Raimi was done, but money showed that people still wanted motion pictures of Spider-Man. Sam Raimi called it quits early in production on Spider-Man 4 and none of the other main actors cared to stick around either. Is it better than we remember? Is it worth revisiting for another installment, perhaps as part of the Venomverse? That supporting role makes one wonder about the Amazing Spider-Man series.
Well, not as much as Willem Dafoe dropping the crispest spinebusters you’ve ever seen, but Garfield was easily the highlight of the three Spider-Men. When Spider-Man: No Way Home, the third solo installment for Tom Holland’s MCU Spider-Man, came to theaters and brought in heroes and villains from the previous films, it was Andrew Garfield’s performance as the Peter Parker of the Webb universe that had people talking. The Marc Webb era of cinematic Spider-Man is thus a doomed duology sandwiched in-between the iconic Raimi Trilogy and the one who gets to hang out in the world-conquering superhero film franchise. Next thing you know, there’s a Spider-Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and he has his own Disneyland ride. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 was a mess and while it made money, it didn’t make the kind of money Sony wanted and all the big plans for a sequel and beyond fizzled. The genesis of the first movie-where we would watch another Peter Parker origin story-was already deemed a bad idea among many fans when it was announced, and Sony didn’t change any minds over the next few years. The Amazing Spider-Man movies were practically born to fail.
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