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Who's the Best Spider Man?

Who's the Best Spider Man?

Spider Man has been introduced throughout many forms of TV, games, comic books, etc. Many people have played Spider Man in the past such as the legendary Tobey Maguire, Andrew Garfield, and Tom Holland. In this article, we will be considering who is the best Spider Man:Tobey, Andrew, or Tom? It should be noted that there are spoilers in this opinion-based article. 

Number 3 we have Andrew Garfield. Now I am not saying he is a bad actor nor am I saying he didn’t do a good job playing the role. I am saying that his two movies weren’t exactly the greatest movies I’ve seen. But I say he did a good job playing the role in his unique way even though the movies weren’t that interesting. The movie wasn’t that great in my opinion, because of bad visuals and an overall poor storyline. There was supposed to be a third movie but of course, that got scrapped because of how awful the movies were in the box office records. He did appear in No Way Home giving him a  chance at redemption. Now everyone wants to see him in his next Spider Man movie, but Garfield said that he isn’t interested in playing Spider Man anymore. 

This next person may or may not be up for debate depending on who you think is better out of these two. The next two include Tobey Maguire and Tom Holland. Both Tobey Maguire and Tom Holland have played Spider Man in three different movies. Of the two, Tobey Maguire won first place in my ranking, and Tom Holland placed second.

Now you might be thinking, Tom Holland is perfect for the role, why is he not in first place? Yes, Tom Holland now is a wonderful actor with many qualities that make him the perfect Peter Parker now in today’s world, but since Tom Holland wasn’t known at that time for many movies but since he was introduced in Captain America Civil War by meeting the famous Tony Stark played by Robert Downey Jr at the time. Overall, now he is a perfect actor to play Spider Man especially now for a younger generation of audiences. 

The best Spider Man actor I have ever seen in my entire life is Tobey Maguire. When I saw this man perform as Spider Man in his very first movie, I was star struck by his performance. I loved the film so much in many ways especially based on Tobey’s acting. He was perfect for the role for the generation that was when I was born and for so many other people like me. Even though Tobey Maguire did a wonderful job performing as Spider Man, the third movie alone wasn’t the greatest because it introduced too many characters at the same time. It also did poorly executed all the villains and the overall plot. Introducing Venom was also weird. 

Spider Man has become an inspiration worldwide, especially to young people in the world since he is only a young kid with superpowers. Now with Miles Morales being introduced into the world in his very own video game, Spider Man is even more inspirational. This my list of who is the best Spider Man to date out of all the movies I have seen, and in my opinion, it’s Tobey Maguire.  



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