You all know me as the guy who loves Spider-Man and hates the Marvel Cinematic Universe! Evidence being that of my articles What THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN Cinematic Universe Would've Looked Liked! (http://www.comicbookmovie.com/spider-man_movies/the_amazing_spider-man/what-the-amazing-spider-man-cinematic-a126064) and My Vision for Spider-Man's Future in Film! (http://www.comicbookmovie.com/spider-man/my-vision-for-spider-mans-future-in-film-a127019).
SPIDER-MAN 3 and THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 were getting a lot of hate since their release because of having three villains each. In the former, the villains are The Sandman, The New Goblin, and Venom. In the latter, the villains are Electro, The Green Goblin, and Rhino. I loved these baddies because of how one can feel sympathetic towards them with the exception of The Rhino becuase Paul Giamatti's hilarious portrayal of him is just evil for the sake of being evil like Heath Ledger's Joker of THE DARK KNIGHT. Because each movie have three villains each, it was the end of their respective franchises despite how much money those two movies made at the box-office. How is that fair? I get it! Fanboys and moviegoers imagine what Sony was thinking such as more villains means "more flashy action" and "more butts in seats". To them, Sony was wrong and now Spidey is being rebooted for the sake of the MCU. Yay for them, but a big "[frick] you" for me!
Now, here's one thing I've had on my mind for the last couple of months as I struggled with the atrocity that is Marvel Studios cancelling further ASM films and adding the webslinger to their universe .... How come SPIDER-MAN 3 and THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 get flack for having more than one villain when Batman's DARK KNIGHT trilogy has more than one in each movie?
BATMAN BEGINS had Ra's al Ghul, THE DARK KNIGHT had The Joker and Two-Face, THE DARK KNIGHT RISES had Bane and Talia al Ghul, and the whole trilogy had The Scarecrow appearing in all three films. Yet they were all critically-acclaimed and the whole trilogy made $2.464 billion worldwide. Does that make sense to anybody? Batman gets loved for having more than one villain in each movie, but not Spider-Man?
Okay, the story of the movie is what's really important. We all know that! But seriously, SM3 and TASM2 get hate for more than one character and subplot in each movie yet THE DARK KNIGHT trilogy gets love for more than one character and subplot in each movie. Get the comparasions and what exactly I am saying? Explain that to me, ya nutsacks!