To be honest I would say it's either Spider-Man or Spider-Man 2 simply for the fact these are the only incarnations of Spider-Man that I consider to be the truest form of Peter Parker we've ever had. The main thing that makes Peter so popular is because of how easy he is to relate to and how he is determined to protect what he cares about. There's trials and hardship for him, MJ, Harry and May throughout all of it and it makes him seem so much braver because of it. Also... train scene.
Of course, none of this would be possible without strong rogues and Willem Defoe's version of Green Goblin is by far the best version of Gobby we've had outside of Spectacular and the 95 animated series because of some reason every incarnation since has gone with Ultimate Spider-Man discount hulk goblin with no malice nor personality. The second movies take on Doc Ock was also so strong that it was at that stage the comics started emulating the movie by making him more sympathetic with an actual reason behind his decent and well fleshed arc.
If I can give credit to Amazing Spider-Man for only 1 thing it's Spider-Man himself making "quips" in the heat of battle and the choreography and cinematography of those fights were gold. His take on Peter Parker though was... just terrible and Emma Stone really didn't add anything that made Gwen Memorable before her unceremonious death. The weakest point though was the villains Connors was just a moron, Green Goblin was some sort of gremlin like creature, Matthew Fox was... nowhere near moody enough to capture electro and Rhino no-one cares about.
As for Tom Holland's Spider-Man, he is an angsty teen who talks fast nothing more and nothing less. It really doesn't help that being Stark's Protogee's he's been robbed of his own scientific ingenuity. I'd say he was a good Spider-Man if his quips weren't simply memes ripped from the internet. As far as his villains go... I don't really mind them as Vulture and Mysterio never had a backstory good enough for me to care about them changing it. As for everyone else, MJ is EdgyMJ, Flash is a VanWilder, Aunt May is... foxy aunt I guess & Ned is comic relief sidekick 1.0. Hopefully the next movie will be Peter Parker but one can only hope.
I should mention the PS4 version of Parker real quick but I'd like to think if ever there was a version people wanted in a film that one would be it. There's a reason fans were irritated by the remaster turning him into a teen again and that's because these games established Pete as an older character who's already gone through crap and who we can all relate to.
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