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

4. A Lack Of Confidence

All these previous issues point to a distinct lack of confidence on Sony's part. Which is a weird thing to say about a huge, multi-billion dollar studio that's part of an even bigger multi-squillion dollar electronics empire, but it's evident. There's absolutely no sureness of hand in the making of The Amazing Spider-Man films, and all the doubting and second-guessing is right up there on the screen. It's there in the obvious cuts, reshoots and re-writes. It's there in the wildly varying tones, sometimes even getting close to that Christopher Nolan levels of serious business, whilst at others heading further into pantomime than Sam Raimi ever dared. It's even there in all the behind-the-scenes meddling. Each movie had multiple screenwriters working on multiple drafts - which is fairly normal in the blockbuster, but none of those drafts seemed to gel, nor match with what Marc Webb or any of the actors were doing. If Sony had just believed in somebody to lead the project, they might've got something more coherent, a singular vision. Too many cooks spoilt the broth.