peter gaining his powers through a spider (origin story), his love story with Mary Jane, Uncle Ben dying, and Norman becomes green goblin to only face his death at the end of the film
Category: TH Citation: Spider-Man Homecoming
Summary: Tom Holland as Peter Parker and the important moments in the film are, Peter returning to high school after being introduced into the Avengers, Tony Stark as Peter's mentor, Liz's love story, Adrian (Liz's father) is the vulture who gets caught by Peter, and Peter also saves the day
