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Joss Whedon Doesn’t Think Spider-Man 3 Was That Bad

By Nick Tylwalk

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After The Avengers, most comic fans trust Joss Whedon. Even people who weren’t fans of Buffy or Firefly or anything the director had previously done were won over, for the most part. His recent interview with Empire magazine starts out by stating that Whedon had gone from risky to safe as the choice to helm Avengers: Age of Ultron.

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Surely, there’s nothing Whedon could say that would get people to doubt his judgment now, right? Not even, say, sticking up for one of the most reviled super hero movies to date?

No, Whedon didn’t speak up in favor of Batman and Robin, but he did say something relatively favorable toward the film that is arguably its Marvel equivalent — though one made by Sony. He invoked the movie in question while being asked about the origins of Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver.

"They have an origin but it’s largely described. They’re already good to go by the time we’re up and running. You don’t want to fall into Spider-Man 3 territory – and I say that as a guy who actually thinks pretty well of that movie, there’s some great stuff in that movie – but there comes a point where you’re overloaded with frontstory, backstory, origin story and it becomes very hard to juggle. My instinct is always, ‘Don’t put in more, work with what you have.’But I insisted on putting in more in this movie because I felt I needed more villains."

I say this with the greatest possible respect for Whedon, but I have to ask: what is this “great stuff” you refer to in Spider-Man 3? I’m afraid I don’t remember any of it.

Unless it’s this:

Because it definitely isn’t this:

That just caused me physical pain watching it again. I have faith that Whedon will not put any nusical numbers into Age of Ultron for its May 1 premiere, but I guess you never know.

Next: What is the expected running time for Avengers: Age of Ultron?

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