The Spectacular Spider-Man: 10 Reasons It's Already Doomed

2. Drew Goddard Is Unproven (And Probably Not The Best Man For The Job)

Drew Goddard has been behind some of the most exciting elements of recent geek culture; he wrote some of the best episodes from the middle of Lost's run (Desmond's time travel, Locke's injury and Ben's mission off the Island were all penned by him), had a prominent role in bringing Cloverfield to life and, with buddy Joss Whedon, created the horror send-up The Cabin In The Woods. He gets genre filmmaking, which made him a pretty fan pleasing choice to direct the tricky Sinister Six spin-off. Now it looks like he's been promoted to the main job, with it strongly believed he'll be helming Sony's stand-alone Spidey flick. Elements of his past make him a fitting choice, but with him never having worked on a movie quite this big, it's hard to think he'll swing, let alone fly. Talent has been lost on Spider-Man before, after all; Marc Webb's ability to write adorkable dialogue shone through The Amazing Spider-Man, but, aside from some kinda cool web-swinging, his handling of the action was exactly what you'd expect from the guy whose only previous movie was (500) Days Of Summer. Goddard has a bit more experience with special effects, sure, but was the bloodbath at the end of Cabin actually a good sequence, or just a solid idea to begin with? Of course, the real reason Goddard's on the project is because he started out on The Sinister Six - some of that can be worked into this. Because a villain team-up has so much in common with a high school family film...