10 Big Mistakes That Forced Sony To Give Up On The Amazing Spider-Man

9. Not Figuring Out The Tone

They also didn't leave enough time to figure out what exactly went wrong with the Sam Raimi movies, and decide what mistakes they didn't wish to repeat. Part of what made those early Spidey movies - especially the third one - such a mess was the wildly varying tones. For all the dramatic pathos ripped straight from the comics, the Evil Dead director couldn't resist putting some idiotic Three Stooges-cribbed slapstick in there as well. Which meant that moments of genuine shock or upset were undercut by, well, that dancing scene. It seemed like The Amazing Spider-Man was going to go with a more serious tone; not quite stony-faced Dark Knight, but still a little more grounded than James Franco being super stoked to eat a pie. Instead, The Amazing Spider-Man wound up having its own tonal issues. Especially in the second film, which includes both the super serious death of Gwen Stacy and a scientist with a German accent that's only ever spoken by American actors playing mad scientists. It's like Victor Frankenstein walked on set.