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Scarlett Johansson as a Femme Fatale in Frank Miller's film adaptation of Will Eisner's THE SPIRIT? Effing Awesome!!!

Cool! by Aphex Twin	Aug 17th, 2007 01:51:58 AM
First
Very first time by GQtaste	Aug 17th, 2007 01:52:14 AM
as ever gqtaste
damnit by GQtaste	Aug 17th, 2007 01:52:48 AM
gqtaste
Oh, on a serious note by Aphex Twin	Aug 17th, 2007 01:54:52 AM
Cool! More Frank Miller goodness! And anything with Scarlett is cool, even the Nanny Diaries.
actually the spirit has already been cast... by Duncan Irons	Aug 17th, 2007 01:55:22 AM
Gabriel Macht...remember?
Last time Scarlett Johansson played a femme fatale... by Ribbons	Aug 17th, 2007 02:08:22 AM
...it was called 'The Black Dahlia.' And she was horribly miscast, I don't care how va-va-voom she is. Hopefully she's learned a thing or two since then.
Come To Daddy by skoobyx	Aug 17th, 2007 02:20:38 AM
I could do her all year. Once I get the gastric bypass surgery I'll shoot her a text.
Does anyone else think... by MaxTheSilent	Aug 17th, 2007 02:34:27 AM
That she's probably already shot her part for SIN CITY 2, and Frank Miller developed a good enough working relationship with her to offer the role.
Damn, if only it was before Sam Jackson got played out by DOGSOUP	Aug 17th, 2007 02:51:25 AM
Maybe he can get some cred back....
agree with shuttlepod by jsm1978	Aug 17th, 2007 02:56:38 AM
Have not been impressed by her acting abilities at all as of yet...
heh by jsm1978	Aug 17th, 2007 02:58:19 AM
Sam Jackson is like Wolverine... he's everywhere at the same time.
Franks getting some big guns.. by Redfive!	Aug 17th, 2007 02:59:33 AM
Lets hope he learned alot on the sin city set,this could be a great big-fun filled great movie.
Scarlett can´t act by CuervoJones	Aug 17th, 2007 03:07:37 AM
And her mouth is weird.
Scarlett is a great actress! by NITROSLICK	Aug 17th, 2007 03:19:58 AM
Have you nay-sayers seen LOST IN TRANSLATION and MATCH POINT?! She'll do a great job! ...It's just too bad that the movie itself is going to suck so much wind, I fear for the test audiences that will be subject to it first!
Black Dahlia II: Scarlett Stands Around Again by Mullah Omar	Aug 17th, 2007 03:39:26 AM
I agree that she has already tried and failed to play a femme fatale. As we learned from Black Dahlia, just because Scarlett can look like a femme fatale in still photographs, she does not necessarily have the emotional complexity to pull off a living, breathing femme fatale on the screen.
NITROSLICK by Ribbons	Aug 17th, 2007 03:54:50 AM
Hey, I think Scarlett is a good actress too! I don't, however, think she's a femme fatale, no matter how much she may look like one.
chubble bubble lips by FILMFUNK	Aug 17th, 2007 04:26:15 AM
has a one note acting career. Mope around delivering lines like you're constantly hitting the bong and you'll be an enigmatic indy star.
Ribbons, Scarlett wasn't a Femme Fatale in Black Dahlia by NoDiggity	Aug 17th, 2007 04:27:48 AM
Was she?
how the hell is the role in Dahlia a femme fatale? by hktelemacher	Aug 17th, 2007 04:35:29 AM
That was Hilary Swank who was miscast in that one, among just about everyone but Aaron Eckhart who was pretty much wasted. Yet there was nothing even remotely femme fatale about Scarlett in that movie - she had the girlfriend-who-looks-worried-i n-all-her-scenes role. Not remotely dangerous. Unless the definition of femme fatale just got a whole lot broader to allow just scowling to qualify one as a nefarious bitch. And while she does basically just play the same thing each time out to varied degrees of externalized angst, I quite liked her in Scoop. She kind of played the female version of the Woody Allen double that winds up in movies he doesn't act in, even though he was in it.
Maybe femme fatale is a little broad... by Ribbons	Aug 17th, 2007 04:51:22 AM
...would you prefer "noir actress"? I still maintain that she was out of place in that movie. The way the camera introduced her character was all very stylized and arch, and then she opened her mouth and sounded like a woman circa 2006 playing dress-up.
Scarlett by optimus122	Aug 17th, 2007 05:03:31 AM
Can act but much like her hotness she is a bit overrated..nice tits and bod butherface..eh its ok..
definitive femme fatal of the last 20 years by Lost Prophet	Aug 17th, 2007 05:08:36 AM
Linda Fiorentino in The Last Seduction. you know this to be true.
Samuel L Jackson by Felix the Taster	Aug 17th, 2007 05:20:18 AM
I may ask SLJ to make a speech at my wedding. He says yes to everything else!
big knockers by Wogga Wogga	Aug 17th, 2007 05:36:33 AM
that's all she have. No talent. No sexiness. Simply fugly. People drooling over her still amazes me. There are soooo many better-looking actresses out there. Not to mention talented.
Frank Miller's a hack.... by Cagliostro	Aug 17th, 2007 05:37:30 AM
...and Scarlett can't act. Sin City was a cool film in that finally someone made a literal translation of a comic, but the comics themselves where only fun as coloring books. 300 sucked as well. Martha Washington was the last good shit he wrote.
I don't "get" Scarlett Johansson. by DerLanghaarige	Aug 17th, 2007 06:22:43 AM
She isn't a great actress and doesn't look that hot either. So why is everybody so crazy about her?
cast Scarlett in anything and everything, by Daddylonghead	Aug 17th, 2007 06:30:24 AM
esp. Barbarella. I will never, ever, ever, tire of looking at Scarlett Johansson, end of story.
Well you're in luck, Daddylonghead by Ribbons	Aug 17th, 2007 06:41:18 AM
She's trying to squeeze two more films into her pre-strike schedule. Just make sure to cut a hole in the bottom of the bucket.
Yes hot babes just wait for fat nerds to have by Yeti	Aug 17th, 2007 07:24:20 AM
gastric bypass so they can "live the dream"
Scarlett can´t be Barbarella. Heather Graham can. by CuervoJones	Aug 17th, 2007 07:41:13 AM
Just watch Austin Powers 2
Frank Miller made the Dark Knight Returns by CuervoJones	Aug 17th, 2007 07:42:39 AM
He is NOT a hack.
I'm SO glad Heather Graham has vanished from view by Daddylonghead	Aug 17th, 2007 07:54:02 AM
stick-thin, untalented, shrill, with that Mary Tyler Moore trapezoidal mouth and no chin... the only role I didn't hate her in was in Boogie Nights... "Heather, your character's a tweaked-out bimbo." Great casting. Other than that, ugh. Good riddance.
Scarlet sucks by Nabster	Aug 17th, 2007 08:13:31 AM
She cant act. Fat Harry, why must you geek about everything?
If she's playing Ellen Dolan by scortch	Aug 17th, 2007 08:28:22 AM
Perfect! Now, let's see Geoffrey Rush as Carrion! And let's just say NO to Angelina Jolie as P'Gell, okay?
Wait, Frank Miller is DIRECTING this movie? Scary !!! by NoDiggity	Aug 17th, 2007 08:32:14 AM
The guy's a loony freak. I foresee terrible troubles on the set, as misogynistic Miller tries to bully his leading lady and the rest of the cast. Anyone see the poster for the movie that Miller created? He apparently can't draw a powerful but good-looking guy without making him look like an overmuscled pansy.
what? by Shigeru	Aug 17th, 2007 09:14:34 AM
boobs? yes.
Spirit by zackman	Aug 17th, 2007 09:21:51 AM
I wouldn't say Miller's version of The Spirit looks like" "an overmuscled pansy", but it's no where near Eisner's original. Why can they cast Black actors in White villian roles but not in White hero roles?
Cagliostro... by TheNothing	Aug 17th, 2007 10:01:16 AM
...that may be the least-informed statement I have seen anyone make on this site. If you think the guy who wrote Batman: Year One, Dark Knight Returns, and Sin City is a hack, maybe you should just stick to actual coloring books. I hear there's a good one out now where Darkwing Duck teams up with Chip and Dale: Rescue Rangers. Should be right up your alley.
I'll believe it when I see it by R H S C	Aug 17th, 2007 10:19:12 AM
25 years ago, an animated version of 'The Spirit' was in pre-production with Gary Kurtz producing and Will Eisner heavily involved. Now,with the Spirit comic not exactly setting local comic book stores on fire, and Frank Miller, who's best days, it seems, are behind him, I wouldn't be surprised if this never makes it to the multiplex.
in regards to TheNothing... by tango fett	Aug 17th, 2007 10:31:27 AM
please leave a link to a website where I may purchase said coloring book. thank you.
Miller noirs Eisner. Please no. by JackSmack	Aug 17th, 2007 11:00:44 AM
Love The Spirit, but Miller isn't the man for this. Sin City was a caricature of the real thing. Eisner was the real thing. Plus, Miller is mostly humorless and probably unable to capture Eisner's ironic sense of fun. After waiting for a Spirit movie for decades, all we're going to get is Sin City 3. I don't know whether to yawn or cry.
Tango Fett.... by TheNothing	Aug 17th, 2007 11:14:52 AM
Lol, touche`
As far as Frank Miller as a director, who knows? by Daddylonghead	Aug 17th, 2007 11:27:39 AM
He may seem a certain way as a comic book artist-- and make no mistake, he's one of the VERY VERY FEW superhero comic writers/artists worth a warm shit-- but directing a movie is very different from writing or drawing a comic book. Listen, we know he's not a moron, we know he's not a sell-out... why not give him the benefit of the doubt? And I have no idea how kooky he is or isn't, but this is Hollywood after all, so it's not like nobody's ever dealt with an eccentric before. I think some of you are reading too much into this. So the poster wasn't classic Eisner, okay. But if someone was going to direct a SPIRIT movie, would you rather it be someone who hadn't won an Eisner Award? Then we'd get "THE PHANTOM, II" ohhhh cheap shot, I must be drunk
Very true by TheNothing	Aug 17th, 2007 11:33:53 AM
He is mostly unproven as a director at the moment. It may turn out that he'll need to stick with comics in order to be any good. But geez, let the man direct his movie before anyone starts calling him a hack. Let's remember that some of the coolest moments in Batman Begins originally came from Frank Miller in Year One.
Miller's Hack Status.... by Cagliostro	Aug 17th, 2007 11:42:47 AM
I should have specified more clearly that I meant he's become a hack. Yes, DKR is maybe the coolest comic ever constructed....yes, Ronin is my favorite comic of all time, yes I was obsessed with his Daredevil before most of the Fan Boys on this TB were even born...but...in my humble opinion.....Sin City sucks.....300 sucks....DK2 artwork sucks.....and it's been years since he's actually been "Frank Miller". I don't think Hollywood is gonna help the situation. If he wants to direct something, let's forget about this wack ass WB "Dark Knight"and let him direct a hand drawn DKR animated feature. Cartoons should stay cartoons. Just my opinion.
Frank Miller Humorless? by Punch Man	Aug 17th, 2007 11:52:20 AM
Really?
Miller totally wrong for this... by Kid Z	Aug 17th, 2007 12:24:27 PM
... Because the dude's basically a violence-obsessed nihilist. Don't get me wrong, I love his comics work, but he's just wrong to helm The Spirit, which though it had i's moments of violence and grittiness, it also possessed a certain homor, wittiness and whimsy... somthing that won't be coming outta Miller in a million years.
Sin City a.k.a Corto Maltese by Cagliostro	Aug 17th, 2007 12:29:56 PM
One more thing...Miller jacked the whole Hi-Contrast, Sin City art style from Hugo Pratt.
Yeah, it has been a while.... by TheNothing	Aug 17th, 2007 12:31:20 PM
....since Miller's put out something truly great. I definitely agree with that. He seems to get bored quickly with certain subjects, and when his passion and creativity for a subject are gone, they're just gone. A good example is Dark Knight Strikes again, which paled next to Returns. Maybe he's moving to movies because his passion for comics needs to recharge a little. In any case, I hope he can find the same voice in film that he has found on the page in past work.
P'Gell? by CaptainCosmos	Aug 17th, 2007 01:48:22 PM
Harry, you just say "femme fatale"-- does anyone know if she's specifically playing the role of The Spirit's #1 femme fatale, P'Gell? If she is, I have to say "bad call" on Miller's casting here. She's cute, and I can see her in a piece like this, but she just ain't got the gravitas to pull off a character as intense as P'Gell. Nor does she have the dark, sultry looks for her, either. Just sayin...
what about Batman vs. Al Qaeda by Shigeru	Aug 17th, 2007 03:15:21 PM
when's that flick coming out?
Counterpoint to AnimalStructure by Daddylonghead	Aug 17th, 2007 03:48:12 PM
• Scarlett Johansson is amazing • You're fucking retarded • Scarlett's bosoms are but one part of her appeal • Scarlett is a fine actress • u r gay & don't know what acting is • You fucking suck, and should eat a jumbo Costco family-pak bag of dicks • Scarlett Johansenn is wonderful
Very eloquent, Daddylonghead by TheNothing	Aug 17th, 2007 04:14:23 PM
Couldn't agree more!
re: Scarlett in the Black Dahlia by CherryValance	Aug 17th, 2007 05:46:34 PM
She wasn't a femme fatale but she was still supposed to play it up a bit. I like her, but she seemed like she confused "sexy" and "tired". Maybe she'll correct it in playing a real femme fatale this time.
Black Dahlis Was The Biggest Letdown Movie In Years by skoobyx	Aug 17th, 2007 07:08:38 PM
Depalma directing a James Ellroy adaptation with Scarlett Johansson...how could it go wrong? ...Oh that's how.
If you think Scarlet Johanson is ugly by RokurGepta	Aug 17th, 2007 10:26:17 PM
then you're a flaming homosexual
I never said she could act by RokurGepta	Aug 17th, 2007 11:14:09 PM
i'm just saying she is hot
AnimalStructure by BrowncoatJedi	Aug 17th, 2007 11:23:04 PM
Did a blond with big boobs recently turn down your advances?
I find it hard to logically discuss Scarlett Johansonn by Daddylonghead	Aug 17th, 2007 11:27:36 PM
Some things in life transcend your shallow considerations, AnimalStructure. I mean, did you see her in "The Prestige?" My god, she had my Select Comfort Sleep Number dialled right in on those magnificent... and her acting was fine. Nothing wrong with it, very good acting. I don't want to argue about her acting. Remember GHOST WORLD? I do, vaguely. Even back then, she had that amazing low-pitched voice. Ohh, Scarlett. And the other day at the utilities office, they had a magazine in the waiting area with an article about how Woody Allen was putting her in 4 or 5 of his dozen 2006/2007 films. And frankly I don't give a shit about Woody Allen, but he's a famous director, and in the magazine articles he was saying how she's clever and a good actress and stuff. And then there was a picure of her in like a vintage swimsuit. I don't know about the brown hair on her... she'll always be blond to me. Wait, where was I? Oh yeah. You suck, Scarlett Johansonn is amazing, ergo propter sum QED.
Never mind Animal, Daddylonghead by half vader	Aug 17th, 2007 11:42:47 PM
He loves "The Cell" and thought it was "dope". Ironically, he/she (both?) uses that term a lot. Also thinks EVERY Frank Oz film is shit. Every one. And sorry to correct you, but Scarlett's bosoms are TWO parts of her appeal, if you're using the plural. ;) Bloodhound gang shoulda had Scarlett on the cover of their album.
Scarlett's Pretty Good by skoobyx	Aug 18th, 2007 01:07:44 AM
She's more talented than other equally hot girls (and there are few other equally hot girls) although her last few movies she didn't seem to do as well. Match Point was fantastic but she couldn't seem to find the right note. And my feelings on Black Dahlia are a matter of public record.
'Match Point,' AnimalStructure by Ribbons	Aug 18th, 2007 03:10:10 AM
Is a film where she gives a good performance that's significantly different from most of her roles. But I think what's good about her is the same thing that's good about Robert Downey Jr. (hear me out): she tends to play variations on the same character (herself, arguably), but she's very good at bringing natural mannerisms and inflections to her roles that make them seem like real, identifiable people, even moreso than most people who make a living out of "playing themselves." It's the same reason she was probably all wrong for 'The Black Dahlia,' and I still think she shouldn't be cast in anything and everything. I mean, Ain't It Cool News is practically the No Paul Walkers Club. How is countering someone's argument that she's a bad actor with "Durr, who cares, hawtness" not the exact same thing? I probably can't even count the number of times I've been accused of being gay for thinking Johansson is overexposed on two hands. And you know, maybe I am gay; so what about it? All that means is that I have a better perspective on the situation than most of you do.
8 Below by RokurGepta	Aug 18th, 2007 03:12:54 AM
was a movie that I think Paul Walker did a decent job in
Whoa, fast response by Ribbons	Aug 18th, 2007 03:25:14 AM
I actually thought he was okay in 'Eight Below' too, although I do think he's kind of a mediocre actor. But my point was more about how people here react to him and all of the perceived breaks that he gets for being popular with the ladies.
Black Villian in a Period Piece? by ImFixingtoDie	Aug 18th, 2007 05:50:21 PM
How were you supposed to be a Mastermind when they wouldn't even let you use the same water fountain? Unless he's supposed to be a moonshining pimp, in which case, awesome.
Scarlett is fat by CuervoJones	Aug 19th, 2007 07:04:33 AM
Just like your girlfriends
Scarlett Johansson is an ACTRESS?!?!?!? by monsterforge	Aug 20th, 2007 01:31:46 AM
What the FUCK? I never noticed she was doing anything besides standing around making me weep bitterly... she's sooooo dreamy.

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