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    Spider-Man
    Gift Set
    Genre: Fantasy Adventure

    Reviewed In Issue 66 (Nov 2002) Of Widescreen Review®

    Stars:
    Tobey Maguire, Willem Dafoe, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Cliff Robertson, Rosemary Harris & J. K. Simmons

    WSR Review Scores
    WSR Picture Rating: 4
    DD Sound Rating: 5
    DTS Sound Rating: NA
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    Reference Systems
    Critics' Composite Score: 3.5
    Internet Links
    http://www.sony.com/spider-man
    Special Features
    Disc One of this gift set starts with audio commentary with director Sam Raimi and co-producer Grant Curtis intermingled with commentary by producer Laura Ziskin and actress Kirsten Dunst, a second audio commentary track with visual effects designer John Dykstra, visual effects supervisor Scott Stokdyk, and director of animation Anthony LaMolinara. Next, there is a


     DVD General Information

    (Studio/Distributor): Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
    (Catalog Number): NA
    (MPAA Rating): PG13
    (Rating Reason):

    		 Stylized violence and action
    (Retail Price): $49.95
    (DVD Type): Single Side, Dual Layer (DVD9)
    (Widescreen Edition): Yes
    (Full Screen Edition): No
    (Anamorphic Widescreen): Yes
    (Running Time In Minutes): 121
    (Color Type): Color
    (Chaptered/Scene Access): Yes
    (Closed Captioned): Yes
    (Regional Coding): 1
    (Theatrical Year): 2002
    (Theatrical Release): Yes
    (Direct-To-Video Release): No
    (DVD Release Date): 11/01/02
    (THX® Digitally Mastered): No

     Credits Information

    (Director): Sam Raimi
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      WSR Narrative Review
    Story Synopsis:
    Based on the Marvel comic by Stan Lee & Steve Ditko, this action-packed fantasy stars Tobey Maguire as super-geek Peter Parker, who spends much of his time admiring girl-next-door Mary Jane (Dunst). But when Peter is bitten by a genetically altered spider, he eventually transforms himself into superhero Spider-Man to face-off against New York

    DVD Picture:
    The anamorphically enhanced 1.85:1 DVD exhibits a picture that is quite pleasing, with images that are sharp and nicely detailed. Close-up shots nicely reveal minute details but wide shots, however, can appear undefined and slightly smeared at times. Colors are rich and well balanced, with accurate fleshtones and deep blacks. Contrast and shadow delineation are also well balanced. The computer-generated graphics have a video game quality (especially as

    Soundtrack:
    The Dolby

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      WSR DVD-ROM Review
    DVD-ROM Enhancements Rating:
    Superb

    DVD-ROM Review:
    Not much is included with this InterActual Player 2 release, but what is here is marvelous. Added to the first disc of this two disc release are two new ways of watching the movie, including a script-to-screen that uses a comic of the movie in place of a script, and a create-your-own commentary that goes along to the movie. In the Record Your Own Commentary section, you can record and play back your own commentary to the movie, as well as upload your commentary to the Internet. You can also download other people

      WSR D-Box Motion Code™ Review
    D-Box Motion Code™ Rating:
    4.5

    D-Box Motion Code™ Review:
    The F/X codes for Spider-Man are fairly well interspersed throughout the entire film. In the opening credits, constant swaying motion as the CGI scenes went from web to web provide a very enhanced feeling to the video displayed on the screen. This prompted me to become very anxious to see how much motion effect I would be getting in the swinging scenes. I was not disappointed. While this movie has some explosions and vibration effects, such as the explosions in Chapters 25 and 26, the real strength of the program is in the motion codes. To name a simple chapter wouldn
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