Its nice to see some of the readers here actually have seen the film and arnt just saying it sucked to ride the negative Spirit bandwagon.

The Spirit was a guilty pleasure.
Over the top camp!

You wanna talk worst films of the year, High School Musical2 and Twilight top my list,,,,!

Sky Captain was inspired genius.

I'm assuming the people who hated it, just didn't get it. The movie was actually pretty good, despite all the naysayers. Honestly, it never set out to be Sin City 2 or an edgy Dark Knight. It was a superhero movie that had no intention of taking itself too seriously. It was fun as hell to watch and funnier than piss to listen to. Honestly, I don't understand people being so pretentious and assuming this was meant to be a work of art.

Ah, the "just didn't get it" line. It's a classic. I don't think that people were expecting another Sin City or an edgy flick, in fact, a lot of comments I've read were down on the film because of the rehashed Sin City feel and the stiff acting segments from the trailer. It's cool if you enjoyed the film because everyone has different tastes, but I don't think people are coming off pretentious with their criticism. It also doesn't sound as if you're saying it's a GOOD movie, but that you found enjoyment from the not so grand production and dialogue.

Ever since the first trailer I had no interest in this movie because I thought it looked awful. I do have a morbid curiousity because the reviews are so bad, but I'll wait till it makes its way to cable.

this actually makes me want to see it now.

I don't know... i still kind of want to see it. I know that is terrible, but I think it could be the sort of mind-numbing entertainment. I shall definitely wait for its dvd release however.

I saw the movie last weekend. And there are somethings I actually like about the movie. The design of the movie is great and I thought a lot of the stars did a decent job for what Frank Miller gave to them. The problem and its a big problem I had was Samuel L Jackson. His version of The Octopus was so OVER the top that it pretty much took me out of the movie. I was having a ok time with the movie until the Nazi scene kept on going and going. That scene alone for me just killed it for me. I think even a first time director would have told Sam Jackson to tone it down a bit.

Or maybe Miller told him to be over the top?

Well that is what I was wondering, so thanks for the reassurance.

This flick gets my Howard the Duck Award for 2008 . . . makes Sky Captain/World of Tomorrow look like a work of inspired genius.

that Roger Ebert quote is incredible

I assume Frank Miller likes eggs, but not on his face? :P Terrible, terrible film, especially the "Guten tag!" scene where the whole cinema in which I was seated erupted in laughter, never mind the visuals which just confused me (they were neither different nor special, just annoying as hell, it seems as if he just hit the editing room and thought "I'll make a lot of things change colour, and add flashes here and there, the audiences love flashing lights...right?").

I know when a film is bad, when I'm pushing to find something I actually liked about it, and the only thing I can think of is that Scarlett and Eva looked quite delectable in their scantily clad clothes through-out...

Haha 'Worse than Battlefield Earth'...NOTHING is worse than 'Battlefield Earth'...

Two words: Pluto Nash

At least you can laugh at Battlefield Earth.

Ha ha! It so bad me want see now! Ha ha! So much advertising me want go now! Hurrr hurrrr!

Now bad good! Good now bad! Up now down!

Haha i do want to see this film now...only cause of all the hype its had! Maybe blu-ray? Nahh ill wait till its on free-to-air

Ok, I liked The Spirit. I think too many people are expecting another Sin City. Sure it's really weird and kind of dumb, but look at the movie as a whole, it's more of a comedy. It's a superhero flick that just doesn't take its self too seriously. How many movies can you find lines like...'Toilets are always funny!!" and, "You're dead like Star Trek!"

I still think Disaster Movie is gonna get this one.

Oh dont even get me started on that movie...

That's pretty funny. I wonder if The Spirit will be the first to sweep at this years award season?

Don't know why you were being dug down, I think it's very possible for The Spirit to sweep.

I wouldn't say Miller is a terrible director, just a misleaded one. When he's not directing his own work or something he wrote in a comic, it doesn't tend to work out well. I would say the worse thing about the spirit is that it was written by Frank Miller. But its also directed by Frank Miller, and the movie looks fantastic. The women are hot (even if they do seem bored sometimes) and Sam Jackson is livin' it up on screen. I would say more a guilty pleasure than an outright disaster.

What Frank actually wrote the script? Damn.

Right? I love that they used Ebert's quote. There are tons of others that totally destroyed this movie too.

I'm surprised no Ben Lyons quotes were used for the sake of irony. I mean he usually praises terrible movies.

I cant believe there are people on here defending that horirble movie!!! Seriously, you all need to have your heads examined. The Spirt was one of the worst films of the last decade.

Indeed, you sir, are an ignorant.

I do agree that the Spirit was pretty bad- just not the worst of 2008. Does a movie titled Disaster Movie ring a bell?

You need to watch more movies.

Agreed

In this age of digital information, theres a reason I still have two subscriptions to physical magazines and now I remember why Total Film is one of them.

I'm actually excited about seeing The Spirit. I'm a big fan of Miller and his style. Plus, how can you go wrong with that many hot girls in one film?

I'm pretty sure the only reason why I would watch this film is for the ladies. It really is the biggest reason why I'd watch it.

I really enjoy watching the look and style of a Frank Miller movie but I'm not sure if this is worth the price of admission.

You will see.
I gave it a shot. Miller is just a terrible director. He ran this one into the ground. It was as if a first month student filmmaker was put in charge of a multi-million dollar Hollywood production. Like I said, you will see.

"It was as if a first month student filmmaker was put in charge of a multi-million dollar Hollywood production."
Nicely put. If you think about it, that is pretty close to the actual scenario.

I'm actually excited about seeing The Spirit. I'm a big fan of Miller and his style. Plus, how can you go wrong with that many hot girls in one film.

I want to see it just to see how bad it is, but then again..I don't really want to waste my time.

A Paradox. o_o

The movie really wasn't that bad.
I have seen far worse films in my time, spirit doesn't even come close to touching those.

I loved it. I have no idea what people were expecting, but the final product is fucking great. I love the mixture of 60's Adam West Batman camp with new millenium green screen wankery. Can't wait for the Blu-ray! Btw, I loved Speed Racer, too... for what that's worth.

It's funny to think it can't even win a Razzie. It failed so utterly that it's not even bad enough to be considered the worst.

Agreed. Maybe it's just the hype and expectation that lead people to believe it was something grand, hince people calling it the worst film of the year. Maybe disappointment would be a better word.

I think that was too nice.

and well deserved it would be.

I personally can't think of one film more deserving this year. I'd vote for it.

Disaster Movie. The Spirit can be #2.

I'd agree, only Disaster Movie was taking the piss out of itself, whereas THE SPIRIT was trying to be 100% serious. Honestly, it was. It's not even a comedy!

I'll agree with that because people were assuming The Spirit might be a little good. It turned out to be something terrible. Everyone knew that Disaster Movie was going to be terrible and expected nothing good from it.

The Spirit wasnt trying to be 100% serious, Sam Jackson once compared it to Looney Tunes, so you are wrong there.

it was a bad movie! i personally loved it and thought Macht did an awesome job and was a pretty bad ass big screen hero