Stevens25 said:
I love the entire series. I've been a Spidey fan since I can remember and I've loved Venom since he came on the scene in the late 80's. Part 3 is a bit overstuffed but it was alot of fun and,unlike most action movies,it had heart. My major complaint is the lack of screentime and development for Venom/Eddie Brock.
Rumors of running would that Lizard and Kraven will be in part 4. I'd like to see Tobey,Kirsten and Sam return but at this point I'm not counting on it. By the end of part 3 they really seemed to be tired of doing the films,especially Kirsten,who wasn't exactly great promoting Spidey 3.
According to the Spidey 3 commentary, the original idea for #3 was to have Ben Kingsley play Vulture. That could have been cool. It's okay to have two villains in one film as long as they don't partner up, that always fails. They should have one villain to start the film and another to end it, but somehow make them tie together without having the villains plotting revenge together for a finale.
Maybe they could have the new one start with Kraven coming to NY to hunt the rumored "Giant Lizard". While hunting through the city streets Kraven runs into Spidey who's trying to stop him because his hunting tactics put civilians in danger, but then Kraven now wants to hunt Spidey instead. Up to this point, Spidey will not have seen the Lizard yet. By the middle of the film Spidey eventually gets Kraven out of the way with the unexpected help of the Lizard. Spidey now has to get the Lizard and finds out it's Dr. Conners. Rather than Mary Jane or yet another girlfiend of Peter's being held as a victim in the end, Dr. Conners could have his wife hostage (similar to the comic). This would create an emotional scene in the finale since Spidey doesn't want to hurt him as he's a mentor of his (similar to the end of SM2).
They also need a better effects company like ILM (Transformers and Iron Man were awesome). Other than the Sandman transformation scene, Spidey 3 had lackluster effects, especially when Harry and Peter are fighting in the alley and when black Spidey and Sandman are fighting in the subway. Some of the crapiness took me out of the scene. I don't know how it got worse when Dr. Octopus was so cool looking in #2. I guess they rushed it all.
I like Raimi and most of what he did, but after 3 movies it's needs a new perspective to give it some "juice". They should get a whole new cast and get more serious with the films. Spider-Man is the star no matter who's in it. As long as Peter is cast right then there'll be no worries. No more Mary Jane and the puppy love crap. Mary Jane was presented as a selfish b!tch in all of the films, especially 3. Peter's saving lives and stuff while going to school and working and is barely able to make rent and she's upset she doesn't get enough attention! By the end I didn't care whether she'd fall from a building or not. I like Gwen better anyways. It would be nice to have a Spidey film not so dependent on girlfriend issues. I watch movies for escapism, not to re-hash my high school relationships.
Call the new ones the "Amazing" or "Spectacular" Spider-Man, in the same way this new Hulk is now the "Incredible" Hulk. Let people know it's new, but not a total do-over.
EDIT: Oh, a new theme would be cool too. I'd like to see John Williams attempt to do a new hero score. If not for Spidey then maybe Captain America (with all of the patriotic music he's written, he's got to be the #1 candidate for that!). Most of the films he's scored lately are dramas or in the case of SW and IJ relied on re-used themes. Something new and adventurous would be cool!