Total agreement. Even made my own little Raiders Super8 movie when I was a wee lad myself.
I really don't know Spiderman's universe of villains too well but I remember in the comics he had some pretty silly ones (to me) like Scorpion and other 'animal' baddies. My favorites as a kid (like everyone else) were Green Goblin and Doc Ock. What are some of the other great SpiderMan villains?
Oh yes, definitely I can see that some of Spidey's rogues gallery can come across as being a little "silly". But, to me, that's all part of the Spider-Man character and his world; he will often mock and bad-mouth his villains as he combats them, and I love the stark contrast of Peter Parker trying to live a normal life with balancing a job, his home life, relationships, with the sometimes ridiculous and outlandish nonsense that happens in his life as Spider-Man. Spider-Man is actually my 3rd favourite fictional character of all time, after Batman and Indiana Jones!
Of Spider-Man's villains, I would say my favourites are;
1. The Green Goblin - Goblin is to Spider-Man what The Joker is to Batman. He is the quintessential arch nemesis to Spidey. Yes, his costume is silly and suggests insanity, and that is absolutely correct. But, underneath the mental instability, there is a very clever, calculating, manipulative and very evil individual. Norman Osborn (the Goblin's civilian persona), even becomes head of H.A.M.M.E.R. (which replaces S.H.I.E.L.D.) in the comic books.
2. Mysterio - I've always felt that Mysterio is to Spider-Man what Scarecrow is to Batman. I love the idea of using special effects, hallucinations and mind games to control and inflict pain on his enemies. But yes, the fishbowl is bizarre. But also, so cool.
3. Kraven - Again, this character can look silly at surface level. But, dig deeper, and you will discover an incredibly interesting and compelling villain. As a hunter of the natural world's most dangerous prey, Kraven considers Spider-Man to be the ultimate game, and becomes obsessed with hunting Spidey down. His obsession takes over his life so much that (this is a commonly known story arc from a great comic book released in 1987, but will put spoiler tags in, just in case)...
when Kraven finally "kills" Spider-Man, he feels he has accomplished the only thing that seemed to matter in his life any more. With nothing else left to live for, Kraven commits suicide. It turns out that Kraven had actually shot Spider-Man with a tranquilizer dart laced with a very heavy sedative, so that, when Spider-Man eventually reawakens, he will live to know that Kraven finally won and "killed" him.
4. Kingpin - sometimes you just love a villain that is simply an evil criminal mastermind, with no superpowers.
5. Venom - A wonderfully outlandish premise; Spider-Man gets a new costume which turns out to be a malevolent, sentient alien life form that slowly begins to change Spider-Man for the worse. When Spidey finally rejects the "costume", it bonds with another person that has been wronged by Peter Parker, taking all of it's knowledge of Parker and his personal life with it. A double whammy of Parker/Spider-Man hatred and obsession. The split personality element of Venom is really interesting. Oh, and Venom doesn't trigger Spider-Man's spider-sense.
And that's before we even get to Dr. Octopus!
An honorable mention will go to one of Spider-Man's more contemporary villains -
Morlun. He was introduced in 2001, originally as a vampire-style villain that wanted to kill Spider-Man as Spidey is, infact, a totem (and Morlun was dedicated to destroying Spider totems). Morlun has since then become the main antagonist of a really fun Spider-Man arc in which he and his family must attempt to kill every version of Spider-Man in the multiverse. Again, it's all very outlandish compared to Batman, but I love it.