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A 15 on the tomatometer doesn't really sound mixed to me. 40 negative and 7 positive. Mixed? I don't think so.
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A 15 on the tomatometer doesn't really sound mixed to me. 40 negative and 7 positive. Mixed? I don't think so.
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Rotten Tomatoes isn't The End All, Be All. And maybe just like PWZ numbers may increase a little bit later on.
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Just got back from "The Spirit" [NOTE: Lite Spoilers ahead]
And all of the nay sayers calling this film 'a train wreck' or 'terrible' are overreactive babies.
Is the film of "The Dark Knight" standards? No.
But it's not like it tries to be.
It was fun and the most visually exciting Comic Book film I've seen in years. Some of the humor falls a tad flat, sure...but Bill Pope's cinematography more than makes up for it.
I've also heard people b*tch about how much that photocopy of Mendes' ass is shown...ummm...it wasn't that much at all..
The writing was fine, the film looked great and all of you who went on and on and on and on about "The Spirit" being a horrible film just need to shut up now.
CFE rating - 4/5
And all of the nay sayers calling this film 'a train wreck' or 'terrible' are overreactive babies.
Is the film of "The Dark Knight" standards? No.
But it's not like it tries to be.
It was fun and the most visually exciting Comic Book film I've seen in years. Some of the humor falls a tad flat, sure...but Bill Pope's cinematography more than makes up for it.
I've also heard people b*tch about how much that photocopy of Mendes' ass is shown...ummm...it wasn't that much at all..
The writing was fine, the film looked great and all of you who went on and on and on and on about "The Spirit" being a horrible film just need to shut up now.
CFE rating - 4/5
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You,know now that I think of it,I am really itching for someone or more people here to say they want to kill Frank Miller all kinds of dead after seeing The Spirit and being disappointed by it.
CFE, I'm not trying to put you down here, but I don't see how the fact that you liked this movie is any reason for people who didn't like it to shut up. I have yet to see it, so yeah, you're right in saying that you can't determine whether it sucks or not just by the previews. Thus now that the movie is out, I'll reserve my judgment until I do see it. But for those who did go see it and thought it was horrible (umm... quite a few critics did, apparently) I don't see why they shouldn't voice their opinion.
ManBat & RogueTrooper, you need to go defend the honor of Miller in the Punisher WarZone threads... everyone THERE is saying he's a hack with a ******ed film, too... and that's in a thread dedicated to WARZONE!!!
Oh no! Quick! Stop them before everyone finds out that Miller is a talentless hack who has made a completely unappealing film.
http://forums.superherohype.com/showthread.php?p=16128509#post16128509
haha - you quoted me!
I used to be a huge Miller fan, until i realised that he really hasn't done much of note since Batman: Year One and Born Again (which was terrifically overrated and messy).
The first Sin City story was ok and quite witty, but since then he's actually started taking it seriously and thinking this is a valid approach for every single project he attaches himself to.
He writes cardboard character cutouts and sticks them in increasingly silly scenarios. How many people actually liked DK2?
Anyway, The Spirit - I love Eisner's material. The man had such warmth and the character was so cool - I'm disappointed, but it was fairly clear what Miller wanted to do from day one.
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[FONT=Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif]"The Spirit" review. A fun and goofy film that will entertain you if you don’t take it too seriously
12/24/2008 18:57:28 - MovieJungle.com[/FONT]
“The Spirit” is one of those movies that you either accept its silliness and have fun with the concept or reject it outright. It will be one of the goofiest films of the year.
Frank Miller returns to the directorial chair for “The Spirit”. He shared co-directing credit with Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez for “Sin City”. This time Miller has solo credit as the director for the first time. He employs the same visual style that was used in “Sin City” and “300”. It is one of the few fully digital live-action movies. Most of what you see on the screen is not really there. This style can be invigorating at times or a bit irritating to watch. In “Sin City” it was beautifully rendered and the action came alive. The opposite was true in “Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow”. In that film, it just looked fake and unrealistic.
Gabriel Macht is The Spirit, a protector of Central City. He will go to any lengths to protect his city. The Spirit was Denny Colt, a well loved cop who was shot and killed. Colt was brought back to life and given powers of healing. Mere bullets cannot stop him. Every woman seems transfixed by his bravery and style.
The archenemy of The Spirit is The Octopus (Samuel Jackson). The Octopus seems to have the same type of power as The Spirit. Jackson has hammed it up for a role before. This time he truly goes all out in the hamming up department. In more serious films, this would be a serious liability and distraction. In “The Spirit”, it is par for the course and even appropriate. The Octopus’s zeal for power is only matched for his disdain for people seeing him and his loathing of eggs.
The Octopus is joined in his quest by his assistant Silken Floss (Scarlett Johansson). Johansson seems to be having a ball in this role. In some roles she has seemed stiff, but here she is unburdened by not having to play a dramatic role. It is amusing to see all the different outfits that she displays to fit any particular scene.
The Octopus has routine encounters with The Spirit. They almost have a love/hate relationship. The Octopus seems bored by the cops of Capital City and comes alive when dealing with The Spirit. In one such encounter, The Octopus gets a valuable chest filled with a shiny object. Unfortunately for the Octopus, he truly wanted the other chest that had the blood of Hercules in it. The blood would give him unlimited power and immortality. The blood however has dire effects for mere mortals.
The person who holds the other chest is Sands Seref (Eva Mendes). She was an old flame of Denny's when they were younger. After tragedy strikes, she turned to a life of crime. Just like Johansson, Mendes has fun with this character. Seref has married several times and is attracted to anything shiny. She states to a man that double crossed her that he made an ass of himself. Seref gets this point across by xeroxing her ass and handing him the copy. After nearly dying, The Spirit demands that someone bring him a red tie that always compliments his outfit. That is the kind of film this is. If you can picture that these two scenes are funny, you will have a good time watching this flick.
“The Spirit” is a fun and goofy film that will entertain you if you don’t take it too seriously. There are visual treats to be had and great one liners you can chuckle at.
[FONT=Tahoma, Arial, Verdana]About : Eric Sloss
Eric Sloss, Writer, MovieJungle.com
You can contact Eric Sloss at [email protected][/FONT]
http://www.moviejungle.com/headlines/templates/templatemjnews3.aspx?articleid=1201&zoneid=1
12/24/2008 18:57:28 - MovieJungle.com[/FONT]
“The Spirit” is one of those movies that you either accept its silliness and have fun with the concept or reject it outright. It will be one of the goofiest films of the year.
Frank Miller returns to the directorial chair for “The Spirit”. He shared co-directing credit with Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez for “Sin City”. This time Miller has solo credit as the director for the first time. He employs the same visual style that was used in “Sin City” and “300”. It is one of the few fully digital live-action movies. Most of what you see on the screen is not really there. This style can be invigorating at times or a bit irritating to watch. In “Sin City” it was beautifully rendered and the action came alive. The opposite was true in “Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow”. In that film, it just looked fake and unrealistic.
Gabriel Macht is The Spirit, a protector of Central City. He will go to any lengths to protect his city. The Spirit was Denny Colt, a well loved cop who was shot and killed. Colt was brought back to life and given powers of healing. Mere bullets cannot stop him. Every woman seems transfixed by his bravery and style.
The archenemy of The Spirit is The Octopus (Samuel Jackson). The Octopus seems to have the same type of power as The Spirit. Jackson has hammed it up for a role before. This time he truly goes all out in the hamming up department. In more serious films, this would be a serious liability and distraction. In “The Spirit”, it is par for the course and even appropriate. The Octopus’s zeal for power is only matched for his disdain for people seeing him and his loathing of eggs.
The Octopus is joined in his quest by his assistant Silken Floss (Scarlett Johansson). Johansson seems to be having a ball in this role. In some roles she has seemed stiff, but here she is unburdened by not having to play a dramatic role. It is amusing to see all the different outfits that she displays to fit any particular scene.
The Octopus has routine encounters with The Spirit. They almost have a love/hate relationship. The Octopus seems bored by the cops of Capital City and comes alive when dealing with The Spirit. In one such encounter, The Octopus gets a valuable chest filled with a shiny object. Unfortunately for the Octopus, he truly wanted the other chest that had the blood of Hercules in it. The blood would give him unlimited power and immortality. The blood however has dire effects for mere mortals.
The person who holds the other chest is Sands Seref (Eva Mendes). She was an old flame of Denny's when they were younger. After tragedy strikes, she turned to a life of crime. Just like Johansson, Mendes has fun with this character. Seref has married several times and is attracted to anything shiny. She states to a man that double crossed her that he made an ass of himself. Seref gets this point across by xeroxing her ass and handing him the copy. After nearly dying, The Spirit demands that someone bring him a red tie that always compliments his outfit. That is the kind of film this is. If you can picture that these two scenes are funny, you will have a good time watching this flick.
“The Spirit” is a fun and goofy film that will entertain you if you don’t take it too seriously. There are visual treats to be had and great one liners you can chuckle at.
Eric Sloss, Writer, MovieJungle.com
You can contact Eric Sloss at [email protected][/FONT]
http://www.moviejungle.com/headlines/templates/templatemjnews3.aspx?articleid=1201&zoneid=1
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Frank Miller's film 'Spirit' goes in with guns blazing
Reviewed by Daniel M. Kimmel
WORCESTER TELEGRAM & GAZETTE REVIEWER
There's usually some offbeat film on the holiday schedule thrown in as counter-programming. It's usually some second-rate horror movie for viewers who wouldn't be caught dead at any of family movies or serious Oscar bait films that flood theaters this season. This year, though, it's "The Spirit," a stylish adaptation of the classic graphic novel (i.e., comic book) by Will Eisner.
Brought to the screen by Frank Miller, himself a figure of note in the comic book world, it is a crime thriller done in the style of Miller's own "Sin City." In some ways it closes the circle. The more artistic comics artists were influenced by the movies, particularly the film noir genre of the '40s and '50s, which used odd camera angles and dark shadows to create memorably atmospheric films. Miller has now taken those effects adapted for the page and reinterpreted them for the screen.
The story concerns Denny Colt, better known as "The Spirit" (Gabriel Macht), a cop who ought to be dead but who, for reasons he doesn't understand, has been allowed to come back to fight crime in his beloved Central City. Now, like the well-known watch, he can take a licking but keep on ticking. His concern is that his nemesis the Octopus (Samuel L. Jackson) is on the verge of a breakthrough involving a mysterious urn.
The urn is currently in the possession of Sand Saref (Eva Mendes), who knew Colt when they were kids but then went off in a different direction. This creates problems for the Spirit, who is apparently irresistible to women. He can't help himself from turning on the charm, much to the consternation of his girlfriend Ellen (Sarah Paulson), a police doctor who has to patch him up.
As the story unfolds, it's the visuals that grab you by the throat. It might be something simple like the Spirit mostly in shadow except for his bright red tie. It might be something silly like Louis Lombardi playing all of Octopus' army of clones. Or it might be the allure of Mendes or Scarlett Johansson (as Silken Floss), the film's two femmes fatales.
As with "Sin City," Miller wants you to appreciate the film on several levels. On one level this is a comic book, so when Octopus beats the Spirit with a toilet he laughs, noting that toilets are always funny. On another level it's a visual feast, with every image lovingly framed and lit (and mixed with special effects) so that there's always something interesting to look at. And yet on another level, for those who care to go there, are some interesting characters and themes, as we watch how the different players respond to the failures and wrongs life inevitably hands them.
"The Spirit" turns the idea of "counter-programming" on its head. It's one of the most entertaining movies out this season.
http://208.112.77.53/datebook/movie...26/08&start_time=NOTPASSED&end_time=NOTPASSED
Reviewed by Daniel M. Kimmel
WORCESTER TELEGRAM & GAZETTE REVIEWER
There's usually some offbeat film on the holiday schedule thrown in as counter-programming. It's usually some second-rate horror movie for viewers who wouldn't be caught dead at any of family movies or serious Oscar bait films that flood theaters this season. This year, though, it's "The Spirit," a stylish adaptation of the classic graphic novel (i.e., comic book) by Will Eisner.
Brought to the screen by Frank Miller, himself a figure of note in the comic book world, it is a crime thriller done in the style of Miller's own "Sin City." In some ways it closes the circle. The more artistic comics artists were influenced by the movies, particularly the film noir genre of the '40s and '50s, which used odd camera angles and dark shadows to create memorably atmospheric films. Miller has now taken those effects adapted for the page and reinterpreted them for the screen.
The story concerns Denny Colt, better known as "The Spirit" (Gabriel Macht), a cop who ought to be dead but who, for reasons he doesn't understand, has been allowed to come back to fight crime in his beloved Central City. Now, like the well-known watch, he can take a licking but keep on ticking. His concern is that his nemesis the Octopus (Samuel L. Jackson) is on the verge of a breakthrough involving a mysterious urn.
The urn is currently in the possession of Sand Saref (Eva Mendes), who knew Colt when they were kids but then went off in a different direction. This creates problems for the Spirit, who is apparently irresistible to women. He can't help himself from turning on the charm, much to the consternation of his girlfriend Ellen (Sarah Paulson), a police doctor who has to patch him up.
As the story unfolds, it's the visuals that grab you by the throat. It might be something simple like the Spirit mostly in shadow except for his bright red tie. It might be something silly like Louis Lombardi playing all of Octopus' army of clones. Or it might be the allure of Mendes or Scarlett Johansson (as Silken Floss), the film's two femmes fatales.
As with "Sin City," Miller wants you to appreciate the film on several levels. On one level this is a comic book, so when Octopus beats the Spirit with a toilet he laughs, noting that toilets are always funny. On another level it's a visual feast, with every image lovingly framed and lit (and mixed with special effects) so that there's always something interesting to look at. And yet on another level, for those who care to go there, are some interesting characters and themes, as we watch how the different players respond to the failures and wrongs life inevitably hands them.
"The Spirit" turns the idea of "counter-programming" on its head. It's one of the most entertaining movies out this season.
http://208.112.77.53/datebook/movie...26/08&start_time=NOTPASSED&end_time=NOTPASSED
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Hardly. I'm not the one who went around rambling about how awful a film was without having even seen it. That was...well...almost everyone else. Calling a film garbage before it's released? That's just stupid.
And what makes it even more so is the fact that, now having seen the film, it's NOT even that bad. I mean I've seen people calling it the worst movie of all time (without seeing it mind you) and now seeing it that statement is still absurd.
It's in the same vein as "Punisher: War Zone." I mean sure it's not Oscar worthy by any means...but who cares? Since when did Every single Comic Book Movie have to be of "TDK" standards?
It's not. I was just fulfilling the obligations of the thread and giving my opinion.
Again, I wasn't talking about critics who had seen it and didn't like it...I'm talking about the great number of folks on this board that called it junk without seeing it.
But I guess my point is...you can dislike a movie without taking a dump on it, especially when the movie in question isn't that horrible to begin with.
It's not a chore to sit through "The Spirit" for me personally...but going beyond myself, having seen it...I don't see it as an unbearable or painful watch for anyone really. And when people say they cringed at dialogue or rolled their eyes, they're overreacting...a lot. If people say they had the urge to walk out on "the Spirit" they're being overtly dramactic for the sake of being on the Miller-Bashing Bandwagon...
Because it wasn't the greatest motion picture ever produced...but it's not something to cringe at or walk out on either.
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I had a movie day with the family today. My brother and I bought tickets for Valkyrie, saw that and enjoyed it. Then my whole family bought tickets for Benjamin Button, which was a beautiful film. I loved that. The Spirit was directly across from Benjamin Button, so we decided to sneak in.
This movie was hilariously awesome! Just like War Zone, it's so ridiculously over the top that it's hilarious, but enjoyable. I absolutely love Frank Miller's style, so the film is beautiful. The story wasn't bad, either. It's mostly the dialogue and, surprisingly, Sam Jackson that are the worst parts of the film. I cringed a lot at his dialogue and henchmen. But the Spirit was pretty cool, I liked his character. All in all, I enjoyed it. It was over-the-top as hell with really ****** dialogue, but it was still enjoyable.
Best part? Seeing sweet, sweet Eva Mendas' body. :heart:
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This movie was hilariously awesome! Just like War Zone, it's so ridiculously over the top that it's hilarious, but enjoyable. I absolutely love Frank Miller's style, so the film is beautiful. The story wasn't bad, either. It's mostly the dialogue and, surprisingly, Sam Jackson that are the worst parts of the film. I cringed a lot at his dialogue and henchmen. But the Spirit was pretty cool, I liked his character. All in all, I enjoyed it. It was over-the-top as hell with really ****** dialogue, but it was still enjoyable.
Best part? Seeing sweet, sweet Eva Mendas' body. :heart:
5/10
Sin City, Year One,Dark Knight Returns....everything Miller has done is complete crap. The best thing Miller ever did was get Samuel L. Jackson to wear blackface and a nazi uniform.
SAM JACKSON FOR RED SKULL IN 2011!!!!!!!!!
SAM JACKSON FOR RED SKULL IN 2011!!!!!!!!!
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The movie is that bad. I hate Frank Miller.
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Early estimates are saying $3.1 million for Thursday for the Spirit.
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It is estimated it could collect $14 million from Thursday-Sunday.
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Punisher War Zone only made $1 million opening day, and it opened against nothing like Tom Cruise's Valkyrie and Brad Pitt's Benjamin Button which Gabriel Macht's Spirit is opening against and it wasn't on a Thursday and a family holiday and with many people snowed in. Considering all that, $3.8 million opening day for The Spirit ain't bad. I didn't even see it on Christmas day.
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Now it's 44 negative and 7 positive. Average Rating: 3.5/10. That's BAAAAD man.
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I really think that Christmas day isn't the most appropriate opening for a movie like this, esp with the marketing that it got. Besides the whole 'Christmas Spirit' angle.
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I'll probably see the film this weekend. Is it good, bad, or a mix?
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This film sucks so hard it'll get you off by the time the credits roll.
that's the best review yet.
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