Peter Parker/Spider-Man

Out of all the topics this is the hardest because I love Tobey Maguire as Peter Parker, but also love Andrew Garfield as Spider-Man. Both are very talented actors and both play the character very well. Maguire has the emotional part down but, at sometimes I viewed him as a cry-baby. But, I could see where he was coming from losing a job, dealing with Uncle Ben's death partly his fault, and his true love engaged with his boss' son. Garfield totally has the whit, charm, and charisma down to be Spider-Man but, didn't give much of a good Peter Parker. Plus he was a bit on a stalker. It's pretty even on this one.

Winner: Draw

Villains

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 give us the disappointment of having three villains that didn't get equal screen time. The original Spider-Man 2 gave us the classic one villain; Doc Ock played Alfred Molina. Jamie Foxx, Dane DeHaan, and Paul Giamatti played their respective roles in the 2014 film. The actors were fine but bad dialogue and poor character development made the villains not look so good. Doc Ock on the other hand was a strong villain, letting nothing get in his way.

Winner: Spider-Man 2

Love Interest

Emma Stone and Kristen Dunst both played their roles very well. Both have to deal with Peter Parker's weird tendencies. M.J. had to deal with Peter hiding from her and Gwen had to deal with her boyfriends, having a erratic conscience. Both move on, kinda. But, Gwen is willing to ditch the bs and move to another country. Gwen saves the day for Spider-Man and ends on getting killed in the process. Bottom line, Stone is more fun to watch than Dunst.

Winner: The Amazing Spider-Man 2

Visuals

Both have amazing visuals, making Spider-Man a joy watch. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 gave us great action scenes, good-looking villains, and terrific CGI. But, Spider-Man 2 had given us something just as good. The "Spidey-Cam" made Spider-Man's web-swinging look great. 

Winner: The Amazing Spider-Man 2

Music

Music is always important to a comic-book film. Hans Zimmer, one of the greatest music composers of all time, composed the Amazing Spider-Man 2 and honestly this wasn't one of his best scores. But, I do like the Spider-Man the Electro themes. Grammy-award winner Danny Elfman composed Spider-Man 2 and it gave the ultimate Spider-Man theme.

Winner: Spider-Man 2

Plot

Sorry I have nothing to say the plot for The Amazing Spider-Man 2 was terrible.

Winner: Spider-Man 2 

Conclusion

Both are great films in my opinion and I'm at a draw but Spider-Man 2 did a lot more right than the Amazing Spider-Man 2.

Overall Winner: Spider-Man 2


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