Spider Sense Tingles

I'm concerned that the Spiderman film series is going to follow the Batman equation:
Another Sequel + Increased Number of Villains = Poor Film
With the Batman series, they started off really well and the first two concentrated on one main villain. However by the third film they started throwing in more villains so there was usually 2 or 3 and as such, the films became confused. This meant the films weren't as good and this was shown in the box office.
I've been a big fan of the Spiderman films but I felt the third one wasn't as good. Don't get me wrong, I did really enjoy the film but I just felt the first 2 were better and I think the problem stems from the fact that there were 3 villains for Spidey to face. This included the return of the Green Goblin, Venom and Sandman. This meant that there was sometimes too much going on in the film and that certain things just fell into place too easily. Characters such as the Stacey's were introduced and then just discarded when they probably should have had more focus in the film. I feel that it would have been better to concentrate on one villain per film, possibly even 2 at the most and I hope this is a lesson learned for the fourth film.
I was also amused by the "How can we make Peter Parker show his dark side" quandary. Apparently the answer is to turn him emo. Just comb his fringe in front of his eyes and give him dark eyeliner, that will do the trick.
Despite the faults it still was a good film. The action sequences were good, the acting (apart from James Franco trying to look mean in a mirror) was good and they do try to stay faithful to the original comic book story lines despite some revisions. I just hope that the danger signs I noticed don't indicate that the series is starting to head downhill.

I also watched Marie Antoinette over the weekend. For anyone planning on watching this, the only advice I can give is don't. It's utter pish, nothing actually happens. Even the presence of Kirsten Dunst (and her partial nudity....) can't save the film. It looks really good and obviously a lot of effort has been made in ensuring costumes, make up, hair and sets are as historically accurate as possible. However this seems to be at the expense of the script. Basically what happens is Kirsten becomes a French princess & her husband doesn't want to buff her for some reason. They become King & Queen, finally have sex and have kids. Kirsten then stops a revolution. That's it. It took me about 2 minutes to write what happened but for some reason this was stretched out over 2 very long and dull hours. Wish I had just watched the snooker, at least that had drama and excitement.