The experience with Spider-Man 3 is why, when it came time to develop Spider-Man 4, Raimi dug in his heels and said he would be using Vulture as the villain (with John Malkovich set to play the character). Ultimately, Raimi was forced to shoehorn in a character that he didn’t like, and the result was a film that the director didn't fully stand behind. It was really no secret that Raimi was not at all crazy about the character Venom, but citing the villain’s large following amongst young fans, Sony pushed hard for Raimi to include the character in Spider-Man 3. I should’ve just stuck with the characters and the relationships and progressed them to the next step and not tried to top the bar.” I think was the thinking going into it, and I think that’s what doomed us. If the director doesn’t love something, it’s wrong of them to make it when so many other people love it. I tried to make it work, but I didn’t really believe in all the characters, so that couldn’t be hidden from people who loved Spider-Man. “It’s a movie that just didn’t work very well. Speaking with Chris Hardwick on the Nerdist podcast, Raimi explained the principal problem with Spider-Man 3: During a recent interview, the filmmaker candidly talked about why he thinks the superhero sequel failed.
While you can find plenty of people that strongly dislike Spider-Man 3, there’s someone else who isn’t crazy about the film: Raimi. Spider-Man not only kicked off a new franchise, it ushered in an era of superhero franchises, and while Spider-Man 2 earned critical raves, 2007’s Spider-Man 3 garnered derision from critics and fans alike and, in its own way, led to Raimi departing the franchise for good and Sony rebooting with 2012’s The Amazing Spider-Man.
That number stood as the record holder for four whole years, until Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest broke it in 2006. The comic-book adaptation had been in the works for years, and while previous comic-book adaptations certainly did well at the box office (2000’s X-Men was also a formidable foundation for today's comic-book movie era), Spider-Man took the world by storm and grossed a then-unheard-of $114 million in its opening weekend. It’s safe to say that, if there’s a sort of “godfather” for this current age of superhero movies that we’re in, it would be Sam Raimi’s 2002 film Spider-Man.
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