[Matrixbeast]

I just liked Peter being Peter. I love the Raimi films, but the bullying Pete received was too over the top, and McGuire always had that Power Rangers vibe of being a 20 something playing a freshman in high school.

I enjoyed the first Amazing Spider-Man, but there were times where Garfield looked like a total fuckboy, and his bitching about his parents made no sense, and I completely had to side with May basically smacking him down with the fact that they left him when he was, like, 3 or 4, and should have borderline no memories about them, and that she and Ben raised him.
The sequel kind of ruined the Amazing Spidey movies for me...

I enjoyed Homecoming simply because it was just...More enjoyable. Peter was a nerd, but he wasn't literally being bullied by everyone (Including a goddamn bus driver), he had a best friend that wasn't fucking Osborne, so you weren't waiting for the (not) twist of him turning evil, the romance plot wasn't half of the film (Though it wasn't really that strong here, tbh), we didn't have to tread through Ben's death for a 3rd time (Nor have it brought up every 30 minutes), and the stakes weren't just "[Love interest or May] is gonna die if you don't stop me!"

I enjoyed Homecoming not because of MCU hype, but simply because it was finally what I wanted out of a Spider-Man film.

That being said, Spider-Verse blows it out of the water, but out of the live action films, I'd rewatch Homecoming before watching any of the other Spider-Man films (Except maybe Spider-Man 2. I still like that one a lot )