‘The Amazing Spider Man 2' Named Worst Sequel And Worst Shared Universe! Will Sony Force A Reboot?
The summer has passed and the 2014 batch of Summer movies will be remembered for a barrage of superhero sequels. "The Amazing Spider Man 2" got the short end of the stick when it came to Summer movie awards.
There were four strict comic book movies shown in the past four months with 3 out of the 4 major players represented (Sony, Marvel, Fox). Three movies hit the $ 700 million and August release "Guardians of the Galaxy" is well on its way to that milestone.
Screenrant recently released its Summer Movie Awards and "The Amazing Spider Man 2" got the worst of it.
It was voted Worst Sequel "beating" (it's not necessary a goal) usual suspects "Transformers: Age of Extinction" and "The Expendables 3." Part of that vote is concerned with their other distinction-Worst Shared Universe.
Of course, we all know that Marvel, Sony and Fox are building on their own character properties that they got from Marvel Comics. Sony had its work cut out for them since Spider Man was the lone hero. Yet there should be no excuses for the criticism by Screenrant:
"Amazing Spider-Man 2 was such a disappointment (lowest domestic box office, critical drubbing) that the studio has had to rethink its plans for the franchise.
Right now it seems it'll be a few years before we see anything; and when we do finally get more Spidey, it will be villain films like Venom and Sinister Six first. Kids moving into freshman college dorms today could be receiving their diplomas at graduation before Amazing Spider-Man 3 ever makes it into theaters. Thank ASM2 for that massive franchise cool down.
Right now, if the franchise's star player can't even muster excitement for himself, it's hard to see how villains and supporting characters from his universe are going to win back waning fan interest. It's going to take something very different and very great, to turn this drifting ship around."
While the last thing they need to do is to change the lead star, there are many factors that Sony must reconsider. Their current model is not working and the fact that TASM 3 backed out means they are really in hot water.