30 Minutes of Frank Miller's The Spirit Reviewed

An anonymous reader writes "Thirty minutes of footage from Frank Miller's forthcoming The Spirit were shown to journalists in London yesterday. The description paints a picture of a highly stylized movie, somewhere between Sin City and Crimewave ..."

How so?

[dlaudel]

Wouldn't people just sneak in to see it rather than pay?

Sin City was incredible

[olddotter]

I think I liked it because it was stylized and was really like a comic book brought to life. Not sure if I will like this movie as well, but I will definitely watch it to find out.

question

[nomadic]

Am I the only one who finds Miller really overrated?

Re:The Shadow?

[kalirion]

Don't forget The Phantom. These are all based on old comic book heroes, which seem to follow a certain pattern. I wouldn't be surprised if there were also The Shade, The Ghost, The Poltergeist, etc....

Re:I have a bad feeling about this

[ethicalBob]

Hmm.. Methinks thou complains too much...

Miller has only been credited as a Director on the Sin City projects, and now The Spirit.

Sin City was great, and a good enough adaptation of his work that he co-produced, DID take a director's credit and is now going on to make a sequel with Rodriguez.

So whose opinion is more valuable here: Miller's, who has created a huge body or amazing work, or the boxer-short clad /. troll?

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.....

Re:I have a bad feeling about this

[gad_zuki!]

I remember reading a Spirit graphic novel called Life on Another Planet many years ago, but I certainly dont remember lots of sexy ladies and hammy dialogue. Is anything in this movie actually a Spirit story or done in the style of Will Eisner? The Spirit stuff I remember is introspective and smart, not the flashy-trashy stuff Miller now specializes in. For a minute I thought this trailer was for a sequel to his Sin City movie.

Re:I have a bad feeling about this

[ProppaT]

I don't have any problem with Frank Miller's writing...he did some of my favorite comic book writing of all time when he worked on the Daredevil...I just have issues with the crappy movies. It reminds me of how MTV ruined The Maxx when they decided to animate it.

Re:How so?

[Cowmonaut]

Oh be quiet you. Pretty much every pirated film is available as a DVD quality (or better) rip before or while it is in theaters. The issue is either with A) some of the people involved in rating the films or B) people involved in making the DVDs or C) anywhere else between production and distribution.

The people who sneak camera's in are just sad, and wasting their time.

Not a review

[liquiddark]

There is a difference between a review and a recap of the action. This "review" contains no actual critical discussion. All that the guy has done is recap what he saw. I'm sure it's interesting if you're looking for spoilers, but it's pretty much as unhelpful as you can get in determining the quality of the pic and whether or not it's worth seeing.

Not really "The Spirit".

[reginaldo]

From what I have read and seen, it looks like Frank Miller is turning the work of Will Eisner into Sin City. Couldn't he just have done a straight adaptation?

I mean, there's a reason the award they give for excellence in comics is called the "Eisner Awards."