It’s no mystery at this point that people were not happy with The Amazing Spider-Man 2. Personally, as a whole, I agree the movie was an absolute mess, but it had really great pieces within it.

This week, the big talk was about what Andrew Garfield, the actor playing Spiderman himself, had to say about the film:

“I think what happened was, through the pre-production, production, and post-production, when you have something that works as a whole, and then you start removing portions of it—because there was even more of it than was in the final cut, and everything was related. Once you start removing things and saying, ‘No, that doesn’t work,’ then the thread is broken, and it’s hard to go with the flow of the story. Certain people at the studio had problems with certain parts of it, and ultimately the studio is the final say…”

What does this mean exactly?

Well, it means essentially what we thought the entire time: too many people wanted too much stuff in the film, and, as a result, we got a repeat of Spider-Man 3. Think about it, this film had four separate plot lines, each fine on their own. However, as a result, none of them were given the amount of time they needed (or in one case, too much time).

Notice how Garfield addresses the fact that there was a lot cut from the movie. If you want an example of that, watch the trailers and count how many scenes did not appear in the movie. Most notably involves OSCORP watching Peter since he was a child, and Peter’s father still being alive. Keep in mind, these are game changing plot points that were taken out.

If you want to see these scenes, they can all be found on YouTube as deleted scenes.

My only hope is that Sony learns from this mistake—for the second time—and brings us a better Sinister 6 and Spider-Man 3.