Again, I think the franchise has already jumped the shark. (Daddio-Peter anyone? Green Goblin in a paintball mask?) Regardless,
Variety is saying that Columbia Pictures and Sony face a "do-or-die" situation of releasing the film before the rights revert back to Marvel/Disney. So I'm guessing they're in quite a hurry to turn out a film (and hopefully, a profit).
Okay, the one point of contention I draw is the whole "bad Peter" complaint. Honestly, the scene where Tobey Maguire struts down the street, was the one part me and my sister enjoyed. I think the filmmakers knew that the sight of Maguire acting like a bad ass was preposterous, and decided to milk it for comedic sake. It's camp. "dig on this" :LMFAO: Classic.
My problems with 3, are as follows; introducing Gwen Stacy only as a plot device to add an annoyance for M.J., then having the character just leave with no resolution or point to the character beyond that.
Then there's M.J. herself, they attempt to make her more relatable by giving her her own problems to deal with, but instead they portray her as a borderline narcissist, who spends most of the film whining because she's not a movie star, and that her overly sensitive boyfriend doesn't cater enough to her pity party, so she is almost willing to cheat on him with his best friend. They managed to make her more whiny and annoying than Peter was in the first two movies, BTW, Peter Parker isn't supposed to be a whiner, just a guy with problems.
M.J. is not supposed to be a whiny, neurotic, wannabe actress, with Daddy issues either.
The shoe-horning of Venom into the script was obviously hindering, but given that the Sandman story arc was weak at best, perhaps it saved us from more weeping pleas for forgiveness, and oh yeah having a sick daughter so justifies a chartacter's actions.
Finally, repeating the same climax three films over; M.J. gets kidnapped, big battle, villain has realization, the end, is really tired.
I'm not saying they shouldn't try a new direction, but I don't think re-telling the origin is necessary, and I think they should wait a while to do so.