The Amazing Spider-Man

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These audience, critical, and even award-winning favorites are not as great as their reputations.

These stinkers found big audiences on streaming.

These actors prove that age is really just a number.

These movie trailers were just a tiny bit misleading.

That’s the power of ‘No Way Home’ for you.

While the actor loved playing the iconic Marvel hero, there were some trade-offs involved.

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: Man directs acclaimed indie. Studio hires man to direct giant blockbuster franchise movie. Said movie is…not very good. Seemingly unimpeded by failure, man continues to direct movies, including a sequel to said blockbuster…which is also not very good. In this case, the man in question is Marc Webb, whose Amazing Spider-Man films were — despite fairly successful box office runs — decidedly un-amazing. His idea for the scrapped third film doesn’t sound that much better.

The release of Spider-Man: Homecoming has restarted an old debate: Which is better, Spider-Man or The Amazing Spider-Man?

ScreenCrush’s Comic Strip is a weekly roundup of the hottest superhero movie/TV news items. From Marvel to DC and points in between, if it pertains to costumed comic book heroes, we’re covering it here, bringing you our expert analysis. This week, Spider-Man has a really hard time, a fascinating ‘Batman vs Superman’ spoiler is revealed, and Marvel looks to cast the mentor of ‘Doctor Strange.’