BobJM
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It makes sense to me that the Raimi films did the best; there's more of a nostalgia factor there. And, of course, it doesn't hurt that those films hold up.
Spider-Man 3, for all its faults, never betrays any of the characters' or their journeys. Peter's emo phase with the symbiote was an odd choice but the main point of the symbiote saga was still retained--Peter was increasingly fueled by rage & was pushing the people closest to him away.
Avi Arad, again, for all his faults, was not wrong for pushing Venom either. That was the next logical villain choice, and the symbiote mirrors the storyline for SM3 quite nicely.
If anything, I think it was the Stacy's that could have been removed... Instead of Gwen Stacy, give Elizabeth Banks a bit more to do as Betty Brant. And if you remove George Stacy (and the Flint Marko reveal as Uncle Ben's killer), you can dedicate screentime to other characters/stories... the symbiote could make Peter conflate Flint Marko w/ The Burglar in his mind, causing him to 'murder' him during the subway fight.
Spider-Man 3, for all its faults, never betrays any of the characters' or their journeys. Peter's emo phase with the symbiote was an odd choice but the main point of the symbiote saga was still retained--Peter was increasingly fueled by rage & was pushing the people closest to him away.
Avi Arad, again, for all his faults, was not wrong for pushing Venom either. That was the next logical villain choice, and the symbiote mirrors the storyline for SM3 quite nicely.
If anything, I think it was the Stacy's that could have been removed... Instead of Gwen Stacy, give Elizabeth Banks a bit more to do as Betty Brant. And if you remove George Stacy (and the Flint Marko reveal as Uncle Ben's killer), you can dedicate screentime to other characters/stories... the symbiote could make Peter conflate Flint Marko w/ The Burglar in his mind, causing him to 'murder' him during the subway fight.