Marc Webb says Rhino is only in 'The Amazing Spider-Man 2' for four minutes

One of the biggest problems with Sam Raimi's Spider-Man 3 was the amount of villains in the film, specifically the lack of balance among them. The film tried to fit Sandman, Green Goblin and Venom into one movie and, as a result, none of them got the attention they really deserved.

So when fans heard that Marc Webb's The Amazing Spider-Man 2 would feature Electro, Green Goblin and Rhino, they began to worry that the same problem would happen all over again. But Webb told fans at his South by Southwest keynote over the weekend that Rhino (Paul Giamatti) is "in the movie for four minutes," according to The Hollywood Reporter.

"We're obviously familiar with the complaints people had," Webb said prior to that reveal. "We're very careful to make sure the stories intertwine. For Peter Parker, it's very important that you create obstacles that are difficult to overcome." 

Webb also said that he decided to make The Amazing Spider-Man 2 as fun and comic book-like as possible rather than try to force it to be realistic and grounded.

"I'm going to embrace the spectacle," he said. "There was a moment deep in the [first film's] post-production process where a giant lizard smashed through a wall chasing a boy-man in a unitard and I said, 'This is not grounded.' I'm not going to be beholden to smallness. I want it to be fantastic, to be big, to command and express that feeling when you're a kid and reading the comics...I didn't want to hide or shy away from that." 

What do you make of Webb's remarks? Are you surprised Rhino is in the film for such a short time? Let us know in the comments below.