Sam Raimi, director of the Spider-Man franchise recently spoke about the harsh reviews of the last Spider-Man movie; Spider-Man 3 and his plans for the 4th installment of the series. I’m glad he’s taking on what the fans and critics thought of the 3rd movie, I have to agree it was the weakest so far. But by the sound of things, Raimi knows exactly what he has to do to make Spider-Man 4 the best yet.

Raimi spoke about the comic book movie franchise in the print edition of DVD Blu-ray Review. Asked about complaints that there were too many bad guys in Spider-Man 3, he responded: “I think having so many villains detracted from the experience. I would agree with the criticism.”

So it sounds like there will be fewer foes in the next instalment. Raimi said he had learned some new lessons and storytelling tricks from his recent horror flick Drag Me to Hell which was a smaller and more intimate production.

He said: “I think I’ve learned about the importance of getting to the point and the importance of having limitations, and I’m hoping to take that into a production where I’m actually allowed to explore with more of the tools to pull it off with a little more splendour.

“I hope I don’t lose that edge that I’ve just found. That would be my approach to Spider-Man 4: to get back to the basics.”

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