I think all the villains got a fair amount of screen time. However, if one had to go, I'd say venom because he had the latter and least amount of input. They could have extended Harry or sandman's character to fill out.
I agree! I hate when my post gets left on the last page. So here it is again:
Alight, first off I have to say I did not HATE this film (down with the haters!), but I didn't love it that way I did the first two either.
I was going to create a theard called "How this movie could have been better" until I saw this one. IMO the movie would have been better without Venom!
I felt that there were too many villains. I remember reading a rumor about the first script. It said that Sandman was the main villain and Harry was a side villain. There was no Venom. Sam Raimi was pretty much brow beaten into putting the character in Spidey 3. This seems to make sense with everthing else we've heard about him not like the charcter.
Now don't get me wrong, I love Venom! But I think Peter should have stayed in the black suit for the whole movie. There was not enough time to esablish that suit. It turned him evil way too quick, I think it took a year or two in the comics.
So this is how I would fix movie:
1. Peter gets the symbiote just like he did in the film, but he keeps it thought the hole movie.
2. No Venom this time around. Save it for Spidey 4.
3. Maybe we could have seen just a taste of the evil side of the suit.
I think this would have fixed just about every problem with the film:
1. It would not have felt over crowded or rushed.
2. We could have had more time to explain Sandman's powers.
3. More screen for Sandman and the New Goblin.
4. No long drawn out song and dance number with Peter (god that sucked).
5. Most importantly the end would have been different. Harry is bad until the end! He still dies, but Sandman saves Peter from Harry and fixes the mistake he made so many years ago. Peter forgive Sandman. End.
I don't blame Raimi. I think the same people are to blame as always.
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