Comments on: The Spirit Movie Trailer

By: Bob

Bob — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 23:03:29 +0000

The first Spirit comics were not in B&W. The Spirit started out in 7-page stories in a full-color “comic book section” (along with Mr. Mystic and Lady Luck, who got 4 pages each) that was inserted into many Sunday newspapers from 1940 to 1952.

I’m not going to pass judgment on the movie based on the trailer alone. But I’m not a fan of Frank Miller’s work, either in comics or on the screen. I’ll wait until December to see what the reviewers say, but I’m pretty sure I’ll be waiting for it to come to cable before I see it.

By: martin

martin — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:23:50 +0000

1. the spirit comics were first printed in b&w
2. how do you know the movie will be serious from one trailer?
3. take a look at the comics and tell me they weren’t stylized. THE SPIRIT logo was alway incorporated into the landscape of the first panel.
4. maybe it looks like sin city because sin city was heavily influenced by will eisner’s spirit comics.. and noir films of the 40’s.

do some research, watch the movie. you may just like it.

By: Chadams

Chadams — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 01:59:57 +0000

Frank Miller’s fucking this one up. Take the money you’d potentially spend on the ticket and go grab the latest Spirit graphic novel. THAT’S how The Spirit should be: goofy and not serious at all - especially not with any sort of forced thuggish, Frank Miller, hard-boiled b.s. This looks as bad a Speed Racer did. Someone tell directors that movies can in fact still be made on sets and on location. Green-screening an entire film is a cop-out.

By: fanboy d

fanboy d — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:35:18 +0000

looks freakin’ awesome!!!

By: Lukas2k

Lukas2k — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:38:28 +0000

Am I the only one tired of seeing Samuel L Jackson playing always the Bad Black Dude…?

By: Thumb

Thumb — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 06:32:30 +0000

This looks like the good parts of Sin City had uncomfortable sex with the bad parts of Speed Racer.

By: SUe

SUe — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:14:22 +0000

it got taken down. apparently, Lionsgate wants to do there best to keep the movie a secret and create zero awareness.

By: gocitizen

gocitizen — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 10:03:28 +0000

I was pretty skeptical, but I actually think it looks pretty interesting. If nothing else, it seems like it will be highly stylized (a good thing). I do notice some muted color in the faces and I hope they bring that out a little more.

At least in this trailer, it does look like a closed world and could benefit greatly from some vivid exteriors and locations. I hope that Miller knows this and they are waiting for those shots to come together. You can criticize Sky Captain, but Conran did a good job creating the feel of locations.

I’m intrigued by what Miller can do in the medium and even though I wish this vibe was retained for what should be Sin City2, I’m not going to hate on it for that reason alone.

By: TheDaftPunk

TheDaftPunk — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 06:31:18 +0000

Frank Miller had me going with the teaser. I was all sorts of excited and mystified. I think the Sin City color scheme is great for The Spirit and I really liked it in the teaser. However, I also know that the comics were color and the movie doesn’t need the Sin City color scheme to work. So I guess it’s just Frank Miller’s personality and ideas mixing with Will Eisner’s setting. Which is good because I enjoyed said color scheme and Sin City left me wanting more.

By: Meli

Meli — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 06:03:28 +0000

I’m feeling mediocre after watching the trailer, but I’m not
prepared to write the movie off. I’m still planning on giving
it a shot.

By: sari

sari — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 05:57:08 +0000

The parts with Jamie King look like some retarded sci fi movie. And kind of like The Fountain.

By: bizarre

bizarre — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 05:50:17 +0000

What about that trailer or this movie screams Christmas to you? WTF? Somebody needs to be struck about the head repeatedly for that decision.

By: ben wheatley

ben wheatley — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 05:49:33 +0000

looked pretty good to me..looks like the film might be a lot weirder than i thought, bravo!

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By: jonny

jonny — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 05:47:02 +0000

The fact that Miller is the first major comic book artist/genius to direct films… I’m willing to give it a chance and not judge it by its trailer…….which looks fucking retarded.

By: zinkywinks

zinkywinks — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 05:33:04 +0000

Obviously someone had a “i can make a cooler trailer than you” bet and failed… miserably. Everything about that was incredibly retarded, with the exception of the song over it. It felt like they were in a box! It probably would have been better if they went with straight animation.

Quick question: Does Sam Jackson ever turn down a role?

Quick prediction: This will be the new movie that gets the excuse… “Oh, we were TRYING to make a B movie” Newest lame excuse in hollywood.

By: Gorman

Gorman — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 04:49:31 +0000

I’m excited. Though I think the trailer should have featured more of the protagonist.

Then again… I was excited when I saw the trailer for The Shadow, and Sin City(for the record was very poorly told), and 300.

By: YoungZe

YoungZe — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 04:40:43 +0000

Yep, i Captain Awesome is right. This is not Will Eisner’s The Spirit. This is Frank Miller’s: The Spirit.

By: IAmTheBatman

IAmTheBatman — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 04:35:56 +0000

I like it.

By: Captain Awesome

Captain Awesome — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 04:32:09 +0000

The Spirit should have been done in the style almost similar to The Shadow. In terms of color pallete and tones.

I’m very dissapointed with the way this looks. This B&W film style not only robs The Spirit’s “character”, but the world he should be residing in. It flattened everything out way too much. And while this is Sin City’s look. I wish Sin City was the only one who kept it.