Andrew Garfield, Terrible Peter Parker

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Re: http://entertainthis.usatoday.com/2015/08/17/andrew-garfield-is-so-done-with-playing-spider-man/

I, for one, am glad to see Andrew Garfield out of the role. He was far too much hipster and way too much tween-glitter-vampire-thing to effectively play Peter Parker. And let us not forget, dialogue is written by writers. Sure, an actor might improvise from time to time, but the characters are written by writers and cast by directors.

I'm fairly certain Peter Parker could capably be played by any number of actors as long as the character is written and directed properly.

What Marc Webb failed to portray, what Sam Raimi got right, is how Peter Parker was a social outcast. He didn't interfere when Flash was beating someone up, nor was he a solo skater.

Yes, he had trouble talking to girls, but what young man at the age of 15/16 didn't?

What Marc Webb's The Amazing Spider-Man films got right about Spider-Man they also got wrong about Peter Parker. Let's face it, the story of Spider-Man is really the story of his alter ego, not the other way around. How does Peter Parker cope with a world that misunderstands him, hates him or loves him? He's a man who's haunted by loss and failure, who's overwhelmed with guilt for those he couldn't save. He's a hero not to prove a point in morality, to revel in action or to create order in a world full of chaos, but to assuage the shame he feels over not being good enough.

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