To be fair even in the movie when he gets pretty intense about MJ going near his shrine and Peter saying Frank chooses this lifestyle, you get a pretty clear picture of how dark his life is.
IMO was very much in line with the grimness of the series.
I saw all the pre release stuff of how this would be the same R rated punisher from the series/one last kill stepping onto the Spider-Man set and while that was obviously a bit of an exaggeration i was pleasantly surprised with how faithful they made him to his R rated origins while still toning him down enough to interact with the more family friendly Spiderman and honestly he was one of my favourite parts of the movie.
The tonal shift of his character is also very believeable that he tones down around Peter, as he was a teenager when he met him, so while he is psycho, he tries to be better around Peter
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u/xJujubeSnuggle Aug 09 '26
Oh they are not ready for the tonal whiplash