I don’t think much of the character of Mary-Jane Watson in the Spider-Man series. She whines a lot, gets captured a lot, pines over the Green Goblin Jr. and basically makes the audience wonder why Peter Parker even bothers anymore.

The only reason I was glad to see Kirsten Dunst return for Spider-Man 3 ( a truly awful movie) was because I had hoped her character would die. Does that seem a bit harsh? Perhaps. The fact is Spider-Man 3 introduced Bryce Dallas-Howard as the very blonde Gwen Stacy and I had hoped that Raimi would replace one with the other. This was not the case (another disappointment) and we were left with Dunst screaming for help (yet again) whilst being suspended in a taxi caught in a spider-web.

Isn’t it about time that Raimi stop playing the same record and start killing off people? We know that “with great power comes great responsibility” but with a large returning cast, comes a larger budget to pay them all.

I have a good idea. Kill most of them off and be done with it. Start a fresh, because there is a fear that if they don’t you are just piling more crap on top of other crap. Indeed, a house built on sand….will sink. That is the worry for Spider-Man 4 and 5. I hope not; but if Raimi, Maguire and Dunst are not careful then the forth and fifth film may turn into a studio-killer.