It's amazing to me that after 5 films they have yet to nail the duality of Peter and Spider-Man. It really doesn't seem that complicated to me yet for some reason they've managed to screw it up consistently.
In Raimi's, Peter was mostly a caricature and portrayed the nerd cliches. He often talked about how smart he was/is by referencing things he had read, "curves of quickest decent" or "some spiders can actually changes their color." That was great
We learned he had the cognitive ability to read something, retain that knowledge and then regurgitate it. But, they never showed Peter using his smarts in a practical application. We never saw him using his intelligence to actually solve a problem. However, Peter was very likeable and Raimi very much captured the essence of 'Parker Luck' and the day to day difficulties of 'being' Peter Parker. In that sense, he was very relatable. Spider-Man on the other hand was too stiff. It felt like I was watching Peter wearing a suit. Not the duality. He had some quips but they were not memorable and were awkward.
Webb's didn't fair any better. His Parker was too cool. I found it difficult to believe that he was being picked on because of his 'nerd' status. His intelligence was portrayed well because we actually saw him attempting to use his smarts to solve problems. Successful or not, the application was there. Unfortunately it was highly irregular. He creates these tech savvy webshooters but then forgets some of the most basic science. I'm sure Raimi's Peter read all that stuff and remembered it. Should have given him a call. Peter here was too focused on his parents and often came off as unlikeable because they seemingly forgot not only about the 'parker luck'--the daily struggles of being Peter Parker, but the entire WGPcGR mantra was wishy washy. In short, he was selfish. By constrast, Webb's Spider-Man was great. He was the opposite of stiff. Very kinetic. Not all of his quips were anything special and many were just 'ok' the personality of Spider-Man was in full force. Mostly, in ASM2. I felt as though I was actually watching the character and not just Peter in a suit. Far improved over what Raimi did however not completely justified. There is much room for improvement. Much.
When you write it out, it just amazes me that they could have missed the mark so many times. Peter isn't that difficult of a character to understand nor should it be to translate to the big screen. It's often funny when I see other characters in other shows/films, i.e. Grant Gustin in Flash or Hiro in Big Hero 6, that do a better job of being 'parker-like' than the Peter in the Spidey films. Someone needs to do their homework and go read the first 50 issues or so of Amazing Spider-Man. Once they've read it. Go back and read it again. I really want to see the real Peter Parker and the real Spider-Man in the upcoming movies. He's such a great character, the duality, I just want to see him properly represented. That's my wish.