PenguinJoe

So even though I'll prob wait till the new Spider-Man is on netflix to watch it those of you who saw in in the theaters who do you like better?

Solid Snake

hrmmmm....I think Garfield brought the stress and emotion better, and he was great in the 3rd act. Though he couldn't get the nerd right. Maguire did. I'm 50/50...though Garfield did do better work w/ his love interest. Sooooo i'm going w/ Garfield.

FantasticVSDoom

Didn't like Maguire at all and actually enjoyed ASM so Garfield it is...

Shannon Nutt

Unfair poll...Tobey had three shots at the portrayal. That said, given what we've seen so far, I liked Tobey better, but I like the new movie more. Why? Better direction, better script, and Emma Stone trumps Kirsten Dunst any day of the week.

E Unit

I wasn't a fan of Maguire - until I saw Garfield in the role. Maguire wins hands down.

RoboDad

Shouldn't there be poll options for "I like both equally well" and "I think both sucked"?

Solid Snake

And "Twikoff" too.

freshticles

I think Maguire is an annoying, piss-poor excuse for an actor with a face that's so goofy, it's hard to look at. I choose Garfield by default.

PenguinJoe

I don't get the "Twikoff" joke and I don't care about it. I keep seeing it but I think it's dumb.

Solid Snake

it's cuz you don't get it.

The Cow

It's an east coast thing. That would be good facebook material to talk to your ex-gf about.

Hokeyboy

Nicholas Hammond or GTFO

Groucho

I voted for Maguire:

* Garfield's suit was too shiny
* Didn't like the first-person stuff
* Gidget didn't work for me as Aunt May
* Where's my favorite character (Jolly Jonah Jameson)?

Mike86

I liked almost everything in The Amazing Spider-Man, but didn't like Garfield all that much to be honest. He wasn't horrible but I didn't buy him as a nerdy character like Peter should be. I'm going to go with Maguire.

Hazel Motes

neither.

IIG

Maguire>Garfield and Spider-Man>Amazing Spider-Man. And it's not close for me.

B5Erik

Tobey Maguire played Peter Parker.

Andrew Garfield seemed to be playing Anakin Skywalker from Attack of the Clones.

Tobey Maguire easy.

The first two Raimi Spider-Man movies are WAY better than ASM. Spider-Man 3 is equal to ASM in quality (although both have completely different flaws).

B5Erik

I always thought that he was well cast in the role as a college age Peter Parker. I totally bought him as Peter Parker. Especially the Peter Parker from the 70's comics. Robert F. Simon was great as J. Jonah Jameson, too.

Too bad those scripts and effects were so bad on that series.

Dragon Tattoo

Best fucking laugh I've had all day.

B5Erik

Seriously, though, who is Garfield supposed to be playing? Peter Parker the skateboarding, hoodie wearing, angry, whiny, bratty rebel without a clue?

I grew up reading Spider-Man comics in the 70's and 80's. I watched the poorly written 1970's TV series (good casting, though), watched the cartoons, and really got to know the character over a 20 or so year span. Maguire wasn't a perfect Peter Parker, but at least he was recognizable as Peter Parker. I don't know the character that Andrew Garfield played in The Amazing Spider-Man, but I do know he's not the real Peter Parker. And Garfield's performance wasn't very good, either...

Labor

You'd have to be completely effing mental to think Tobey Maguire a better Peter Parker or Spider-Man, like you probably aren't fit to operate within society.

Spiderbite

What's with all the insults if you give your opinion of this movie and it happens to be negative? It wasn't like Erik just said that Garfield sucks and then moved on. He gave reasons which I feel are valid and happen to agree with. Guess I can't operate within society now.

I wonder if this is a youth vs. age thing?

CaptainMarvel

I think Tobey was actually maybe a little better in the first one, but Tobey's character seemed to devolve into a weepy crybaby as the movies went on (with the exception of the horrible symbiote-influenced portion of SM3... *shudder*).

I loved both incarnations. I'd have to rate ASM as my favorite right now, but I've been rewatching the originals this week and they're really good too (except SM3... *shudder*).

stingermck

Garfield by a mile. But Tobey wins for best crying all the time.

Meglos

It's a "treating the internet like a bathroom stall wall" thing.