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Age wise it is not a problem. I think the issue people will have is that she has aged better than any human being has ever aged so she looks no where near her age.

That may well be, but she's still only just hit her 50s. Heck, I wasn't really on board with Sally Field's casting even though she was 65 when she first played the part.

Still, I'm past caring about Spider-Man reboots at this point.

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While Aunt May has always been older in the comics, this need not be the case in the movies. A teenager being raised by an elderly aunt is less likely these days; it's much more believable for Aunt May to be 50 (or younger, frankly) than an old worrywart with a plate full of wheatcakes.

When I has 15, my mom's sister was 33. My dad's sisters, for the most part, were between 30 and 40. (I think only one would have been 50, and another would have been in her late 20s.)

Fact of the matter is, this is the world we live in, and the media needs to represent that if they're going to remain relevant.

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Even with realism aside, Aunt May is kind of a useless and boring character if she's so old she can't tie her shoes without Peter. Making her younger and/or more able is different from the norm, but it's interesting. And it's not too different from what Ultimate Spider-Man did.

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