Hi Faith,
I don't completely disagree with you on this one. It is true that there were less CBMs when SM2 came out. I, personally, have always preferred the first one. Despite the loss of Ben and all that, there was a lot of joy in that film and I felt that same joy more in Homecoming (haven't smiled so much during a film since Avengers).
However, I've always recognised how great SM2 is. I can compare it to Star Wars. Sometimes I want to watch the masterpiece and other times I'd prefer to watch the first one, knowing that it's not quite as good (SM end swing is much better than the one in SM2) but not caring because it's a little more fun.
In short, I think it deserves it even though I've never held it as high as some.
IMO lol
Thanks for reading.