9 Iconic Comic Book Storylines That Sucked In Movies
8. Gwen Stacy's Death - The Amazing Spider-Man 2
It felt like a given that Gwen Stacy wouldn’t be sticking around long in the rebooted Amazing Spider-Man universe, and while the second movie tried to play coy in the advertising, it was already a foregone conclusion she was going to die when we all say down for a sequel even more disappointing than the original.
In a mess of subplots and villains the relationship between Gwen and Peter was one of the few bright spots in the movie, but because of poor framing her eventual fate still lacks the impact of the comic. Her death was meant to put Spider-Man in an unwinnable situation, and reinforce the toll being a hero takes on Peter. In the comic, The Green Goblin does this by dropping her from a bridge and Spidey, by trying to web her, accidentally causes her death.
In the movie this moment comes after the audience is already tired from the Electro fight, and have forgotten all about the Green Goblin stuff. There’s a boring fight in a clock tower between them, and eventually, Gwen meets her fate. It’s rushed and meaningless, and the CGI web hand is unintentionally hilarious.