10 Least Accurate Movie Portrayals Of Comic Book Characters Ever

10. The Green Goblin

Arguably the Wall-crawler's arch nemesis, The Amazing Spider-Man 2 skipped the more recognisable Green Goblin, Norman Osborn, for his son, Harry. Whilst Harry has taken on the mantle before in the comics, his father is more closely associated with the villain.

The movie also acts like Harry and Peter have always been best friends, though this falls flat, since the film's mantra of 'tell, don't show' does no favours for creating a believable friendship. Harry appears out of no where, with him either reminiscing with Peter about all the fun adventures they had offscreen, or being a whiny, stuck up brat, with the latter being particularly inaccurate when compared to comic book Harry.

Still, the film does a decent job of conveying the death of Gwen Stacy storyline in a believable, heart wrenching way, which is relatively accurate to the story seen in the comics in 1973. Much like the original story, The Green Goblin, after learning of Spider-Man's secret identity, kidnaps Gwen and forces Spidey to inadvertently kill her by snapping her neck with his web after the villain threw Stacy from a clock tower. With only some slight deviations from the original story, like Harry being Gobby rather than Norman, and a tower replacing the Brooklyn Bridge or George Washington Bridge, this somewhat makes up for the substandard characterisation of Peter's 'best friend' earlier on.