In the span of 20 years, Spider-Man has stepped onto the big screen three times, played by Tobey Maguire, Andrew Garfield, and Tom Holland, respectively. Currently, Spider Tom is the most talked about name, when Spider-man: No Way Home – the final film in the series about Spider-Man directed by Jon Watts is released earlier this month.
The most “child” version of Peter Parker
Until now, the version of Spider-Man / Peter Parker played by Tom Holland is still the youngest version compared to Spider Tobey and Spider Andrew. In the Spider-man series (2002-2007) and The Amazing Spider-man (2012-2014), the story setting in the final film always takes place after Peter has entered the University for a while. While Spider-man: No Way Home takes place right after Peter has just finished high school.
Tom Holland is also the youngest person ever to transform into Spider-Man on screen. Spider Tom first appeared in 2016, in Captain America: Civil War . That year Tom was only 20 years old.
Spider Tobey first appeared 19 years ago, and Spider Andrew 9 years. Their fans are all grown up now, even entering middle age.
Tom Holland’s Spider-Man is the Spider-Man of the younger audience – Gen Z and Alpha. The way the story and characters of the Spider-man series are built also changes accordingly, bringing new problems and new approaches suitable for this audience. It can be said that Tom Holland has made a significant contribution to bringing the image of Spider-Man closer to today’s youth.
Compared to his senior, Spider Tom has appeared in a total of 6 films: Captain America: Civil War (2016), Spider-man: Homecoming (2017), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), Spider-man: Far From Home ( 2018), Avengers: Endgame (2019), and most recently Spider-man: No Way Home (2021).
Tobey Maguire’s Spider-Man is considered to be the most serious Spider-Man and shows the most pain of this character. As for Andrew Spider in The Amazing Spider-man , most agree that this is the strangest Spider-Man model when it comes to attractive, funny, stylish, and especially knowing how to communicate.
“Little Spider” Tom Holland is different. Peter Parker is now built in the image of a lonely high school boy, few friends, kind, but clumsy, joking, and… talking non-stop. It is this habit of talking a lot that indirectly affects the magic of Dr. Strange in Spider-man: No Way Home , opens up a lot of trouble for Peter and his friends.
In the comics, Peter Parker is a very ordinary superhero. He has no outstanding handsome face, no tall muscular body, no selected and trained by any military or secret organization, no brilliant career, and most importantly no money. .
Peter’s superhero process is also extremely lonely. Since being bitten by a spider, he has struggled to balance his life alone, finding it harder to open up and interact with others. Even the suit on him was made by Peter himself.
But Spider Tom is not. Although he is also a shy teenager, sometimes… a bit young, but Tom Holland’s Peter Parker is still a lucky kid. He has a loving and supportive Aunt May; have close friends Ned and MJ; there is a whole team of Avengers team aunts and uncles to protect in times of danger.
Especially the relationship between him and Iron Man. “Uncle Stark” not only sponsors Peter’s fine armor and the most advanced technology of Stark Industries, but to Peter, Tony is also like a father and uncle, acting as a guide and guide for Peter. you on this journey.
The path… not the most obvious
In the first two films, Peter’s goals and motives are not clear. Sometimes he fights for “uncle Stark”, sometimes for himself more than for others. Even Peter’s biggest dream is to become an Avengers. It is only in the final installment, No Way Home , that Peter’s path gradually takes shape.
Since Sony officially released the Spider-man: No Way Home trailer , the audience has known at least 3 villains will be present in the movie. However, this is not a direct enemy of Spider Tom. They were only “accidentally” sucked into this universe after the magic of Dr. Strange has a problem. That means other people might come looking for Peter Parker, too – whether it’s “their” Peter or not.
Many people are not afraid to liken Spider-man: No Way Home to the name that made the global box office explode in 2019, Avenger: Endgame .
This comparison is completely valid. From a story perspective, both films are the end of a long emotional journey, highlighting sacrifices, and clarifying the weight of responsibility that those with great power must shoulder. From the perspective of “fans”, both No Way Home and Endgame succeeded in treating the audience to an eye-catching audio-visual feast, ending the more than 20-year journey of Spider-Man.
The final film in director Jon Watts’ Spider-Man series also achieved incredible commercial success. On December 26, the film’s revenue reached 1.05 billion USD. This is the first film to achieve this achievement since the end of 2019 when the COVID-19 epidemic broke out.
The $1 billion figure, which was already impressive before COVID, is now even more impressive when a movie can do this in a time when the disease is still evolving unpredictably with another new virus strain discovered. Not only did it reach billions of dollars, in its first 12 days, Spider-Man: No Way Home also broke many records in terms of openings, 2021 grosses and all-time grosses. After the billion-dollar mark, the film will surely conquer other revenue milestones.
