i agree with that, but a big reason hes so serious in the comics at that point is because of the death of gwen stacy(which he doesnt have to deal with in the movie) and i still think that they could have lightened up the character a lot, peter parker uses his spidey alter ego as a release from the pressures of daily life, there really wasnt much of that, he was only spiderman when he had to be. oh, and something else that could have helped the movie a lot, inner dialouge...its a big part of the comics...and it would really be a tough thing to pull off in the movie...but i think it could have been done.