10 Things The Amazing Spider-Man Does Better Than The Original Trilogy

7. Oscorp

Oscorp is, according to Forbes, the twenty-third largest fictional company, placing just above Nakatomi Trading Corp. and a billion or so below Gringotts (if you're curious, the top spot goes to CHOAM from Dune). That's pretty massive and it's really only to be expected they'd have a pretty big impact on their world. In the comics it's less the company and more its CEO that draws the focus; Norman Osborn may have been originally a Spider-Man baddie, but over time he's become a supervillain that impacts the whole Marvel universe. Of course, in the movies that whole rights issue means that can't happen, putting more stock on the Spidey-only world. In Raimi's movies Oscorp was a kinda go-to company that explained away how crackpot scientists got a ridiculous amount of money, but in the Amazing series it's explored to a greater extent, with the company's antics forming a strong background to the plots. Some may not like it, but it's nice to see villains aren't just popping up in enticing coincidences as is the genre cliché. The film doesn't deal with it in the best way, letting contrivance after contrivance pile up as it keeps showing a lack of interest in exploring the company's motivations. But that's not an issue unique to the reboot; villain origins that require leaps of logic and a murky explanation of how the company works were prominent in Raimi's films too.
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Film Editor (2014-2016). Loves The Usual Suspects. Hates Transformers 2. Everything else lies somewhere in the middle. Once met the Chuckle Brothers.