Introduction: When it comes to trilogies and series the movies involved in them need to stand on their own two feet. You should never be forced to watch another film in the series just to resolve the central story in another. Each movie should be strong stand alone films with connecting plot points between them being more sidelined and hinted at instead of being the main focus. You can see this in Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, and even the Avengers (san Iron Man 2). In recent years though Hollywood has tried to create trilogies by releasing half-movies; movies that have half the plot being the movie and half being unanswered questions that would force the audience to watch the next one such as Golden Compass, Green Lantern, Prometheus, and now The Amazing Spiderman.
