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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 333732" data-attributes="member: 23">Coincidentally, I very nearly started watching The Red Riding Trilogy this week, but I copped out because of how grim and violent the films sounded. There are times when I can cope with that kind of material, and times I can&#039;t, and this wasn&#039;t the right time for me. I will catch up with it at some point.Strangely, while Raimi&#039;s are probably my preferred films overall, Tobey Maguire is also the actor who I struggle to fully accept as Peter Parker.Even more confusingly, I really like Maguire&#039;s Spider-Man, despite my feelings about him as Peter, and so I&#039;d say the duality of the character makes it difficult to get the balance right.There are also the aesthetics. Tom Holland looks pretty perfect as both Peter and Spidey, but I find the babbling over-enthusiasm and the whiny head voice he uses supremely annoying.Garfield seems to strike a balance somewhere in the middle that works for me, despite the generally poorer material.As I said in the Who Played Spidey The Best? thread, I feel we have yet to see the definitive portrayal, but I&#039;m sure it will come.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 333732, member: 23"] Coincidentally, I very nearly started watching [I]The Red Riding Trilogy[/I] this week, but I copped out because of how grim and violent the films sounded. There are times when I can cope with that kind of material, and times I can't, and this wasn't the right time for me. I will catch up with it at some point. Strangely, while Raimi's are probably my preferred films overall, Tobey Maguire is also the actor who I struggle to fully accept as Peter Parker. Even more confusingly, I really like Maguire's Spider-Man, despite my feelings about him as Peter, and so I'd say the duality of the character makes it difficult to get the balance right. There are also the aesthetics. Tom Holland looks pretty perfect as both Peter and Spidey, but I find the babbling over-enthusiasm and the whiny head voice he uses supremely annoying. Garfield seems to strike a balance somewhere in the middle that works for me, despite the generally poorer material. As I said in the Who Played Spidey The Best? thread, I feel we have yet to see the definitive portrayal, but I'm sure it will come. [/QUOTE]

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