i agree with the wise sammystorm75

@princearagorn1 said:

lol

That dude...and Josh Keaton as voice.

I got to go with Andrew Garfield.

Toby

This

They both...

Liked Andrew better, not hating on the old movies but the questions wasn't "what movie helped pave the way for super hero movies"

Garfield.

But I found the Maguire movies far superior.

How was he popular he had one friend in the whole movie until the end....

Leaving the lunch room with a big ass spider web hanging from your wrist attached to the lunch tray and table is pretty sketchy. or the fact he jumps like 10 feet in the air and flips 4 times and then punches flash across the room. Both movies had terrible cringe worthy moments and I don't know why directors think they are good ideas.

But yes that football scene was god awful.Breaking the backboard was good enough, he doesn't have to continuously break things to prove he's strong.

Mcguire as Peter

Garfield as Spidey

I have to say I was thinking about the bulk of both Spidey's, and I have to say I know some people complain that Garfield was to thin, but I liked it like that. I think Tobey had put on to much muscle and it made him look to big, where as Garfield didn't have a lot of bulk but it was enough to make him have the physic of Spidey.

Andrew Garfield to me good as Spider-man/Peter Parker

Maguire wasn't perfect, but his franchise was dumped too soon. Garfield on the other hand embodies the "twilightizement" of comic book movies. Going to have to stick with Tobey on this one.

PP didn't want to prove he is strong he wants the attention away from him so he is not thought as Spider-man. That is why standing on a skateboard, throwing footballs is just writing PP the wrong way. PP in school should be a weak bookworm that is bullied. That is his mythos.

In ultimate spider-man he was a huge d!ck at first, I am fine with the power going to his head a tiny bit, when he first gets it, because it goes with him learning how to be responsible, and I never really liked letting people bully him, you can defend yourself without letting on your spider-man.

In fact one of the older comics he knocked flash out effortlessly and after that he barely picked on him again physically. In another spider-man story Peter agrees to fight flash and he actually stands up for himself and he asks him why he is always picking on him, and Flash replied with "because he let him, he never stood up for himself" Then peter says "isn't that what I am doing now?" after that same thing happened Flash stopped directly picking on him

I can see why most people are bothered by this version of Peter though. Just depends what you are use to.

PP in ultimate Spider-man was still a geek and bookworm.

McGuire, Garfield is pussy shit emo.

As many have said before I didn't believe Garfield's Peter to be a geek or outcast. I enjoyed the movie even with a few of the goofy things sure. But I had a hard time believing this Peter didn't choose to be alone. He did a good job as Spider-Man but his Peter Parker could use some work. Maguire actually handled Peter's social awkwardness a bit better. Neither was really better than the other overall. They each did at least one thing better the other didn't. On a side note I'm also a fan of Josh Keaton's portrayal in Spectacular. I'm also a fan of the voice from 1990's cartoon series.

I enjoy Andrew Garfield more than Tobey Maguire as Spider-Man.

Garfield

@tohoma said:

My god, whoever decided to make that show a possibility has no taste? Drake needs to go back to teenage drama shows and stay FAR, FAR AWAY from my spiderman! TOBEY MAGUIRE FOREVER!!

Toby McGuire nailed Peter Parker. My favorite thing about Spider Man as Toby McGuire is that Toby is so uncool and dorky. He was an orphaned loser who's life was going wrong everywhere. Toby portrayed that much better than Andrew Garfield. He's too cool, he's too handsome Gwen like Peter Parker because he was a melodramatic nerd, not a cute awkward smart guy. BTW, Emma Stone was a good Gwen.

Well I think Tobey captured the NERD side of Peter Parker Better.

Toby! He portrayed spiderman better. He's doubtful of himself, he has insecurities, he looks more like peter parker would. I don't know why but he just seems like a better spiderman then andrew.

I liked both, but I am very bias for Sam Rami so I will not comment on which is best.

Andrew Garfield

Garfield is Spidey, but Maguire was a better Peter.

Otto Octavius.

@tohoma said:

get out.

they both suck and dont portray the peter in comics at all.

Tobey Maguire as Peter any day. I really didn't like Andrew's portrayal of Pete... Him guilt tripping Uncle Ben to his death rustled my jimmies... He was way to hipster-y too (but i guess that resonates with todays mainstream youth culture) with his 'vintage' camera and just wasn't... nerdy enough. 3 parts (there were more) that i really disliked with the new take.

1. The scene where Peter faked his way into Oscorp and suavely talks his way out of trouble from Gwen spotting him. The dialogue was cheesy and reeked of the typical teenage drama :.(
2. Skateboarding to discover his powers... enough said about that
3. His 'fight' or stand off with Flash... it was corny as hell. The first film felt more... liberating!!! when he punched flash >=D

Garfield

@gridde: Molina, indeed, kind sir.

Sorry but Josh Keaton is the only Peter Parker/Spider-Man for me.

Neither its Josh Keaton.

@truemarvel: I completely agree. He was given lines like "I have a knack for that." , or something like "would you let mom and dad talk ?" during a fight and he just couldn't quite pull off the line. For me there wasn't much difference between Tobey's SM and PP. I have to go with Andy for that because Spidey's humor is one of his defining characteristics. Besides most of the laughs in the SM trilogy were not from SM but what a joke his life was. I thought it should have been the other way around.

Garfield as Parker but none of them feel like Spider-Man. Especially not Maguire though, that dude comes off like a dick.

The both suck. Maguire was a p***y. Garfield is an ***hole with poor comedic timing. Neither has the voice.

Even though ASM movie and Andrew Garfield look just like their comic book counterparts, I personally liked the Spider Man trilogy more then the current Dark Knight themed ASM.

Yup. Best Spidey voice.

Peter looked geeky when he first got his powers, but became handsome later on. I'd say he looks more like Gyllenhaal 616 or Efron 1610. I actually think Garfield looks more like teen Harry and DeHaan looks like teen Peter.

Andrew Garfield IS Spiderman. I loved almost everything about that movie (yes I know I'm in the minority).

Also to all the people complaining, I would much rather have Peter Parker riding a skateboard around than dancing down the street.

Tobey, Peter Parker isn't suposed to be a self centered ass. Plus Tobey to me always looked like and sounds like more of a spiderman type person imo.

Garfield is superior in every way as far as I'm concerned.

Garfield. I think you have to take into account that the Peter in the Amazing Spider-Man film was not the nerdy social outcast, but the under-challenged genius who gets into trouble because the bar is set too low at Peter's high school. The film does show that Peter is intelligent (door lock, understanding Curt Conner's book, etc), but Peter doesn't have any opportunities outside school to develop his intelligence (unlike Gwen, who has the internship with Oscorp).

Andrew Garfield...for sure.

My answer will always be Garfield. I simply don't get how anyone could like Tobey better. Garfield isn't the perfect Peter, but he's leaps and bounds better than boring Tobey. And he's definitely a superior Spider-Man