Quote Originally Posted by IllusionOfLife View Post

But then, in the *very last scene of the movie* he shows that he hasn't learned anything. That he's not going to be responsible and put the safety of others over his own personal wants...... he hasn't learned that critical lesson. Like I said, the character has no arc. He learns nothing in the over-inflated run time of the film.


Just because Marvel execs are putting their name on the project doesn't automatically give it a free pass (otherwise we'd have to hand out free passes to the likes of Hulk, Daredevil, Elektra, Fantastic Four, X-Men: Origins Wolverine, etc.).
The again, he's 17. Having teenagers apply life lessons is a difficult and risky proposition. I got one sleeping down the hall. Maybe you are expecting a bit too much out of him. Ben, May, and others all saw the potential of what was in his heart, having to wisdom and maturity to apply it out of someone so young is another story and probably another movie.

As for Marvel executives signing off on a Sony's movie. I don't know how it works but I'm not sure they are there to handle another studio's quality control. I think they are there to make sure that legally licensed characters are not hijacked by another studios whims and taken beyond the scope in which the characters were originally created by Marvel.