Clerks 3 Really This Time

[BritishHobo]

Tobey Maguire delivers an oddly detached performance in the three of them as well. I rewatched them recently and it comes across like Peter Parker couldn't give a single fuck about anything that's going on in his life, or anything that his loved ones have to say. Mary Jane giving a weepy speech, and Pete staring off into the middle-distance like he's thinking about playing some Rayman on PS1 when he gets home.

[Noodle Lizard]

Tobey Maguire delivers an oddly detached performance in the three of them as well. I rewatched them recently and it comes across like Peter Parker couldn't give a single fuck about anything that's going on in his life, or anything that his loved ones have to say. Mary Jane giving a weepy speech, and Pete staring off into the middle-distance like he's thinking about playing some Rayman on PS1 when he gets home.

That's not entirely fair. He sometimes looked like this:

[notjosh]

The first two Spider-man films are better than anything that's ever been put out under the Marvel Studios banner. Proper exciting, colourful, visually dynamic films with relatable characters and stakes. Very much the modern heir to Donner's Superman film(s). I love how Tobey Maguire plays Peter as a completely sincere dork and only does lame quips when he's in the suit.

The train scene in Spider-man 2 is a great example of how well Raimi roots the story in real human emotions. How often do you actually give a shit about the heroes in an MCU movie, let alone the bystanders?

Some excellent facial gymnastics from Maguire in that scene too.