DIRECTOR'S CUT: Psychology of a Hero: Amazing Spider-Man with guest Omar Zaki
Added 2022-09-21 14:10:18 +0000 UTCHow do you move forward after loss? How do you get back up when facing grief?
Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker, filmmaker Alan Seawright, and professional stunt man Omar Zaki (who was actually a body double/stand-in for Andrew Garfield in No Way Home!!!) take a look at Andrew Garfield's portrayal of Peter Parker and what we can learn about dealing with grief and loss from The Amazing Spider-Man. Peter loses a lot of people in a very short time, and it gets hard for him to do the right thing rather than seek revenge or get bitter. But, he does show us a thing or two about how to keep doing the right thing even when it's hard, even when life is hard. And he has arguably the most fun being Spider-Man of any of the Spider-Men (sorry Tobey). Because he's amazing. No really, he's amazing.
Comments
When Amazing Peter catches and saves MJ, I took two things away from it: 1) He won’t let Iron Spider Peter lose his love interest as he lost Gwen and 2) saving MJ was less about him asking if she’s okay because he wanted to ask Gwen that, and more that in saving MJ, he doesn’t have to wonder if he could’ve saved Gwen, in this he finds a bit of peace and maybe some forgiveness towards himself
RenegadeForLife
2024-05-31 10:58:45 +0000 UTCThe only thing I'd say we missed out on was a plug for support groups. Being able to communicate with people who also struggle with your same dilemma I think is really powerful. They may not be in your exact situation but they have a really good idea of that particular thing that you're struggling with the other people in your life might not understand the same way.
Sharon aka Pocozy
2023-03-04 02:10:35 +0000 UTC
