Spider-Man: Homecoming - 10 Spidey Movie Mistakes It Must Avoid
7. A Sympathetic Villain
The only thing worse than too many villains is a soppy villain.
Now, we aren't gunning for an R-rating here, but enough of the cheesy villain with the James Bond one liners. Homecoming may be the younger years of Peter Parker, but we demand a villain who isn't. Harking back to Willem Dafoe in Raimi's Spider-Man, there were parts of his performance that were genuinely disturbing.
Even Alfred Molina's appearance as Doc Ock had menace to him, but then the franchise just descended into madness. By the time we got to Jamie Foxx as the stuttering Max Dillon in Amazing Spider-Man 2, the villain was nearly laughable.
I don't know about you, but I am pretty sick of rooting for the bad guy with a sympathetic backstory. It worked for Victor Fries in the Batman comics, but look how that transitioned to our screens! And as for Spidey, admittedly Otto Octavius deserved our sympathy, but that was about it.
By the time we had poured our hearts out for Sandman, ANOTHER pair of Osbornes, and Electro, I really just want someone to hate. At least Michael Keaton has experience of winged creatures and his unhinged portrayal in Birdman, so I am sure the brooding 65-year-old can fly some menace into the film.