TIMELINE OF EVENTS
-Spider-Man 3 titles play
-New intro scene: Crooks raid Bank, Spidey catches them in a giant web
-Peter’s opening narration partially cut (this is to avoid repeating shots of the web swinging since they’re all used for the final swing later)
-After Peter refers to MJ as the ‘girl of his dreams’, we cut to MJ’s apartment where she is confronted by Harry
-Peter and Aunt May’s conversation happens, moved Sandman and Police department scenes to just after this
-Moved Peter and Harry’s first fight to later in the film
-Moved Mary Jane’s opening night to after Flint’s accident
-Removed references to the Crane in Peter and MJ’s talk at Peter’s apartment
-Daily Bugle scene trimmed, now ends with Peter joking to Brock he climbed a flagpole to get the pictures
-Removed parade and Peter and Gwen kiss
-Dinner scene with Peter and MJ scaled back considerably, less ego-fuelled grandstanding from Peter and MJ is more upset about Gwen and her own insecurities
-Removed the symbiote bonding with Peter as he sleeps in his costume
-Peter telling May he can’t put a wife before himself is moved to just after Peter drives MJ away when she visits him to talk about Flint
-The black costume is now just another suit Peter wears, it’s origin is unknown, but Spidey makes new suits for himself all the time in the comics
-Mary Jane’s decision to call Harry and hook up with him has been cut, instead she calls Peter and meets him at the park. At Harry’s prompting, she tells Peter what he’s been doing with her, sending Peter into a rage.
-Peter and Harry’s conversation at the diner is cut, except for the part where Peter sees Harry in the window and Harry winks at Peter
-Inserted shot of Spider-Man perched at the cathedral before he goes to confront Harry
-Peter confronts Harry at the Osborn mansion, Harry referring to Peter as “Mr. Key to the City” is cut
-Moved Peter and Ditkovitch arguing and making up to after the Harry confrontation. Peter ditches the black suit and tries to call MJ.
-Moved Harry using the goblin serum to just after Harry, now scarred, wanders around his mansion, Norman’s serum ‘rejuvenates’ him and heals his scarring.
-Norman telling Harry he’s ‘taken his eye off the ball’ (wasting his time manipulating MJ), and to get back to avenging him. All shots of Harry’s accident from earlier and him in the hospital during Harry’s ‘recollections’ have been cut
-Mary Jane calls Peter, asks him to meet up with her. She wants to put things right. Peter meets up with MJ at the club, they reconcile, and dance, then go to the park and make out in the giant web
-Harry’s first fight with Peter in the movie moved to just after the scene in the park, it is now their final confrontation.
-Sandman takes people hostage attempting to get money for his sick daughter. Fight between him and Spidey is quite short due to Venom and Harry being absent from the fight, but it still allows Peter to have closure with Flint. Some footage from “Godzilla (1998)” used here
-Harry’s recovery in hospital moved to just after Peter and Sandman’s conversation
-Peter and Harry spend some quality time at the mansion
-Spider-Man saves Gwen Stacy from the rogue crane
-Peter meets Stan Lee
-Final swing
