Critcal Criteria

While both provide a good critical review of Spiderman 2, Mr.Ebert and Mr.Gilchrist cover a wide array of topics and differ on the importance placed on them. Gilchrist and Ebert covered a lot of the same topics however disagreed on most. Gilchrest thought that most scenes were drawnout and had to lengthy of dialogue while Ebert viewed them as just the right amount of time to develop the characters. On the topic of special effects, Gilchrest liked Raimi's earleir work however barely mentions the subject when compared to Ebert who thought they were fantastic. Ebert also goes on to say how pleased he was the Toby Maguire reprises his role as Spiderman in the sequel, while Gilchrist fails to speak much if at all about the actors. Gilchrist does, however, mention that fans of 70's Spiderman books will enjoy this movie as its storyline is more similar to the comics of that era, where as Ebert doesn't mention similarities to the comic version at all. Over all, Gilchrest takes a more negative approach and doesn't seem to have enjoyed the movie that much where as Ebert gave the movie much praise. Personal taste seemed to have somewhat of an influence on the critics as Ebert obviously had different expectations for the movie than Gilchrest.