10 More Movies That Killed Completely The Wrong Character

The Death: Harry Osborn’s contribution to Sam Raimi’s old-school Spider-Man trilogy ends when he sacrifices himself for the web slinger. The New Goblin puts himself between Peter Parker and Venom, taking a spear through the midriff from his own glider as a result.

Who Should Have Died Instead: Spider-Man

By the time the end credits roll, Spider-Man is done. He really is. The third film provides a bittersweet conclusion to a bittersweet trilogy and audiences leave the cinema screen already knowing that Parker will spend the next film battling the same old problems: making time for Mary Jane, juggling his job as Spider-Man and his one with the Daily Bugle and spending the majority of his time on screen acting the dork.

In killing off Harry, Sony got rid of the one character who could have returned for a fourth film with a plot to build around. Venom is too rushed to be memorable and the decision to make Sandman Uncle Ben’s killer was just WRONG while Harry, as the Goblin, could have returned as an antagonist even if he does decide to help Peter take down the two aforementioned bad guys in order to save Mary Jane.

James Franco’s character does not get the fitting finale he deserved. Prior to the film, many were expecting him to make a real fist of being the Green Goblin, following in the footsteps of his father. However, script writers instead decided to make Franco spend the majority of the film suffering from amnesia and when his memory returns, the film takes a notable turn for the better with Harry and Peter’s scenes together one of the few highlights from the entire movie.

Spider-Man has no real purpose after this. He has no best friend, there’s no super bad guys to fight and his relationship with Mary Jane was, finally, back on track. Giving him a huge death would have been one of the biggest moments in cinema history but instead they bottled it.