10 Ways To Ensure The Amazing Spider-Man 3 Is An Absolute Triumph

3. Pick A Villain (Just One Or Two, Please)

There was some anxiety from fans from the get-go that The Amazing Spider-Man 2 would be too overcrowded with villains. Director Marc Webb assured those critics that Electro was the film€™s main €œA€ villain, but based on the final cut, that point is debatable. Rhino as a short bookend to the film was used perfectly, but Webb probably should have picked between Electro or Green Goblin rather than dilute the impact of both characters by giving each of the villains significant screen time. This is most evident during the film€™s final sequence, when Spider-Man and Gwen Stacy work together to overcome Electro in a very dramatic battle, only to have the Green Goblin show up and shockingly kill Gwen in a scene that almost feels tacked on in the way that it just happens so suddenly and without a proper build. Sam Raimi got it right in his first two Spider-Man films by featuring one big bad in each. Raimi€™s Green Goblin and Doctor Octopus were both more credible villains because they were made to be the viewer€™s primary focus. There were high stakes and suspense in those villain battles because there wasn€™t another bad guy ready to tag in once the first guy was defeated.