With the upcoming Spider-Man: Brand New Day swinging ever closer, Spidey fans are taking a victory lap for one of the tightest, tensest moments in all of Tom Holland’s Spider-Man movies. As tense as the A+ scene is, I’m still shook that it's been eight years since the movie landed on the new movie release schedule. But even after all this time, it still slaps.
The scene comes from Spider-Man: Homecoming and its unforgettable car ride. You know the one—Peter (decked out in his tux) sits nervously in the backseat with his date, Liz, while Adrian Toomes drives them to the dance. Slowly, Toomes connects the dots: Peter is Spider-Man. Thanks to a lively discussion on r/marvelstudios, where user u/CobraDai pointed out how rare it is for Marvel to let a sequence like this play completely straight, writing:
