Ruined #2: Spider-Man
Is it Spiderman or Spider-Man? It could be both or it could be neither. Perhaps we've been wrong all these years, and it's actually Spi-Der M'an? Not that it matters, mind you. The Spider-Man movie franchise has been on a steady decline since its inception. While 2002's Spider-Man was an excellent popcorn film, it didn't take long for the stretch marks to appear in the 2004 sequel, Spider-Man 2. Though it felt capable, it never felt as fresh as the original. But sequels rarely do and with 2007's Spider-Man 3, the law of diminishing returns was in full effect. Still notorious on internet web-forums (ha!) the film is regarded as the black sheep by nerds who refuse to watch anything that does not bear the Marvel or DC logo. Only 5 short years later would Marvel attempt a reboot with The Amazing Spider-Man, a film Willem Dafoe has personally called "a cynical approach to making money." Hardly bearing the charm and warmth of the Sam Raimi original, Marc Webb committed the far worse sin of making a boring Spider-Man movie. Say what you will about "Emo Peter Parker," Spider-Man 3 at least carried itself through its middling plot with some energy which is more than I can say about the lethargic Andrew Garfield.