One of the most popular and loved characters/superheroes in the Marvel universe is no doubt our friendly neighbourhood Spiderman. He ranks high in both the Marvel comic and entertainment universe due to his cool powers to sling webs, sense danger, and so on. Well, besides being a cool character and all that, Spiderman has also grossed billions of dollars in the box office worldwide.
Spiderman having spanned over a length of 19 years since its debut in 2002 has had a total of eight movie franchises played by three actors of Tobey Maguire trilogy, Andrew Garfield duology, and the Tom Holland trilogy. One can see and say that the franchise is one that “fans will not want to end”.
All the Spiderman movies are good but some are more preferred by fans than others. Despite that, we are all different individuals and our preferences can vary. Well, this is my ranking of the best Spiderman films as I consider the villains involved, character development, display of strength of Spiderman, and the life of Peter Parker.
5/5
Spiderman(2002)
Sam Raimi Spiderman was the first Spiderman film to air in theatres and cinema in 2002 and continues to be acknowledged by fans till today. How can we forget the nice experience we got from that show, almost every child at that time wanted a spider to bite them and wanted to sling webs. This show has starred actors like Tobey Maguire(Peter Parker/Spiderman), James Franco(as Harry Osborn), Kristen Dunst(as Mary Jane Watson), Willem Dafoe( as Norman Osborn/Green Goblin), and so on helped make this movie remarkable. The movie portrayed Spiderman as a superhero to look up to.
The movie sees a young nerdy high school boy become a hero after losing his uncle. We later see the young boy grow and become a fine young man who was ready to take on responsibilities. Just like any superhero movie, the movie gave us the green goblin which while being a crazy psychotic killer was a perfect villain for Spidey going through his struggles. We saw Peter Parker make some difficult choices like forsaking his love for MJ to protect her and everyone he cares about.
4/5
Amazing Spiderman 2(2014)
Marc Webb adopted franchise of Spiderman led to the birth of Andrew Garfield as Spiderman co-starring Emma Stone as Gwen Stacy and Jamie Foxx as electro. From his role in the movie hacksaw ridge, we saw that Andrew Garfield is quite the drama guy. Although the criticism about him being a bad Peter Parker, I enjoyed the romantic scene between him and his love interest Gwen Stacy right up till her death. He might not have looked like the typical nerd but he sure displayed the emotional and lover boy Spidey quite well. Not minding the story of this movie, the battle between Spiderman and electro are still considered memorable and breathtaking.
3/5
Spiderman 2(2004)
Tobey Maguire reprises the role of Spiderman in this second franchise which is considered to be one of the best Spiderman. Inside two years of being Spiderman, Peter Parker Owns up to his new life as Spiderman and later battle the evil scientist, doctor, Otto Octavius played by Alfred Molina. One reason fans love this franchise is that we got to see the strength of Spiderman in the train fight with doctor Octavius where Spiderman fucking stopped a moving train. We also see the struggles of Peter as an adult joggling the challenges of life together with his superhero and romantic life. We also had a better understanding of Peter Parker’s abilities during the period he loses them temporarily that spider-man is still human and needs to be physically, mentally, and emotionally stable for the job.
2/5
Spiderman Far From Home(2019)
The Spiderman adventures continue with Tom Holland as Spiderman in far from home with Jon watts as the director. This franchise is particularly unique with its incorporation in the avenger’s universe. Yes, Spiderman leaves his neighbourhood and tours with the avengers. Most fans claim Tom Holland is the ideal Peter Parker having the correct outlooks and stature. He also gives the nerdy vibe quite well and was mentored by iron Man(Robert Downey Jr).
Set in the era after the death of iron Man in avengers endgame, Peter now struggles with how to be the modelled superhero just like his mentor and was quite skeptical. Tom did great in his portrayal of a confused teenager who has no idea where to begin following the death of his mentor Tony Stark(Iron Man). Due to that, he fell prey to the trickster Mysterio, played by Jake Gyllenhaal. Mysterio can be considered to be the perfect villain for Peter at that time as his tricks all suited to peters wishes. We saw how peter steps up to responsibility and saves the day as iron Man would want him to. Huge character development I must say and the ending in particular where Mysterio reveals Spiderman’s identity was an unforseen one. Nice suspense marvel, kudos.
1/5
Spiderman No Way Home(2021)
The just-released Spiderman movie in December 2021 made it the third trilogy of Tom Holland Spiderman which has made waves around the world. Although some criticisms about various plotholes, fans still consider it a good movie with a box office success of over 1 billion dollars, and a high rating to show for it. It is one of Marvel’s highest-rated movies at that. If it’s the characters we talking about, we got to see all our Favourite Spiderman in one movie. Not an easy feat to accomplish but Jon watts pulled it off. So many plot twists for young Peter Parker leading to quite an ending. I think it’s safe to assume another franchise is on the way.
Final thoughts
All Spiderman movies were good, but we talking relatively now. This is my opinion, If you disagree, you can drop your opinions and reviews in the comment section below.