The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Villains: 6 Things That Look Great (And 3 That Suck)

2. Their Combined Threat

Normally in any given comic book movie, the threat provided by the villain is not enough to genuinely make the audience think that the hero is in any grave danger. Villains have a tendency to be, at best, physically equal to the heroes and, in most cases, weaker. Look at General Zod - he essentially has the same physical statistics as Superman. Look at Abomination - he essentially has the same physical statistics as Hulk. Look at Red Skull - he essentially has the same physical statistics as Captain America. And then, for more extreme examples, look at the Chitauri - none of them were ever any kind of physical threat to the likes of Hulk or Thor (both of whom took masses of them out with ease). Sure, villains are about more than just physical power (the Joker and Lex Luthor, for example, aren't physical matches for Batman and Superman respectively, but their intellects and scheming make up for what they lack in brawn), but it's good to see that Spider-Man is actually physically outmatched for a change here. It will really have the audience on the edge of their collective seat.