Too many new characters and too much messing with classic story lines

Rating: 6/10 (11 August 2012)

When I saw the appearance of Gwen Stacy early in this film i thought 'ah, this is the classic story where she gets killed by the Green Goblin and Spider-man avenges her death by killing the Green Goblin. I should have remembered unfortunately how much Marvel likes to distort and change their story lines when making film to comic conversions. Gwen Stacy was relegated to secondary importance and instead of trying to tell a classic story they completely confused the storyline by adding not one but two new villains. The way the symbiont creature was introduced was completely different (but then again I guess trying to retell the Secret Wars would have been too complex and expensive). As it was they reduced Venom's appearance who is one of Spidey's major foes to a subplot. The introduction of Kane Marko as Sandman was OK but once again which villain were we meant to be focussing on. When are Marvel going to realise that the original story lines have stood the test of time and don't need to contorted and amalgamated to create some kind of abridged version of the Marvel universe.