i have a question for the comic book junkies...
in one of the trailers it says that the guy who becomes the sandman villain was the person who killed Peter Parker/Spidermans uncle. did they add that for dramatic effect or was that the case in the comics as well?
SPOILER ALERT
He didn't really kill Ben Parker. It turns out to be a case of mistaken identity.
At the end of Spider-Man 3, Venom helps take down Sandman. But Sandman is innocent and is more of a "good" villain like Doc Ock from Spider-Man 2.
But then Venom takes on Spider-Man. Spider-Man is about to die when Harry, as the "New Goblin," appears and helps him defeat Venom. Harry gets injured in the process and dies afterwards.
There are two shots that reveal this in the trailer. One is Mary-Jane and Peter bent over Harry's corpse and Peter's suit is torn - which is a result of fighting Venom. Another is Spider-Man being pulled up into the sky with his web - what it doesn't show is that the reason he's being pulled upwards is that he's attached to Harry's glider, and Harry is pulling him to safety away from Venom (who was about to choke him to death).
Can't wait to see this film!
For people complaining that Venom isn't big enough - Sam Raimi hates the character of Venom and originally said he would never put him in any Spider-Man films. He wanted to make him as realistic as possible, hence the less over-the-top physique. If you look carefully, he IS a lot larger than Spider-Man - he has huge biceps - but Raimi chose not to make him too cartoonish because he didn't want to ruin the realism of the films. I think that's a good thing, because cartoons and comics are very different from motion pictures.