First there’s Electro, played by Jamie Foxx, who as a human was a sad-sack Spiderman super fan, but as a superpowered individual inexplicably becomes evil and hates Spiderman (isn’t it more likely that he’d want to be Spiderman’s super buddy? He doesn’t even try that). Electro develops his powers because apparently all Oscorp creations have a taste for human flesh (Parker’s spider, really, really angry electric eels, etc.). But mostly because everyone at OsCorp leaves at 5pm on the dot and maintenance refuses to do its fucking job, even when there’s sparking electrical wires in a critical lab. I guess when your company is managed by a dynasty of evil goblins, there’s no real incentive to be a good employee. Speaking of evil goblins, Harry Osborne shows up to be villain number 2, Green Goblin. With his ashy blond floppy comb-over, pallid skin, skinny frame, and the ice blue eyes of a Siberian husky, this incarnation of Harry Osborn looks like a cross between a Hitler Youth and the lead singer in a 90s emo band. This is hilariously played out in his clothing choices. He first appears in a 1930s wool vest, a crisp white shirt and a tie pin (read: I’m a sad little rich boy). Then later when he starts angrily moping about his deadly goblin illness, he puts on a tight black shirt and leather jacket (read: I’m in pain and the world just doesn’t understand meeeeeee). The third supervillain is Rhino, who thank God is only on briefly to give Spiderman back some vim and vigor. But by that time it was 2 ½ hours in and I just wanted to be done. Three supervillains are two too many.
