{"id":140266,"date":"2019-05-30T06:10:53","date_gmt":"2019-05-30T06:10:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=140266"},"modified":"2025-07-01T21:52:06","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T04:52:06","slug":"spider-man-2-perfect-protagonist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/spider-man-2-perfect-protagonist\/","title":{"rendered":"How &#8216;Spider-Man 2&#8217; presented the perfect protagonist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s hard to believe that it&#8217;s been 15 years since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0000600\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sam Raimi&#8217;s<\/a> Spider-Man trilogy. We&#8217;ve since had Sony and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm1940449\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Andrew Garfield<\/a> take a crack at it with two &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/watch\/movie\/the-amazing-spider-man-2-rise-of-electro\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amazing Spider-Man<\/a>&#8221; films, and now <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm4043618\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tom Holland<\/a> is playing the character in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marvel.com\/movies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Marvel Cinematic Universe<\/a>. We&#8217;re just weeks away from &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/watch\/movie\/spider-man-far-from-home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Spider-Man: Far From Home<\/a>,&#8221; the final chapter of Marvel&#8217;s Phase Three.<\/p>\n<p>While visual effects have come a long way since &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0316654\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Spider-Man 2<\/a>,&#8221; <strong>good storytelling has no expiration date.<\/strong> The heart of a superhero story is in creating a good protagonist, and YouTuber <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCG_nvdTLdijiAAuPKxtvBjA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Filmento<\/a> makes a great case for how &#8220;Spider-Man 2&#8221; did just that. Check out his analysis:<\/p>\n<p>Do you agree with his points? Let us know in the comments below whether you think the MCU&#8217;s take on Spider-Man hit home in the same way. 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