When was it announced Tobey was going to be Spider-man? If it was well after 1999, then this comment is hilarious:
"Ulrich is good, too, although Tobey Maguire's tone--tight, inward, controlled--is beginning to wear on me after this and "The Cider House Rules." It's time for him to make a dumb teenage comedy (not because I want to see it, but more to clear the cobwebs)."
Source: Ride with the Devil movie review (1999) | Roger Ebert
And what we got was more "tight, inward, controlled" tone with a lot of cobwebs.
