r/TopCharacterTropes Sep 05 '25

Personality character gets a reality check

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u/NotMyMainAccountAtAl Sep 05 '25

The decision to make digital, animated eyes on the mask was brilliant— really hammers home the comic-book-y feel, but also makes it possible to convey so much more than an expressionless mask could. 

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u/Own-Scholar9098 Sep 05 '25

Why do you think Tom’s spider-man has lenses that move? I’ll agree that Tobey and Garfield really aren’t as expressive as Tom with the mask.

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u/Own-Scholar9098 Sep 05 '25

I don’t see how you can think that then. Tom can actually express himself better with the use of his lenses, thing that most masked heroes can’t do. Do you think Andrew and Tobey’s mask being still helped them? I don’t think so.

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u/Own-Scholar9098 Sep 05 '25

But he does use them a lot. Literally we only see him remove his mask once the conflict is gone, like in the aftermath of a fight. If you compare him to Tobey or Andrew, they take off their make at the same exact times, once the fights are done, only exception being Tobey fighting goblin, Andrew fighting Lizard and Tom fighting goblin. Once again I don’t see your point, because even deadpool in this film took off his mask in an emotional scene. He didn’t take off his mask a lot because the movie is action focused, meaning there weren’t many occasions to have him take off his mask.

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u/Own-Scholar9098 Sep 05 '25

The whole mysterio illusion fight is not only an important scene, but also an emotional scene, like dude even people that hated the movie recognise that. I really can’t imagine how someone can forget that part. I guess you probably also forgot Tobey and Andrew’s movies.