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The Trade Papers Have Their Reviews Of THE SPIRIT Up!! Is It The Next DARK KNIGHT Or The Next STEEL??

First by Maceox	Dec 18th, 2008 08:53:50 PM
Oh my
Firs... by Hotscot	Dec 18th, 2008 08:53:58 PM
Oh forget it..
Steel it is by seppukudkurosawa	Dec 18th, 2008 08:54:25 PM

Wow I am empty by Maceox	Dec 18th, 2008 08:54:46 PM
I spent my whole last decade for this moment and now...hollow...hollow...hollow . i have wasted my life.
Poor Will Eisner by brock landers baby	Dec 18th, 2008 08:58:12 PM
Sounds like Franky fucked up good.
Ah well, it could be worse by seppukudkurosawa	Dec 18th, 2008 09:01:21 PM
Miller could have set his heart on adapting A Contract With God instead. Can you imagine anyone less suited to that one than Frank Miller?
Is anyone surprised? by dr sauch	Dec 18th, 2008 09:01:36 PM
Miller is not a film director.
Well, duh... by BrooseTheScharuk	Dec 18th, 2008 09:02:26 PM
...at what point in the process has this movie ever looked like anything but what these reviews are saying. I still can't believe more people didn't say the same about Sin City and 300.
Smells like Teen Spirit by Groothewarrior	Dec 18th, 2008 09:02:37 PM
here we are now ENTERTAIN US!!!
Yeah, damn...Frank Miller, what did you do? by tile_mcgillus	Dec 18th, 2008 09:05:21 PM
Frank...damnit.
what are you retarded? by lex romero	Dec 18th, 2008 09:06:52 PM
He's the goddamn spirit. How can it be shit?
Frank Miller by David Assholehoff	Dec 18th, 2008 09:08:59 PM
I am a big comic fan, and totally dig Miller's graphic novels and comic runs, but he was thrust into the directors chair after learning from a hack like Rodriguez or Zack Snider. Sin city was a joke, 300 was good, yet kitschy, and making The Spirit with the same style was just blatantly a bad choice. It needed to be gritty and dark. Frank will hopefully learn from this and not get too sour a taste in his mouth. He can still direct someday, but he needs to go to film school with a real director. Frank, booby, stick to the co-director's chair for a while. Soak it in. THEN DO THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS. Just NOT alone. That should be your baby.
"C'mon, Sam Jackson! Come on! Come on, come on, come on!" by JackPumpkinhead	Dec 18th, 2008 09:09:31 PM
Those papers need more Jondough.
THE SPIRIT that never was - Brad Bird's ANIMATED ADAPTATION!!!! by halsolo	Dec 18th, 2008 09:10:59 PM
Really interesting LA TIMES article about Brad Bird and John Lasseter's unmade SPIRIT ANIMATED ADAPTATION... http://latimesblogs.latimes.co m/herocomplex/2008/12/the-spir it-that.html What a shame - the Spirit that never happened vs. the turd that Miller got made. If anyone has a link to their pencil test trailer, PLEASE post it!
Telling us all what we already knew by tolomey	Dec 18th, 2008 09:12:46 PM
Maybe now Miller will just fade away, never to be heard from again.
Oh, and... by David Assholehoff	Dec 18th, 2008 09:13:55 PM
Get David Fincher (Or someone equally good) to "co-direct" Ronin.
I like Sin City and Rocky Horror... by Amy Chasing	Dec 18th, 2008 09:14:25 PM
BTW, when's Repo! The Genetic Opera coming out?
I'm starting to think this might be good! by ironburl	Dec 18th, 2008 09:15:56 PM
"those who celebrate films such as "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" for their silly acting and overripe dialogue. …"
LET THIS BE A LESSON!! To Orson Scott Card by xevoid	Dec 18th, 2008 09:18:46 PM
I don't care how much you think you can be a good Screenwriter for Ender's Game, or a Director, or whatever you are negotiating to be. You can't. Let someone else "adapt" it or else one of the best pieces of Sci-Fi of all time will turn into a turd. YOU HEAR ME, ORSON, you silly Mormon fuck!
Crap by BizarroJerry	Dec 18th, 2008 09:19:08 PM
These complaints are exactly what I was afraid of. Turning everything into Sin City.
Also... by BizarroJerry	Dec 18th, 2008 09:24:14 PM
I've heard Miller is potentially involved in Clive Owen's future Philip Marlowe films. As a fan of those books, this makes we more worried than before.
The last bit in the HR review is funny by eggart	Dec 18th, 2008 09:27:29 PM
but I'm waiting for Roger Ebert's review to see if I'm going or not.
The solution to America's energy crisis: by blindambition238	Dec 18th, 2008 09:29:02 PM
Hook a turbine to Eisner's grave! Thank you Mr. Miller!
I hope this doesn't hurt SIN CITY 2 by Mullah Omar	Dec 18th, 2008 09:29:29 PM
This whole (apparent) fiasco might turn people off for SIN CITY 2, or at least encourage execs to keep a very close eye on Miller if he's involved in the second round. Sounds like he crashed and burned under the weight of his own confidence. Too bad, really.
Bummer.. by MetalMickey	Dec 18th, 2008 09:30:42 PM
..this a real blow to comic creators in general, who can often be described as frustrated filmmakers themselves. One of 'em finally had their chance at bat & BOOM -like that- they're out.
Sin City 2 might be safe by blindambition238	Dec 18th, 2008 09:31:43 PM
If they realize that the only Miller they should be wheeling and dealing with is the one from before 1995
looks like all you jackasses by BilboFett	Dec 18th, 2008 09:35:23 PM
are going to owe me, that one reviewer, and a few other talkbackers some apologies regarding the quality of this movie. Told ya.
THIS MOVIE SUCKS!!!! by neophool	Dec 18th, 2008 09:36:39 PM
holy shit what a pile of crap - i can't beleive ANYONE got paid to produce this garbage.
300 and Sin City are highly stylized. by Amy Chasing	Dec 18th, 2008 09:45:31 PM
So it's an easy criticism to say they're all style no substance. Wankers.
I love Rocky Horror and Batman & Robin. by Power_Girl	Dec 18th, 2008 09:47:51 PM
Will I love The Sprit?
Y'know Miller will blame Eisner for this... by KongMonkey	Dec 18th, 2008 09:47:54 PM
"Well....uh...it sucked causes uh...well its not my fault Will Eisner can't write a decent comic strip!" -Miller
I knew this was in trouble as soon as I heard the words by morganmorgan	Dec 18th, 2008 09:51:36 PM
Live Action. This should have been animated and stuck close to the original material which was a newspaper adventure strip which is what it really was-- not a friggin' "Comic Book". They should have given it to Brad Bird. They really, really dropped the ball big time on this one. A shame.
This Jackass Owe Nothing. by monolithik	Dec 18th, 2008 10:02:27 PM
Never doubted this movie could be/would be horrible. I expected it from the first trailer -- all style, zero substance. Still... Jondough's attempt at a review(and nothing was reviewed, except for his horribly embarrassing inner monologue) was much, much worse than The Spirit could ever be.
by monolithik	Dec 18th, 2008 10:05:06 PM
Please, talkback, I wasn't finished. In conclusion... FUCKINAAAAAAAAARGHMYEYEBALLSJO NDOUGHMY EYEBALLS! IFEELLIKETHENAZIATTHEENDOFRAID ERS! And while I'm at it, go ahead and throw an 's' in my previous title up there.
My chili screams... by Godovhellfire	Dec 18th, 2008 10:06:15 PM

I always thought SIN CITY was ridiculous by Ye Not Guilty	Dec 18th, 2008 10:06:42 PM
SIN CITY was completely over-the-top ridiculous, but 300 was OK.
Brad Bird's spirit... by Nasty In The Pasty	Dec 18th, 2008 10:06:45 PM
Hogarth Hughes shows the Giant a Spirit comic in The Iron Giant ("The Spirit, extremely cool..."), and Mr. Incredible kinda looked like The Spirit...
"Nothing was reviewed" by kesoze4	Dec 18th, 2008 10:07:40 PM
Was his review long to the point of self-indulgence? Yes. Did it convey the idea that the movie was awful and to be avoided at all costs, unless one had a personal wish to witness a terrible movie? Yes. Jondough accomplished what he set out to do, and for that I thank him. Some people just like the act of writing, get little chance to do it in normal life, so tend to go on a bit much when the opportunity affords itself. Case in point...
The music was half the style of Sin City. by Amy Chasing	Dec 18th, 2008 10:08:41 PM
Would similar music makes sense in a Sin City looking Spirit?
Brad Bird Should Direct a Superman Movie by catlettuce4	Dec 18th, 2008 10:09:11 PM
Dammit, Hollywood, you let the Spirit get away. Don't let the same thing happen to Superman (again). Give Brad Bird a blank check and let him make a Superman movie NOW!
One fuckwit thought this looked better than TDK by G100	Dec 18th, 2008 10:22:44 PM
No doubt those trying desperately to save this turd will say it's "fun".Yeah, riiiiiiiiiiight. I'll be sure to look for all the marketing calling it a Kooky, Camp, Screwball, Comedy Romp for all the family. Like I said before, if Miller is incapable of taking this even slightly seriously why should he expect anyone else to ? I'm still waiting to hear a review that will tell us if there are "comedy" BOING! WHOOOOP! and fart noises on the soundtrack. That really wouldn't surprise me at all now.
Comic creators create comics, filmmakers make films... by Chishu_Ryu	Dec 18th, 2008 10:23:45 PM
...understand the difference now, Frank?
Talking about this. . . by WerePlatypus	Dec 18th, 2008 10:37:44 PM
is just wasting precious electrons. We keep getting reviews on this site as if the question of its suckage is still in doubt. . .
But was it as bad as Punisher: WZ? by blindambition238	Dec 18th, 2008 10:42:24 PM

ok, so... by illegaltouching	Dec 18th, 2008 10:44:37 PM
Sin City was ridiculous, but "Tonight we dine...IN HELL!" wasn't?
@ illegaltouching by 11ZOMBIES	Dec 18th, 2008 10:57:23 PM
Yes, that is correct. And if you don't understand, you are no film fan.
For the last time... by ROBRAM89	Dec 18th, 2008 10:59:15 PM
Rocky Horror fans don't think RHPS is a bad movie. It's not "so bad it's good," it's intentionally absurd. Huge difference. That's like calling Monty Python "trash cinema."
FRANK MILLER: ASSASSIN by BranMakMorn	Dec 18th, 2008 11:01:02 PM
Maybe now Miller will understand hubris and stop his pathetic posturing in every photo you see him in.
Not liking TDK could inversely equal loving The Spirit. by thebearovingian	Dec 18th, 2008 11:17:12 PM
Ahhh, sweet redemption! I doubt it will lead to a profit-generating sized audience but for some folks the wrongs of The Dark Knight will be righted by The Spirit. It's all about balance, justice and equality. Merry Christmas, TBers.
This has looked like shit for ages... by gringostar	Dec 18th, 2008 11:20:04 PM
so big surprise there. I suppose it doesn't help that I couldn't give a shit about "The Spirit" in the first place.
Why isn't Steel on DVD yet? by NinjaRap	Dec 18th, 2008 11:25:03 PM
Seriously.
by Joey_Redballs	Dec 18th, 2008 11:26:48 PM

"I want this muthafukin' Spirit, out my muthafukin' city!" by YotzVonFrelnik	Dec 18th, 2008 11:32:09 PM
A line like that might only just get me to go. Just.
Well Miller fucked up RoboCop really good.. by King Conan	Dec 18th, 2008 11:36:03 PM
he needs to just stick to comics and leave the film medium alone.
The Spirit 2: Electric Boogaloo. by Fa Fa Fooey	Dec 18th, 2008 11:37:26 PM
It could happen.
This Will Hurt Sin City 2! by Joey_Redballs	Dec 18th, 2008 11:38:23 PM
This was Frank's big shot at being a Hollywood director. But I'm glad to know this may mean a triumphant return to comics. The Spirit movie didn't look like what few comics I had seen. And I have never found The Spirit to be interesting in the least. Frank should have stuck to directing an adaptation of his own comic or an original idea for a movie. This movie looks beautiful, but I have yet to feel compelled to see it...WAY before I read even 1 review.
that Electric Boogaloo joke is DEAD ALREADY u ass! by King Conan	Dec 18th, 2008 11:39:17 PM
let it rest fa fa nerd.
I'm still gonna watch it... by parallax_r	Dec 18th, 2008 11:54:45 PM
Bear in mind, I have never read nor am I familiar with the comic book, so I can't argue as to whether this film will justify itself as a proper comic book adaptation. All's I know is: 1) It has the same look and feel (judging by the trailer only) as Sin City and to some degree, 300 (I liked both movies). 2) It's got Samuel L. Jackson, a man who makes any movie better just by being in it. 3) I Repeat, IT'S GOT SAMUEL L. JACKSON IN IT. 4) What the fuck else am I gonna see on X-Mas day, MARLEY & ME!? and 5) Most importantly, it has almost every hot chick ever made in it, or so it would seem. (That may not actually be a strong argument, but those are some fucking hot chicks in that film.) (Don't tell my girlfriend, though.)
NinjaRap... by MR. MURDOCH	Dec 18th, 2008 11:59:56 PM
You are "Seriously" asking that question? "Superman Returns" and "Catwoman" will probably be going out-of-print soon as well, because Warner Bros. is trying to salvage their superhero reputation after TDK's phenomenal critical and commercial success. They are picking their next move verrry carefully...
miller should not direct?? by cloudrider`	Dec 19th, 2008 12:04:27 AM
even when he did a great job the first time? sources inside said sincity was directed more by miller than by rodriquez. perhaps hitchcock should stay being a production designer, and never tried directing. maybe truffaut should stay being a critic, cameron stay being a model builder, tarantino a video store clerk. just because you're happy where you are doesn't mean others do not have ambitions. an artist should always go where his hearst want to go.
how do you know miller fucked robocop? by cloudrider`	Dec 19th, 2008 12:15:48 AM
because you read his initial scripts? because he directed the movies?
spirit of poop... by 13thMonkey	Dec 19th, 2008 12:25:25 AM
I cringe every time I'm in a theater and the Lionsgate logo comes up...I used to get that same feeling when I saw the Franchise logo... Absolute crap.
@ Amy Chasing by ranting_dude	Dec 19th, 2008 12:34:23 AM
REPO! is already playing here in Dallas at the Angelika. Anyway, back to The Spirit, it looks like Sin City. And I didn't like that movie at all.
What has Hercules got against this film? by Guy Who Got A Headache And Accidentally Saves The World	Dec 19th, 2008 12:37:25 AM
I don't think anybody thought this was going to be great, but whys he feel the need to crawl out of his coaxial hole to post all these negative reviews and shit for?
Why is anyone predicting a big opening? by Bass Ackwards	Dec 19th, 2008 12:45:19 AM
I keep reading about comic book fans or 300 ad Sin City fans turningnout for the opening then a big drop. I've met NO ONE who wants to see this. It's gonna be a bomb right out of the gate.
Get ready for Buck Rogers....? by sanzaru	Dec 19th, 2008 12:46:58 AM
"Miller will write and direct his own big-screen take on the comic serial; while the creator has only begun to sketch ideas, it's expected to be a darker take, with many of Miller's signature visual elements and themes, such as corruption and redemption." What??? http://tinyurl.com/3tdqbd
cloudrider` by gotilk	Dec 19th, 2008 12:51:50 AM
Completely agree with your post. But did you mean to type "hearst" instead of "heart"? VERY funny typo if that's the case. Congrats.
"Tonight we dine IN HELL" WAS ridiculous... by polyh3dron	Dec 19th, 2008 12:54:39 AM
And it was written by Frank Miller, just like Sin City was.
Bass Ackwards by Guy Who Got A Headache And Accidentally Saves The World	Dec 19th, 2008 01:13:43 AM
Have fun being a jackass who actually spends time thinking about "openings" and box office results
If Eva Mendes Sucked My Cock Every Night After Shooting.... by thelordofhell	Dec 19th, 2008 02:08:40 AM
I wouldn't give a fuck how bad my movie was either. Good job Frank!!
I thought you guys hated the media establishment... by MisterE	Dec 19th, 2008 03:03:11 AM
...since they won't bestow an award nomination on "The Dark Knight"?
Finally! Another Showgirls! by I_am_not_the_droid_you_are_looki ng_for	Dec 19th, 2008 03:47:42 AM
I've been waiting for another hilarious disaster. Thanks Frank.
STEEL!!!! by cornponious	Dec 19th, 2008 03:53:55 AM
Look down and DIE!!!
This movie will be a massive flop by hallmitchell	Dec 19th, 2008 04:39:30 AM

No Way Can This Top SHOWGIRLS by LaserPants	Dec 19th, 2008 05:19:35 AM
SHOWGIRLS is so profoundly awful that I suspect it was made so on purpose, as a sort of satirical take on american culture, by Verhoven. I consider it a part of Verhoven's American Satire Trilogy -- 1) Robocop, 2) Showgirls, 3) Starship Troopers.
Frank "Career Implosion" Miller by LaserPants	Dec 19th, 2008 05:20:49 AM

Frank "Cocaine Binge" Miller by LaserPants	Dec 19th, 2008 05:20:58 AM

300 and Sin City were both ridiculous by Laserhead	Dec 19th, 2008 08:08:03 AM
without character, substance, suspense, drama... all a bunch of posturing for closeted homosexuals. BUT-- they were competently-made films. This looks like someone handed a mongoloid a MacBook animation suite. And before you say, 'Miller is a legend,' keep in mind that he hasn't written a decent comic in 18 years, only really terrible ones.
I knew this film was in trouble... by Tin Snoman	Dec 19th, 2008 08:08:51 AM
...when the New York Comic Con panel had Frank Miller and Eva Mendez in the biggest room in the place, and only about a quarter of the seats were full.
LaserPants by Laserhead	Dec 19th, 2008 08:09:47 AM
'Total Recall' is the second part of Verhoeven's American Satire Trilogy. I want to fit Showgirls in there, but can't figure out how. If the strippers were cyborgs, maybe.
I think the letdown for me is even bigger because by Big Jim	Dec 19th, 2008 08:17:42 AM
of Comic Con. In 2005 I listened to two producers talk about how much they love The Spirit and had acquired the film rights and were taking their time in order to get it right. I believed them. In 2006 they were there again and announced Frank Miller as the director and spoke again about how they wanted to make sure they would make a film that best reflected Eisener's creations. They talked of respecting the source material and making a movie that everyone could be proud of. Is this what they meant?
That bitch by TheBlackKnight	Dec 19th, 2008 09:41:40 AM
had better not be ripping on Rocky Horror.
hopefully this won't ruin by tsfogg	Dec 19th, 2008 10:22:29 AM
. . . the chances for Sin City 2.
Paging Mister JonDough by ArcadianDS	Dec 19th, 2008 11:40:16 AM
Both of those reviews were entirely too short and devoid of any self-referential fashion statements.
Showgirls would have been better if it had Clarence Bodikker by most excellent ninja	Dec 19th, 2008 12:14:15 PM
Bitches...leave.
I can't wait to see this film. by antonphd	Dec 19th, 2008 02:29:00 PM
I had no idea what The Spirit was until the trailers for this film started playing. I wasn't that interested. Until I started hearing about how campy it is. Now it sounds like trashy fun. Like Van Helsing. I don't need comic book movies to be serious. I just don't want them to be toy commercials like Batman and Robin. I hope that this movie takes a real dive at the box office cause I want the guy who plays the Spirit to play Captain America. I've seen him in a shitty romcom with my wife and I think he'd be perfect for Cap.
Sin City and 300... by BizarroJerry	Dec 19th, 2008 09:16:14 PM
Those films worked because they were very faithful adaptations of the comics, which had their own style and look. The Spirit is something else entirely.
Frank Miller is a living legend by theplant	Dec 23rd, 2008 07:50:18 AM
The Spirit is the first movie that stands up there with Citizen Kane.

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