10 Comic Book Movies That COMPLETELY Wasted Their Potential

10. Spider-Man 3

The year is 2007. Following the latest release in Sam Raimi's acclaimed Spider-Man series, anticipation for Spider-Man 3 is high. With all of this momentum and Venom making his live-action debut, it's looking like S3 will be the best installment yet.

Unfortunately, thanks to behind-the-scenes meddling, it was not. Thoroughly overstuffed and full of questionable creative choices (including the retconning of Uncle Ben's death), the film just didn't work nearly as well as its predecessors.

The story of Peter Parker's giving in to his dark side had too much camp to be taken entirely seriously enough to work. Three separate villains, each capable of holding their own movie down (yes, even Sandman) are split up between the three acts and aren't able to thrive.

It's at #10 on this list because there are several great scenes spread throughout the runtime (the birth of Sandman scene is among the series' best overall moments). Sadly, with Sony involving themselves more and forcing creative choices like Venom's inclusion, Spider-Man 3 just doesn't work on that same iconic level as the first or second SM films.