DisneyAfter the release of the second Captain America: Civil War trailer, the Internet has gone mad for Spider-Man.
Despite the vast majority of fans loving Tom Holland in the brief glimpse we get of the wise cracking wall-crawler (seriously, the costume looks like it walked off one of Ditko’s pages), not everyone’s on board. Although, for the record, these people are wrong.
People’s main gripe with the latest incarnation of Spidey is a combination of the suit being enhanced by CGI and that it doesn’t look like the suit in the other movies, both of which seem like splitting hairs – or webs in this case.
Regardless, everyone’s entitled to an opinion…
In the new 'Civil War' trailer, I think the Spider-Man suit looks stupid tbh he looks fake
— Vivs (@YourGurrlViv) March 12, 2016
His suit looks so fucking stupid. Not even close to the original spider man movies or the asm movie costumes
— Filburger95 (@Sixers12345) March 10, 2016
Civil War looks like a big disappointment. Spider-Man looks stupid af.
— Clay (@AyyClayClay) March 10, 2016
HOW DOES SPIDER MAN SQUINT IN THAT STUPID SUIT HE LOOKS R I D I C U L O U S
— ? Joseph Hoestar ? (@StartheFox) March 14, 2016
Despite these people being wrong on every conceivable level, Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn has stepped in to calm the nerves of jittery fans.
The Marvel director, who has been singing the praises of the upcoming Captain America: Civil War on social media, took to Twitter to assure fans that Holland’s version of the webslinger may be the best yet.
I think @TomHolland1996 is the best Spidey/Peter Parker ever by a country mile. https://t.co/SiH9yP8NvW
— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) March 10, 2016
But he took it one step further when he compared Holland’s performance to some of the most iconic screen performances of the last decade.
It’s his own thing. He is to Spidey as Downey is to Iron Man, Ledger was to the Joker, Pratt is to Star-Lord. https://t.co/uvp9qJb2Cx
— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) March 10, 2016
Of course, the denizens of the internet are a cynical lot, so Gunn soon posted that he isn’t obliged to defend Marvel simply because he works for them.
No. I would never agree to that. If I don’t like a Marvel movie (or any modern movie) I just say nothing. https://t.co/tn6Lp44sFQ
— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) March 10, 2016
Personally, I can’t wait to see more of Holland as the character. Roll on April 29!
More of a concept than a journalist, Tom Percival was forged in the bowels of Salford University from which he emerged grasping a Masters in journalism.
Since then his rise has been described by himself as ‘meteoric’ rising to the esteemed rank of Social Editor at UNILAD as well as working at the BBC, Manchester Evening News, and ITV.
He credits his success to three core techniques, name repetition, personality mirroring, and never breaking off a handshake.