I believe from the comics the Lizard/Curt Connors was probably the most sympathetic of Spider-Man's villains while in the films he is probably, aside from maybe Venom, the least sympathetic villain. Probably, even though initially not corrupt, the most corrupted and maybe ruthless and probably meant-to-be-unlikeable and not even understandable let alone somewhat likeable.
It's understandable, appropriate, even kind of nice that after having all three of Raimi's films with the villains done as they were in a row the next film and first in a new continuity did not have a sympathetic villain but it's still pretty unfortunate that that was combined with doing the Lizard.
It's understandable, appropriate, even kind of nice that after having all three of Raimi's films with the villains done as they were in a row the next film and first in a new continuity did not have a sympathetic villain but it's still pretty unfortunate that that was combined with doing the Lizard.