10 Lessons Sony Must Learn Before The Amazing Spider-Man 3

5. Spider-Man Needs Developing, Too

Despite the fact that he's played brilliantly by Andrew Garfield, doesn't the actor's version of Spider-Man feel a little... underdeveloped? At least, compared with the likes of Tobey Maguire's incarnation, there's something missing, isn't there? Like we don't quite "get" our favourite web-slinger, or we're not entirely sure what he thinks or feels. This presumably comes down to the fact that his motives aren't really all that clear - he's Spider-Man, sure, but why is he Spider-Man? We're not just talking about the fact that Uncle Ben died and thus Spider-Man was born out of the guilt associated with that - we're talking about Peter Parker himself. Who is he? Why is he the way he is? Why does he get out of bed every morning to fight crime? As it stands, the whole thing feels a little vague. In other superhero movies, like Batman Begins or Iron Man, character motives feel established and strong: we don't question them. In this franchise, not so much.