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I think the villain being a guy who hates Tony Stark works great in the first film, because that's a movie where nobody has a reason to hate Peter until he decides to stand up and be a hero, and the way that that conflict becomes personal is immensely interesting and satisfying to me (again: the car scene is my favorite scene in the entire MCU!) but I do think it falls flat in FFH where it feels too weirdly impersonal and silly at that point. The theme in FFH FEELS like "Peter Parker just can't separate himself from Tony Stark's legacy, no matter where he goes or what he does", except the film barely acknowledges this.

I feel similarly about Stark's involvement in the two movies. I think using him, an established character, in the first film is really creative and works well, but the second movie feels like it's having a harder time letting go of Tony than Peter does!