By audience standards, the third Spider-Man franchise starring Tobey Maguire was bad. The film, which came out in 2007 was widely panned by critics and film goers who criticized the movie for having too many things going on with it—from villains to plot lines.
But the director of the Spider-Man 3 surprisingly admits that he "messed up plenty," with the movie.
"It's just a movie that didn't work very well. I tried to make it work," he said, "but I didn't really believe in all the characters, so that couldn't be hidden from people who loved Spider-Man. If the director doesn't love something, it's wrong of them to make it when so many other people love it. Each and every one of those Spider-Man movies were pretty damn challenging," he said in an interview with NME. "I messed up plenty with the third Spider-Man, so people hated me for years – they still hate me for it."
The movie allegedly made $900 million despite the overwhelmingly negative reviews, at which point Sony decided to cut Raimi's involvement with the films and give the franchise a full reboot. This time with Andrew Garfield in the lead role and "500 Days of Summer" director, Marc Webb at the helm.
The reboot, now titled "The Amazing Spider-Man 2" received negative reviews and significantly lower box office takes, which once again sparks rumors regarding a switch in terms of director and lead actor tandems.