History Tearjerker / TheAmazingSpiderMan2

--->[[spoiler: '''Webb-Verse Spider-Man''': [[ILetGwenStacyDie I lost Gwen.]] [[TheLostLenore She was my MJ.]] I couldn't save her. I'm never going to be able to forgive myself for that. But I carried on. Tried to keep going. Tried to keep being the friendly neighborhood Spider-Man, because I know that's what she would have wanted. But at some point, [[TheGlovesComeOff I just, I stopped pulling my punches.]] [[UncontrollableRage I got rageful.]] [[SourOutsideSadInside I got bitter.]] I just don't want [[Characters/MCUPeterParker you]] to end up like me.]]

--->[[spoiler: '''Webb-Verse Spider-Man''': [[ILetGwenStacyDie I lost Gwen.]] [[TheLostLenore She was my MJ.]] I couldn't save her. I'm never going to be able to forgive myself for that. But I carried on. Tried to keep going. Tried to keep being the friendly neighborhood Spider-Man, because I know that's what she would have wanted. But at some point, [[TheGlovesComeOff I just, I stopped pulling my punches.]] [[UncontrollableRage I got rageful.]] [[SourOutsideSadInside I got bitter.]] I just don't want [[Characters/MCUPeterParker Peter Parker you]] to end up like me.]]

--->[[spoiler: '''Webb-Verse Spider-Man''': I lost Gwen. She was my MJ. I couldn't save her. I'm never going to be able to forgive myself for that. But I carried on. Tried to keep going. Tried to keep being the friendly neighborhood Spider-Man, because I know that's what she would have wanted. But at some point, [[TheGlovesComeOff I just, I stopped pulling my punches.]] [[UncontrollableRage I got rageful.]] [[SourOutsideSadInside I got bitter.]] I just don't want you to end up like me.]]

---->'''Gwen:''' Peter!?

[[caption-width-right:350:''[[PleaseDontLeaveMe "I can't do this without you..."]]'']]

* Without question, every other moment listed on this page cannot hold a candle to one of the most heartbreakingly memorable moments of the two [[Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries Marc Webb-helmed Spider-Man films]] (and a very strong contender at that for Creator/MarvelComics-[=based=] films overall). What would that moment be? '''''Gwen Stacy's death'''''.
** To recap: the web Gwen is holding onto snaps at the same moment Peter knocks Harry out, and she begins falling to the ground. Peter dives after her and fires a web which snags Gwen by her midsection before grabbing a pipe to stop himself from falling. Unfortunately, the web only reached her just as she hit the ground. Peter then drops down, and as he's cradling her body, the realization slowly sets in as he goes from asking Gwen if she's okay to [[PleaseDontLeaveMe desperately pleading with Gwen to stay with him]], then [[InelegantBlubbering finally breaking down sobbing upon realizing she's dead]]. Music/HansZimmer's music does not help, and Creator/AndrewGarfield's ''[[SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct absolutely agonizing performance]]'' is like an emotional sucker-punch to the stomach. Of all the flaws with these two films, the one thing everybody consistently praised was Garfield's acting, and this scene showcases it in painful detail (see page image).

* Gwen's valedictorian speech, my ''goodness''. For anyone who didn't know Gwen's fate, it'll become HarsherInHindsight. But for everyone who knew or suspected that her arc would end as it initially does in the comics, it's very much a {{Foreshadowing}} tearjerker. She mentions graduates thinking they're immortal, then says that "what makes life valuable is that it ''doesn't'' last forever, what makes it precious is that it ''ends''." She also says that "time is luck", which becomes harder to hear when her final scene takes place in an old ''clock tower''.

** Someone has a video camera in Times Square and puts Max on the big screens. It doesn't even matter to him that he's transformed and people are terrified, he's just amazed that they're noticing him ''at all'', as a person rather than a bump on the street

** Tearjerking in hindsight, when he tells Spider-Man that he's a nobody, he really believes that because he has no one to comfort him.

** In the alternate death scene, Harry makes a mocking laugh while hearing Peter sobbing, making the latter snap and beat the former to near death. We know Spider-Man doesn't kill, but if that had played out, and Harry did die at Peter's hands, not a single person would blame him.

* Gwen's graduation speech, my ''goodness''. For anyone who didn't know Gwen's fate, it'll become HarsherInHindsight. But for everyone who knew or suspected that her arc would end as it initially does in the comics, it's very much a {{Foreshadowing}} tearjerker. She mentions thinking they're immortal, then says that "what makes life valuable is that it ''doesn't'' last forever, what makes it precious is that it ''ends''." She also says that "time is luck", which becomes harsher in hindsight/ironic when her final scene takes place in an old ''clock tower''.
* Pretty much everything to do with Max Dillon prior to, and for a while after, his transformation. Here's a man who's either ignored or bullied by almost everyone he meets, has his [[ForgottenBirthday birthday forgotten by everyone]], and is pretty clearly pining for any kind of genuine human contact from anyone. Not to mention having all his work on the new electrical stolen and used by [[SmugSnake Smythe]]. It's not hard to imagine that the kind words and actions of Spider-Man are the first he's had in years and to see him place so much importance on them is heartbreaking.

** There's also FridgeHorror and Fridge Heartwarming that ensues when you realize that pretty much everyone Harry has in his life is a hanger-on who are only interested in his money and other things he can provide for them, while Peter was the only one who didn't care that Harry was a LonelyRichKid and was genuinely his friend. Makes their falling-out and Harry's later villainy that much [[TragicVillain more tragic.]]

** Then there's the DeletedScene where she come across Harry wrecking the building. She looks at him and says his name in such a concerned yet frightened way. Then Harry looks at his new face for the first time after having injected the spider venom and is on the verge of tears. Cue him [[SuddenlyShouting yelling at her to go]]. She runs away like hell. While she's crying. He has just spurned the only person in the film remotely on his side.

** When she falls, Peter shoots a web out to her which takes the form of a hand (in a way, his own) trying to reach for her. It's beautiful to see, but still sad given the situation.
** The shots of Gwen just after she suddenly dies are HAUNTING. When you see her just hanging there and then the parts of the clock falling around her, and the high-angle shot of her dead body hanging there by Spider-Man's webbing, it's just incredibly sad to see.
** Something about the fact that Gwen's death being inside a dark clock tower instead of the George Washington Bridge like in the comics seems like an even more sadder setting than instead of the top of the bridge.

*** Remember that the last words Gwen's father said to Peter was to keep Gwen away from the dangers he would face as Spider-Man. Peter was literally ''haunted'' by the image of Captain Stacy throughout this film. And now his daughter's dead because he didn't listen to his words. God knows the amount of guilt that must have added to Peter.
** The fact that, this time, it wasn't Spider-Man's arch-foe Norman Osborn/Green Goblin, a complete maniac, who killed her. This time, it was Peter's best friend and Norman's son Harry Osborn, who went insane, took up the Green Goblin identity, and tried to kill Gwen in revenge for Peter not giving him the sample of his blood that would have killed him. That's the man responsible for Gwen's death, and it just has to be eating Peter alive that he lost two of his best friends in one night.

** On top of that, during Peter's pleas for Gwen's survival, a drop of blood slowly falls from Gwen's nose. It's just an unnoticed sucker punch to completely confirm her death.
** The comic version left a sort of discretion shot in that it wasn't apparent immediately that she'd died, and we only realized when Peter did. Here? No discretion shot at all. We have to stay with Gwen the whole way down, and as an added bonus, we get to hear the sick thud her head makes as it smacks the floor.

-->'''Aunt May:''' The truth is, your parents left you here, on our doorstep. You were this little boy whose whole world was turned upside down with no explanation. We did the best we could, your Uncle Ben and I. I mean, who else was gonna care for you, and protect you and worry about you? Your father? ''No.'' I was the one who wiped your nose, and made you brush your teeth, and do your homework, or washed your dirty underwear. Me! Your ''stupid, non-scientific aunt'', who doesn't know how to make ends meet, who has to take nursing classes with 22-year-old kids so I can pay for you to go to college. And I don't know how to do this without Ben. I don't know how. And... and you're dreaming about your perfect father, who was never here?! No! No, I won't tell you! You're ''my'' boy! As far as I'm concerned, you're my boy! And I won't hurt you!

---->'''Gwen:''' Peter?

* Without question, every other moment listed on this page cannot hold a candle to one of the most heartbreakingly memorable moments of the two [[Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries Marc Webb-helmed Spider-Man films]] (and a very strong contender at that for Creator/MarvelComics-[=based=] films overall). What would that moment be? '''''Gwen's death'''''.

* Without question, every other moment listed on this page cannot not hold a candle to one of the most heartbreakingly memorable moments of the two [[Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries Marc Webb-helmed Spider-Man films]] (and a very strong contender at that for Creator/MarvelComics-[=based=] films overall). What would that moment be? '''''Gwen's death'''''.
** To recap: The web Gwen is holding onto snaps at the same moment Peter knocks Harry out, and she begins falling to the ground. Peter dives after her and fires a web which snags Gwen by her midsection before grabbing a pipe to stop himself from falling. Unfortunately, the web only reached her just as she hit the ground. Peter then drops down, and as he's cradling her body, the realization slowly sets in as he goes from asking Gwen if she's okay to [[PleaseDontLeaveMe desperately pleading with Gwen to stay with him]], then [[InelegantBlubbering finally breaking down sobbing upon realizing she's dead]]. Music/HansZimmer's music does not help, and Creator/AndrewGarfield's ''[[SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct absolutely agonizing performance]]'' is like an emotional sucker-punch to the stomach. Of all the flaws with these two films, the one thing everybody consistently praised was Garfield's acting, and this scene showcases it in painful detail (see page image).

* Aunt May. Halfway through the film she confronts Peter about his search for answers about his parents and, despite putting on a brave face, breaks down, thinking he will get himself hurt or endangered, and he is the last person she has, even [[LikeASonToMe effectively calling him her son]]. Creator/SallyField sells it.
-->'''Aunt May:''' ''[sobbing]'' You're ''my'' boy! ''Mine.''

* Without question, every other moment listed on this page cannot not hold a candle to one of the most heartbreakingly memorable moments of the two [[Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries Marc Webb-helmed Spider-Man films]] (and a very strong contender at that for Creator/MarvelComics-[=based=] films overall). That moment would be
'''''Gwen's death'''''. To recap: The web Gwen is holding onto snaps at the same moment Peter knocks Harry out, and she begins falling to the ground. Peter dives after her and fires a web which snags Gwen by her midsection before grabbing a pipe to stop himself from falling. Unfortunately, the web only reached her just as she hit the ground. Peter then drops down, and as he's cradling her body, the realization slowly sets in as he goes from asking Gwen if she's okay to [[PleaseDontLeaveMe desperately pleading with Gwen to stay with him]], then [[InelegantBlubbering finally breaking down sobbing upon realizing she's dead]]. Music/HansZimmer's music does not help, and Creator/AndrewGarfield's ''[[SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct absolutely agonizing performance]]'' is like an emotional sucker-punch to the stomach. Of all the flaws with these two films, the one thing everybody consistently praised was Garfield's acting, and this scene showcases it in painful detail (see page image).

* '''''Gwen's death''''', without question the most heartbreakingly memorable moment of the two Marc Webb-helmed Spider-Man films (and a very strong contender at that for Creator/MarvelComics-[=based=] films overall). The web Gwen is holding onto snaps at the same moment Peter knocks Harry out, and she begins falling to the ground. Peter dives after her and fires a web which snags Gwen by her midsection before grabbing a pipe to stop himself from falling. Unfortunately, the web only reached her just as she hit the ground. Peter then drops down, and as he's cradling her body, the realization slowly sets in as he goes from asking Gwen if she's okay to [[PleaseDontLeaveMe desperately pleading with Gwen to stay with him]], then [[InelegantBlubbering finally breaking down sobbing upon realizing she's dead]]. Music/HansZimmer's music does not help, and Creator/AndrewGarfield's ''[[SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct absolutely agonizing performance]]'' is like an emotional sucker-punch to the stomach. Of all the flaws with these two films, the one thing everybody consistently praised was Garfield's acting, and this scene showcases it in painful detail (see page image).
** And the worst part of this scene? It's taken straight out of the pages of ''ComicBook/TheNightGwenStacyDied''. The slow-motion really helps the feeling set in.
** In the original comic, Peter keeps his mask on the entire time upon the discovery that Gwen is dead, which is kinda {{narm}}y. Here, he removes his mask, so we're forced to see his reaction.
** Gwen's face as she's falling. You can practically ''see'' her life flashing before her eyes. To top it off, she [[FaceDeathWithDignity closes her eyes when she is near the ground]]; she knows what's coming, and there is nothing Peter can do to save her.
*** The gasp she lets out after the web snaps is especially painful to hear.
*** Her last words:
---->'''Gwen:''' Peter?
** When she falls, Peter shoots a web out to her which takes the form of a hand (in a way, his own) trying to reach for her. It's beautiful to see, but still sad given the situation.
** The shots of Gwen just after she suddenly dies are HAUNTING. When you see her just hanging there and then the parts of the clock falling around her, and the high-angle shot of her dead body hanging there by Spider-Man's webbing, it's just incredibly sad to see.
** Something about the fact that Gwen's death being inside a dark clock tower instead of the George Washington Bridge like in the comics seems like an even more sadder setting than instead of the top of the bridge.
** [[TimeSkip The jump cuts illustrating the passage of time]], as Peter stands at Gwen's grave day after day. You can already tell he's now way beyond the DespairEventHorizon.
** There's also how hard Peter tries to save Gwen, only for it to end in failure. Special mention to him ''lodging his foot to jam the clock parts''; he literally put himself through searing pain, and it's still not enough to save her.
** Take a close look at the Stacy family at Gwen's graduation, then her funeral. Only two of her three brothers are at the funeral, the youngest being the absent child.
*** When you think about it, her family has just lost the father, and now the only daughter in the household.
*** Remember that the last words Gwen's father said to Peter was to keep Gwen away from the dangers he would face as Spider-Man. Peter was literally ''haunted'' by the image of Captain Stacy throughout this film. And now his daughter's dead because he didn't listen to his words. God knows the amount of guilt that must have added to Peter.
** The fact that, this time, it wasn't Spider-Man's arch-foe Norman Osborn/Green Goblin, a complete maniac, who killed her. This time, it was Peter's best friend and Norman's son Harry Osborn, who went insane, took up the Green Goblin identity, and tried to kill Gwen in revenge for Peter not giving him the sample of his blood that would have killed him. That's the man responsible for Gwen's death, and it just has to be eating Peter alive that he lost two of his best friends in one night.
** The fact that there's no [[ImColdSoCold gasping for breath]], coughing, or LastWords from Gwen as Peter holds her. The suddenness and absoluteness of her death makes it all the more tragic as Peter is already pleading with a corpse.
** On top of that, during Peter's pleas for Gwen's survival, a drop of blood slowly falls from Gwen's nose. It's just an unnoticed sucker punch to completely confirm her death.
** The comic version left a sort of discretion shot in that it wasn't apparent immediately that she'd died, and we only realized when Peter did. Here? No discretion shot at all. We have to stay with Gwen the whole way down, and as an added bonus, we get to hear the sick thud her head makes as it smacks the floor.
** Hell, you KNOW a scene is sad when even ''WebAnimation/HowItShouldHaveEnded'' doesn't play it for laughs.
** In the alternate death scene, Harry makes a mocking laugh while hearing Peter sobbing, making the latter snap and beat the former to near death. We know Spider-Man doesn't kill, but if that had played out, and Harry did die at Peter's hands, not a single person would blame him.
* Gwen's graduation speech, my ''goodness''. For anyone who didn't know Gwen's fate, it'll become HarsherInHindsight. But for everyone who knew or suspected that her arc would end as it initially does in the comics, it's very much a {{Foreshadowing}} tearjerker. She mentions thinking they're immortal, then says that "what makes life valuable is that it ''doesn't'' last forever, what makes it precious is that it ''ends''." She also says that "time is luck", which becomes harsher in hindsight/ironic when her death takes place in an old ''clock tower''.

** Someone has a video camera in Times Square and puts Max on the big screens. It doesn't even matter to him that he's transformed and people are terrified, he's just amazed that they're noticing him ''at all.''

*** The worst of it was, Spider-Man was getting through to him. Dillon was at heart a good person, he never wanted anything but to be treated right by others. He wasn't interested in hurting people, and Spidey had almost talked him down when he steps onto the power lines, flaring up with electricity, and the sniper, who was instructed to take a shot if he "makes a move," interprets it as a threat and fires. That ended up truly being the straw that broke the camel's back, and Dillon had finally had enough of the mistreatment. If ever there was an example of TragicVillain, it's right here.
*** Even more heartwrenching is the absolutely raw feeling of betrayal that overwhelms Dillon afterwards, leading to him believing Spider-Man to be a BrokenPedestal and driving him over the deep end.

* The way Peter and Harry's friendship quickly falls apart, going from them happily reconnecting and joking as Peter tries to help Harry following Norman's death, to Harry killing the love of Peter's life.
** These lines:
--->'''Spider-Man:''' I don't want your money!\\
'''Harry:''' EVERYBODY WANTS MY MONEY!
** FridgeHorror and Fridge Heartwarming ensues when you realize that pretty much everyone Harry has in his life is a hanger-on who are only interested in his money and other things he can provide for them, while Peter was the only one who didn't care that Harry was a LonelyRichKid and was genuinely his friend. Makes their falling-out and Harry's later villainy that much [[TragicVillain more tragic.]]
** This may be comparatively minor, but Harry's interaction with Felicia is kind of heart-wrenching. She seems genuinely grateful for the opportunity he gave her and really distraught when Menken frames him for the Dillon incident. And then there is the tip about Special Projects and calling him "Harry" rather than "Mr. Osborn" when she does so. Felicia (at the least on a professional level, and possibly at the point of infatuation) CARES about Harry, but he's too caught up in desperation and obsession to acknowledge, or maybe even sense it.
*** Then there's the DeletedScene where she come across Goblin!Harry wrecking the building. She looks at him and says his name in such a concerned yet frightened way. Then Harry looks at his new face for the first time and looks about to cry. Then just [[SuddenlyShouting yells at her to go]]. She runs away like hell. While she's crying. What makes it really sad is that he just spurned the only person in the film that remotely on his side.

* Harry ''begging'' Spider-Man for [[ThePowerOfBlood his blood]]. It's clear he's terrified of dying like his father and just wants to live. When Spider-Man leaves at the end of this scene, Harry just curls up on the couch and ''cries''. It is genuinely heartbreaking; this isn't a crazy supervillian, this is a kid who is scared out of his mind and really, really doesn't want to die.
* The fates of Peter's parents.
** There's also the recorded video log from Peter's father Richard explaining why he has to leave and that, as much as he loves his son, he must leave him behind for his own good. It's also quite sad that Aunt May and, for a time, Peter, didn't know what he was trying to do. When Peter watches this video, he has tears in his eyes.
** It's strongly implied that Richard could have used the parachute to get out of the falling plane, but [[TogetherInDeath decided not to after realizing that his wife was already dead]].
* In a weird way, Electro being to forced to fight his own hero counts. Sure, he turned into a power-hungry egomaniac, but all he ever wanted was to be noticed or be someone that people looked to for help.
** Which ties into when he stumbles into Times Square and a news camera catches him. You can hear him mumble to himself "They see me" in an awestruck way. He's not even shocked by how different he looks; he's shocked that people actually see him as a person rather than a bump on the street.
** Until the camera focuses on Spider-Man.

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** There's also the recorded video log from Peter's father Richard explaining why he has to leave and that, as much as he loves his son, he must leave him behind for his own good. It's also quite sad that Aunt May and, for a time, Peter, didn't know what he was trying to do.

* '''''Gwen's death''''', without question the most heartbreakingly memorable moment of the two Marc Webb-helmed Spider-Man films (and a very strong contender at that for Creator/MarvelComics-[=based=] films overall). The web Gwen is holding onto snaps at the same moment Peter knocks Harry out, and she begins falling to the ground. Peter dives after her and fires a web which snags Gwen by her midsection before grabbing a pipe to stop himself from falling. Unfortunately, the web only reached her just as she hit the ground. Peter then drops down, and as he's cradling her body, the realization slowly sets in as he goes from asking Gwen if she's okay to [[PleaseDontLeaveMe desperately pleading with Gwen to stay with him]], then [[InelegantBlubbering finally breaking down sobbing upon realizing she's dead]]. Music/HansZimmer's music does not help, and Creator/AndrewGarfield's ''[[SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct absolutely agonizing performance]]'' is like an emotional sucker-punch to the stomach. Of all the flaws with these two films, the one thing everybody consistently praised was Garfield's acting, and this scene showcases it in painful detail.

** In the original comic, Peter keeps his mask on the entire time upon the discovery that Gwen is dead, which is kinda {{narm}}y. Here, he removes his mask, so we're forced to see Peter's reaction.

[[caption-width-right:350:''"[[ILetGwenStacyDie Gwen!]] [[PleaseDontLeaveMe Don't leave me!]] '''[[PleaseDontLeaveMe Please!]]'''"'']]

--->'''Max''': You’re so selfish...\\

'''Max''': You set me up...!\\

* '''''Gwen's death''''', without question the most heartbreakingly memorable moment of the two Marc Webb-helmed Spider-Man films (and a very strong contender at that for Creator/MarvelComics-[=based=] films overall). The web Gwen is holding onto snaps at the same moment Peter knocks Harry out, and she begins falling to the ground. Peter dives after her and fires a web which snags Gwen by her midsection before grabbing a pipe to stop himself from falling. Unfortunately, the web only reached her just as she hit the ground. When it pulls her off the ground a half second later, she's already done. Peter then drops down, and as he's cradling her body, the realization slowly sets in as he goes from asking Gwen if she's okay to [[PleaseDontLeaveMe desperately pleading with Gwen to stay with him]], then [[InelegantBlubbering finally breaking down sobbing upon realizing she's dead]]. Music/HansZimmer's music does not help, and Creator/AndrewGarfield's ''[[SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct absolutely agonizing performance]]'' is like an emotional sucker-punch to the stomach. Of all the flaws with these two films, the one thing everybody consistently praised was Garfield's acting, and this scene showcases it in painful detail.

-->'''Harry:''' Please, Max! ''I know what it's like to be thrown away! I NEED YOU!''

** The fact that there's no [[ImColdSoCold gasping for breath]], coughing, or LastWords from Gwen as Peter holds her. The suddenness and absoluteness of her death makes it all the more tragic as Peter is basically already pleading with a corpse.

** Some people who have already watched the movie believe something else had ultimately killed her in the end: either the whiplash effect, the sudden stop, the shock of the fall, or her head hitting the ground. Much like the comics, the filmmakers have seemed to have raised the questions regarding Gwen's death again, where you don't know what exactly killed her but that ultimately there was nothing Spider-Man could've done to save her.

* '''''Gwen's death''''', without question the most heartbreakingly memorable moment of the two Marc Webb-helmed Spider-Man films (and a very strong contender at that for Creator/MarvelComics-[=based=] films overall). The web Gwen is holding onto snaps at the same moment Peter knocks Harry out, and she begins falling to the ground. Peter dives after her and fires a web which snags Gwen by her midsection before grabbing a pipe to stop himself from falling. Unfortunately, the web only reached her just as she hit the ground. Peter then drops down, and as he's cradling her body, the realization slowly sets in as he goes from asking Gwen if she's okay to [[PleaseDontLeaveMe desperately pleading with Gwen to stay with him]], then [[InelegantBlubbering finally breaking down sobbing upon realizing she's dead]]. Music/HansZimmer's music does not help, and Creator/AndrewGarfield's ''[[SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct absolutely agonizing performance]]'' is like an emotional sucker-punch to the stomach. Of all the flaws with these two films, the one thing everybody consistently praised was Garfield's acting, and this scene showcases it in painful detail.

* '''''Gwen's death''''', without question the most heartbreakingly memorable moment of the two Marc Webb-helmed Spider-Man films (and a very strong contender at that for Creator/MarvelComics-[=based=] films overall). The web Gwen is holding onto snaps at the same moment Peter knocks Harry out, and she begins falling to the ground. Peter dives after her and fires a web which snags Gwen by her midsection before grabbing a pipe to stop himself from falling. Unfortunately, Gwen was too close to the ground when the web grabbed her, and the momentum snaps her neck back so hard that her head ''slams into the ground''. Peter then drops down, and as he's cradling her body, the realization slowly sets in as he goes from asking Gwen if she's okay to [[PleaseDontLeaveMe desperately pleading with Gwen to stay with him]], then [[InelegantBlubbering finally breaking down sobbing upon realizing she's dead]]. Music/HansZimmer's music does not help, and Creator/AndrewGarfield's ''[[SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct absolutely agonizing performance]]'' is like an emotional sucker-punch to the stomach. Of all the flaws with these two films, the one thing everybody consistently praised was Garfield's acting, and this scene showcases it in painful detail.

* '''''Gwen's death''''', without question the most heartbreakingly memorable moment of the two Marc Webb-helmed Spider-Man films (and a very strong contender at that for Creator/MarvelComics-[=based=] films overall). The web Gwen is holding onto snaps at the same moment Peter knocks Harry out, and she begins falling to the ground. Peter dives after her and fires a web which snags Gwen by her midsection before grabbing a pipe to stop himself from falling. Unfortunately, Gwen was too close to the ground when the web grabs her, and the momentum snaps her neck. Peter then drops down to the ground, and as he's cradling her body, the realization slowly sets in as he goes from asking Gwen if she's okay to [[PleaseDontLeaveMe desperately pleading with Gwen to stay with him]], then [[InelegantBlubbering finally breaking down sobbing upon realizing she's dead]]. Music/HansZimmer's music does not help, and Creator/AndrewGarfield's ''[[SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct absolutely agonizing performance]]'' is like an emotional sucker-punch to the stomach. Of all the flaws with these two films, the one thing everybody consistently praised was Garfield's acting, and this scene showcases it in painful detail.

*** It's not her neck that snaps. She ''hits the ground'' and breaks her neck on impact.
** In the original comic, Peter keeps his mask on the entire time upon the discovery that Gwen is dead. Which is kinda {{narm}}y. Here he removes his mask, so we're forced to see Peter's reaction.
** Gwen's face as she's falling. You can practically ''see'' her life flashing before her eyes. And she [[FaceDeathWithDignity closes her eyes when she is near the ground]]; she knows what's coming, and there is nothing Peter can do to save her.
*** The gasp she lets out after the web snaps is more painful to hear.

** The shots of Gwen just after she suddenly dies are HAUNTING. When you see her just hanging there and then the parts of the clock falling around her, and the high angle shot of her dead body hanging there by Spider-Man's webbing, it's just incredibly sad to see.

** Some people who have already watched the movie believe something else had ultimately killed her in the end: Either the whiplash effect, the sudden stop, the shock of the fall, or her head hitting the ground. Much like the comics, the filmmakers have seemed to have raised the questions regarding Gwen's death again, where you don't know what exactly killed her but that ultimately there was nothing Spider-Man could've done to save her.

--->'''Max''': You set me up...!\\