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Watch out, Spidey!

Watch out, Spidey!
Watch out, Spidey!
Watch out, Spidey!
Watch out, Spidey!
Watch out, Spidey!
Watch out, Spidey!
Watch out, Spidey!
Watch out, Spidey!

How do the new guys in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 rank on our list of Spidey's all-time greatest on-screen foes?

Jason Francis Johnson
Apr 30, 2014 06:00 am
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A great villain brings out the best in a hero. That's the point!

In the pantheon of supers, Spider-Man is blessed with some kick-butt baddies.

In The Amazing Spider-Man 2, opening here tomorrow, Spidey aka Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield) faces off against three different crazies.

There's the super-charged Electro (Jamie Foxx), the diabolical Green Goblin (Dane DeHaan) and we're introduced to the Rhino (Paul Giamatti), who will have a bigger role in the next instalment. How do these guys compare to the maniacs who came before them? Let's break it down.


1 DOCTOR OCTOPUS/ OTTO OCTAVIUS

ALFRED MOLINA IN SPIDER-MAN 2 (2004)

ORIGIN: Brock, Parker's rival at work, bonds with a gooey alien symbiote that transforms him into Venom.

PERFORMANCE: Grace is smarmy, but maybe that's just the character.

BEST SCENE: Venom defeated by sound.


2 ELECTRO/MAX DILLON

JAMIE FOXX IN THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 (2014)

ORIGIN: When the mechanical arms he uses in his research become fused to his body, the brilliant scientist Octavius transforms into the demented Doc Ock.

PERFORMANCE: Molina brings humour and humanity to the nerdy scientist, and kicks butt as a powerhouse villain in shades and trench coat.

HIGHLIGHT: Oc attacks the doctors trying to help him - truly horrific.


3 GREEN GOBLIN/NORMAN OSBORN

WILLEM DAFOE IN SPIDER-MAN (2002)

ORIGIN: Osborn adopts his father's Goblin persona and sets out for revenge against his killer - best friend Parker.

PERFORMANCE: Franco is very emo and not at all formidable.

BEST SCENE: Osborn saves Spidey.


4 GREEN GOBLIN/HARRY OSBORN

DANE DEHAAN IN THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 (2014)

ORIGIN: Near death, this old friend of Peter Parker injects himself with mutated spider-venom, mutating himself.

PERFORMANCE: Pretty but weird, DeHaan is wicked by default.

BEST SCENE: Battle in the clock tower.


5 VENOM/ EDDIE BROCK JR

TOPHER GRACE IN SPIDER-MAN 3 (2007)

ORIGIN: Missing an arm, Oscorp scientist Connors uses lizard DNA to regenerate it, but turns into a lizard-man.

PERFORMANCE: Ifans seems sallow and lackadaisical, not menacing.

BEST SCENE: The school fight.


6 THE LIZARD/ DR CURT CONNORS

RHYS IFANS IN THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (2012)

ORIGIN: Petty criminal Marko stumbles into a pit of sand at a research facility and transforms into the Sandman!

PERFORMANCE: Church isn't charismatic at all, and is overwhelmed by the special effects.

BEST SCENE: Spidey forgives Sandy.


7 THE SANDMAN/ FLINT MARKO

THOMAS HAYDEN CHURCH IN SPIDER-MAN 3 (2007)

ORIGIN: The CEO of Oscorp, Osborn tests out the company's experimental strength enhancer, transforming himself into the cray-cray Green Goblin.

PERFORMANCE: Dafoe doesn't need make-up to look like a goblin! His raspy voice helps too.

BEST SCENE: When Osborn talks to the Goblin -himself - in a mirror.


8 NEW GOBLIN/HARRY OSBORN

JAMES FRANCO IN SPIDER-MAN 3 (2007)

ORIGIN: The painfully shy engineer Dillon works at Oscorp, where he gets electrocuted and then bitten by electric eels, transforming him into Electro.

PERFORMANCE: Foxx goes super-deep into Dillon, relishing the chance to show a good man corrupted by power.

BEST SCENE: In Times Square, Electro feels out his newfound skills.


WIN THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 MOVIE PREMIUMS

We have 10 sets of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 movie premiums to give away.

Each set includes a movie poster, a grippy mat and a Spider Vision Mask, courtesy of Hasbro and Sony Pictures.

To win, answer this question:

Name the actor who plays Green Goblin in The Amazing Spider-Man 2.

1. Jamie Foxx

2. Paul Giamatti

3. Dane DeHaan

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