Spider-Man – Beauty Is Only Skin Deep (Or Something Like That)

“Whatever Ms. Taymor may have had in mind, the end product does no more than aspire to being the live-action counterpart of such big-budget comic-book films as Tim Burton’s “Batman” and Warren Beatty’s “Dick Tracy.” The problem is that no stage show, even a multimillion-dollar extravaganza, can offer anything remotely as believable-looking as the digitally generated magic.”