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New Full Trailer for The Spirit Released, Officially
Posted by Neil Miller (neil@filmschoolrejects.com) on July 15, 2008
** Updated **
Some of you may be coming here in search of a bootleg trailer for Frank Miller’s The Spirit. As well, some of you may have come expecting to find that the trailer was removed. Well, it is true — we did have a leaked version of the trailer and we did have to take it down. But as luck would have it, Yahoo! has released the same trailer in high definition less than 24 hours after we broke the case wide open. Funny how that works.
Anyway, you can now enjoy the officially released trailer for Frank Miller’s The Spirit below. You can also see it in HD over at Yahoo Movies.
And now, the commentary from the original post:
The first full trailer for Frank Miller’s has been leaked our way and I’m not sure about you, but this thing just is not looking too great. I’m not sure, but it looks a little too hyper-stylized for my taste. I’m not saying that something based on Eisner’s work shouldn’t be chock full of style — I just get the feeling that this film is trying a little too hard. Then again, most of what we’ve seen legally online, including the first teaser trailer, has all been little bits and pieces — but this trailer gives us a little bit more
Like I said, I am not sold on this movie just yet. I dig the concept, I loved the comic and I am also a fan of Frank Miller’s work, at least the kind he does on paper. This however, isn’t doing it for me. The dialog sounds awkward, the effects seem forced and over-the-top and I don’t know if it is going to be anything but another excuse to go heavy on the use of green screen to make a “innovative” comic book flick. I am wondering whether this will end up on the Sin City side of the spectrum or the Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow side. At this point, it is still too early to tell for sure.
What do you think of the second trailer for The Spirit?
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90 Comments
July 14th, 2008 at 9:20 pm
i thought this wasnt supposed to look like sin city ? this trailer gives off a big sin city vibe. scarlet looks hot but octopus looks retarded still just as he had in previous stills and pics that have been released.
trailer seems just like a showcase for really hot beautiful women and not so much story driven
July 14th, 2008 at 9:40 pm
I actually liked all of it except for Samuel L. Jackson. I am so tired of him.
July 14th, 2008 at 9:44 pm
I liked it, but I really dug Sin City A LOT. I loved the stylized feel and the over exaggerated dialogue. It is certainly an improvement over the teaser and made me actually want to see the movie. And I love the fact that the movie makes Sam Jackson looks foolish and the women look sexy.
July 14th, 2008 at 10:01 pm
this looks like sin city a big ripoff
July 14th, 2008 at 11:20 pm
Looks really stylized, even more so than Sin City. It’s definitely gonna be really successful on a visual level (although I’m sure audiences and critics alike are going to compare it a lot to Robert Rodriguez’s movie), but the trailer doesn’t really show if it’s gonna be any good in terms of characters or plot.
I’ll give it a shot, though.
July 14th, 2008 at 11:51 pm
although I’m sure audiences and critics alike are going to compare it a lot to Robert Rodriguez’s movie
rodriguez AND miller’s movie, they co directed
July 14th, 2008 at 11:53 pm
Nothing you say will make me less excited for this - or any other Frank Miller - movie.
July 14th, 2008 at 11:53 pm
I’m not sold on it. I can appreciate the fact that every filmmaker borrows from other in one form or another. But this has Sin City written all over it. Not sure if the looks of Eva Mendes and Scarlett Johansson can save it.
And I agree with Robert, Samuel L. is played out as an action character.
July 15th, 2008 at 12:03 am
At the 1:34 mark… does he turn and talk to the camera?
And Sam Jackson looks even more ridiculous than he did in ‘Jumper’, which is saying something.
And the final nail in the coffin… Cole is really excited about it.
July 15th, 2008 at 12:29 am
Anyone know who the music is?
July 15th, 2008 at 12:46 am
@Chris
Orgy
July 15th, 2008 at 12:57 am
Looks fine to me. Then again, I never read “The Spirit” comics and I thought “Sin City” was a masterpiece. I’m thinking this will be one of those films that each individual viewer will either absolutely love or totally hate.
July 15th, 2008 at 1:05 am
@ Chris and Nimbus
Actually, it’s Choke by Hybrid - kickass music choice regardless.
July 15th, 2008 at 1:15 am
Sarah Paulson is so frickin’ beautiful it pains me to see her clothed…good for her, this is a
HUGE branch out…and she looks great, and sounds great….but I hope this doens’t
bomb…she deserves only the best…
July 15th, 2008 at 1:35 am
Does anyone know the song that plays in the trailer???
July 15th, 2008 at 2:05 am
No idea what this is, but it’s not Will Eisner’s creation, The Spirit. Why bother even getting the rights to The Spirit, Miller is very capable of ripping off old noir and doing his thing with that.
July 15th, 2008 at 2:50 am
This is a Sin City movie– in color.
July 15th, 2008 at 3:16 am
I am hoping this is better than it looks. It really doesn’t feel like the Will Eisner creation I
loved with the beautiful angles that inspired Citizen Kane, and all the charm of a classic
story teller from an era long ago. Why a stupid RED tie? This is not Spielberg’s tacky
“Schindler’s List” that needed the cheeseball red element, not trusting the beauty of B&W to
tell the story.
If anything it should be BLUE, not RED….. Sad.
July 15th, 2008 at 4:44 am
neil, you basically nailed it. ugh, it looks horrible(corny). i’ll raise you one…i think it looks like masturbatory film-making and completely self-indulgent on frank miller’s part. i think it will fall on the “sky captain” side; even if it fell on the “sin city” side of things don’t you think that would be tired also. i mean as much as i loved “sin city” the first time around, i don’t think i could even sit through another sin city-type flick. it hasn’t been that long, but i think that type of material, adaptation and filmic style is already dated. i have a feeling this will be the last time frank miller makes a film.
i hope we’re pleasantly surprised.
July 15th, 2008 at 4:48 am
Sorry Will, but Sarah Paulson is a lesbian.
July 15th, 2008 at 5:09 am
The stories have the same elements… Extreme violence, hot chiks, crazy characters, croma-key… And Samuel… he loves this kind of things… ridiculous hair, clothes we never seen no one use, be the bad guy… and what the hell is that make-up on his eyes????
I belive… the movie will not be a blockbuster… but will be fun… and don’t expect “The Spirit reloaded”
And its a movie… not a comic book… is good to have something new and diferent… Afterall… to be the same as the comics… why shoot the movîe????
The red tie… huahuahauauhuhauhauh Umbeliveble… big mistake.
The song is great!!!
July 15th, 2008 at 7:27 am
@ Glen Mac
That means she can’t be pretty? It’s not like the guy is ever even likely to lay eyes on Sarah Paulson in the flesh, anyway, who cares if she’s a carpetmuncher.
July 15th, 2008 at 8:55 am
Not too sure on this, it looks like Millers going for the noir Sin City look. But I always felt Sin City was just style and had no substance, which is why I’m not expecting much from The Spirit. I think it will do well despite this, it has a big name cast and it should get a big audience due to its release dat, then Watchmen will come along next year and blow this out of the water.
July 15th, 2008 at 9:19 am
Not clear why everyone is saying they are suprised this looks like Sin City. If you work with
the same guy you will get the same or similar look.
Also, as anyone who has ever read the Spirit knows, his tie is red. Take a moment to check.
Yup, red. Remember the scene in The Incredible s where the dad goes to dinner with his
mask on and a blue suit and a red tie? Spirit tribute. Spirit was all primary colors, like, and I
hate to say this, Dick Tracy.
I’m also really looking foward to Mezco’s toy line. I saw a thing on G4 about it, looks great,
both Classic and Movie versions. All with red ties.
July 15th, 2008 at 9:27 am
1. Of course there’s a noir-feel to it. The Spirit is a noir comic. Except when it gets all love-storied on us. Then it’s right back to noir.
2. Of course it looks a bit like Sin City. It’s Frank Miller. But even from the trailer, you can tell there’s a lot of fantastical, vividly-colored segments.
3. Believing Sin City is a masterpiece but not wanting another film like it baffles me.
4. If you’re going to complain about the red tie, you should take it up with Will Eisner. Since he dressed The Spirit in a red tie. You know, in the original comics.
5. Yes, Sarah Paulson - totally gorgeous.
6. Really gorgeous.
July 15th, 2008 at 9:37 am
Please can someone give the theme song of this trailer !? it’s awesome..
Waiting for an answer..
July 15th, 2008 at 9:56 am
Sky Captain was a masterpiece of art deco film making compared to this. I had hopes for
The Spirit, but will now try to avoid it.
July 15th, 2008 at 10:21 am
This is not Will Eisner’s “The Spirit”.
July 15th, 2008 at 10:41 am
Whatever this is, it isn’t the Spirit.
Makes me sad to think how closely Eisner watched over his creation, only to have this happen to it once he died…
July 15th, 2008 at 11:01 am
I love how ironic it is that Frank Miller bitches when people distort or alter his work, but here he goes and transforms Will Eisner’s the Spirit into his own liking
July 15th, 2008 at 11:06 am
Dude, whatever Miller is smoking, IT’S TIME TO SHARE! (’Cause then this might make sense to me).
How’s this for a ‘bake your noodle’ comparison - the last show I remember that relied on “we have beautiful women, so watch us” was . . . .BAYWATCH.
July 15th, 2008 at 11:14 am
Cole is correct. Eisner’s Spirit did wear a red tie. I think the person that brought that up had forgotten what the original “controversy” was. Eisner’s version had a blue suit and Miller’s version a black suit.
July 15th, 2008 at 11:19 am
So it looks like the Spirit is going to bang 4x chicks in this flick, then fight Samuel L. Jackson (who appears to have lifted a few lines directly from “Unbreakable”). Count me out.
July 15th, 2008 at 11:38 am
hmmmm…as stated, it looks like Sin City mixed with Sky Captain and that’s not a good thing. I loved The Spirit as a kid and would have loved to see a more faithful adaptation of it as opposed to some stylized “re-imagining”. This looks nor feels anything like The Spirit, I think something along the lines of L.A Confidential or Chinatown but with the “superhero” twist would have been more appropriate. Of course it’s too early to tell what the finished product will be like, but if those over-the-top, floating in mid-air images and laughable dialogue are any indication, I don’t think this is going to be very good.
July 15th, 2008 at 11:44 am
Horrible.
This isn’t Will Eisner’s Spirit character in the least.
Miller was swearing up & down the character would be there, but it isn’t
In the book Eisner/Miller: A Conversation, Miller seems to get Eisner & does respect him, but then to see this, is just a large FU to Eisner.
The old TV movie with Sam Jones was 10X better than this.
I completely understand you can’t make a direct copy of a comic to film, because it doesn’t work on a mass audience scale, but to make it so far from the character isn’t any better.
July 15th, 2008 at 11:47 am
I love the Spirit since the Warren comics reprints, and still a Frank Miller fan since Daredevil. It certainly makes sense in many ways to have Mr Miller direct this -and I like the approach of creating a buzz with so many “leaks” so early on. All this certainly has my curiosity piqued and I can’t wait to see it.
July 15th, 2008 at 11:48 am
UPDATE: SONG IS MOST LIKELY “Choke” from HYBRID. Was only able to listen to snippet on iTunes. Can anyone confirm?
July 15th, 2008 at 1:07 pm
I understand its a ‘teaser’ and I did like the first promo. BUT, this one gives me pause. Honestly I am now worried. It looks way too cheesy for me, too film studently for its own good. As a fan of WIll’s classic storytelling, a person who actually went to SVA and got the chance to meet and learn under this giant of talent the great Will Eisner, this now looks to me lie somebody who thinks they know what they are doing, instead of someone who really knows how to.
But, I will wait for the film and I will be there opening day…it is a trailer. Not sure if in fact Frank Miller had anything to do with it. If it was shot just for the trailer itself or the scenes showcased in fact in the movie itself…if that is the case, then I would be worried.
As long as Uncle Will would be happy, that’s all that matters to me…he did give his blessing on this project, well at least thats what been promoted by Frank Miller…
Lets hope (I did love the first teaser…so who knows)
July 15th, 2008 at 1:20 pm
Time for Frank to retire.
July 15th, 2008 at 1:31 pm
WGAF. Isn’t Samuel Jackson tired of this shtick yet? I guess as long as it’s $htick it’s his $htick.
July 15th, 2008 at 6:40 pm
I know Sarah Paulson is a lesbian… so that brings my chances of every schtooping her from
1/1,000,000 to 1/10,000,000.
pretty irrelevant.
July 15th, 2008 at 7:38 pm
So I met someone at NYCC a few months ago and they were complaining how, by simply looking at the teaser poster, the film was going to “ruin” the Spirit.
“You’re a big fan?” I asked.
They said yes.
“What’s the Spirit’s name?” I asked.
Uhm…. they replied.
“Where is his hideout?” I asked.
Blank stare.
“What kind of vehicle does he drive?” I questioned further.
“Hey” he yelled “I know all that stuff, I just can’t remember it, what do you care…freak”.
And then he stormed off.
If you want to see a bad version of The Spirit, check out the 1987 version with Sam Jones.
Eisner, who wrote about 2/3 of the Spirit stories, clearly said that he wanted Miller to do the film. It is an actual condition of the film being made. He approved much of the story and the story boards (drawn by Miller). So for anyone to say “Eisner will roll over in his grave” is being a bit of a boob. This is what Eisner wanted. It may not be what we want, but its what he wanted and what he approved.
Re The Spirit’s black suit and red tie:
1) The Spirit’s tie is always red. Check your sources, poser.
2) Yes, I kind of wish the suit was blue but I also wonder how cartoony a bright blue suit would be. Remember, to be true to the comic we’re not talking a tastefull navy blue suit, we’re talking Miami Vice / Dick Tracy blue. Hey, if Batman’s costume can change colors, I’m willing to give it a try for the Spirit.
Lastly, I really can’t judge a film on an unauthorized trailer. It made me interested and that is what a trailer is supposed to do.
I highly suspect we’ll see many trailers for this, some cut to highlight action, others to highlight the babes.
I’m a fan of both.
One more thing, Mezco makes kick a** toys and I’m dying to see what they do with The Spirit. From what I saw at NYCC its gonna be great. Looking foward to SDCC. Look for me in a red tie.
July 15th, 2008 at 11:28 pm
@ Orang
Exactly. Most outraged “superfans” are probably faking it. Although, if I was The Spirit, I would never tell people my real name. Seriously. Denny? Ugh, always hated that name.
Also, this trailer rules so much. If you aren’t down with Nazi Samuel L., I’m not down with you.
Plus, I’ve always wanted a woman who wanted me to shut up and bleed.
Frank Miller is going to do Eisner and the fans proud.
July 15th, 2008 at 11:32 pm
Orang:
shut the f*ck up, you delirious windbag. go get laid instead of hanging out at comic book conventions.
July 15th, 2008 at 11:40 pm
Will:
exactly, a loser like you who can’t spell ’shtup’ and sits around writing haikus about felines could never nail a lesbian like sarah paulson. so your chances are zero, not 1/10,000,000.
July 15th, 2008 at 11:43 pm
Orang:
do you also speak in a nasally, snobby tone like the “comic book guy” from the simpsons? because that is what i’m totally picturing. dudes like you make me chuckle. get a life, bro. your nerd panties are all in a bunch.
July 16th, 2008 at 12:49 am
Ive tried finding that song, with no success. Im not sure of the band OR song title. any luck
from anyone else?
July 16th, 2008 at 1:57 am
im digging it
I like with CGI backdrop films like this one
the hyper- stylization looks awesome
BTW it might be a early render of the movie so don’t loose any sleep over it
also its Miller’s movie let him do what he wants with it
July 16th, 2008 at 2:38 am
Dude. I
ll watch this, the music to the trailer kicks ass.
July 16th, 2008 at 5:10 am
David: “this looks like sin city a big ripoff”
But the dilemma is- when Frank Miller was the one behind Sin City, how can it be a ripoff of his own work?
July 16th, 2008 at 7:09 am
Glen Mac- Thanks for your witty comments about the point I made, you have really added to the discussion.
July 16th, 2008 at 8:49 am
Orang,
What type of car does the Spirit drive?
Oh right, he usually doesn’t drive. It’s usually dones by his sidekick Ebony White, who won’t be in the film.
Yes, Ebony, can been seen as racist when you look back at the old Eisner books, but Darwyne Cooke had no difficulty updating Ebony for the Spirit revamp.
Why can’t Miller?
Because he’s not that strong of a writer.
(Also, I know the Spirit used to drive around in a Batmobile type car)
My favorite thing you said was “clearly said that he wanted Miller to do the film. It is an actual condition of the film being made. He approved much of the story and the story boards (drawn by Miller). So for anyone to say “Eisner will roll over in his grave” is being a bit of a boob. This is what Eisner wanted. It may not be what we want, but its what he wanted and what he approved.”
It was kind of hard for Eisner to see anything Miller was planning on doing seeing how he died Jan 3, 2005, & Miller didn’t start the project until 2006.
Did Miller use a time machine to show the storyboards?
Please show us where this tibit of news comes from.
As for the TV movie, not only did Eisner give his blessing, but he also provided 3 new drawings for the opening sequence. Doesn’t seem like Eisner had a problem with it. And at least he was invovled in the creative process for that one.
You may want to get your facts straight.
July 16th, 2008 at 11:12 am
Also, the Nazi thing is pure Frank Miller.
He loves to obsess about them.
He’s been using them in his own storytelling since Dark Knight returns.
Eisner, being Jewish & fully embrassing that heritage, wouldn’t appreciate it.
July 16th, 2008 at 11:26 am
This might play out nice while you are watching it, but the little clips in the trailer don’t
seem to fit together very nice.
haha @ 1:44 looks retarded
July 16th, 2008 at 11:50 am
i’m kinda disapointed
July 16th, 2008 at 12:00 pm
Spirit had a flying car in at least 17 stories (this is my casual count from flipping through 4
volumes of Spirit stories).
Re Ebony, I gotta say I’m confused by how old he is supposed to be. In some stories he
seems like a young pre-teen boy, in others he is a full grown (although short and slight)
man, or at least all the characters treat him that way.
I have to go recheck my Miller/ Eisner book but I think they actually talk about working on
the movie in that, and the book was several years ago (and while Eisner was alive).
July 16th, 2008 at 12:08 pm
Pendragon- Miller has a whole book about Nazi’s and the famed Protocols Of The Elders Of
Zion. I’m guessing that as long as the Nazi’s are bad guys, he wouldn’t mind them in The
Spirit.
http://books.google.com/books?
id=meewiDhcfG8C&dq=eisner+elders+zion&pg=PP1&ots=MKLv856aU7&sig=RAceTe4amG
GqoIm3kLBjtknoivA&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result#PPA57,M1
Actually, I can recall two specific instances of The Spirit actually fighting Nazis in The Spirit
comics.
July 16th, 2008 at 12:14 pm
Well said Pendragon, sure Orang can point and laugh at those that think this would be an awful film yet know little of the character, but what of those that do and KNOW this is going to be a travesty?
Prehaps some people merely feel this lacks respect for the work of a great man whether familiar with his character or not.
Frank Millers vanity and arrogance handling this project is enough to make many angry, afterall we are certainly not getting The Spirit movie, but a Sin City lite pisstake.
July 16th, 2008 at 12:53 pm
I would have been sold if the movie was called Man-Slut Ghost Cop vs Nazi Samuel Jackson.
July 16th, 2008 at 1:18 pm
This is a joke right? This is a collection of pre-production screen tests right? If not they need to call it what it is, Sin City 2 and seriously, what’s up with his mask?
July 16th, 2008 at 1:19 pm
This is a joke right? This is a collection of pre-production screen tests right? If not they need to call it what it is, Sin City 2 and seriously, what’s up with his mask?
July 16th, 2008 at 1:20 pm
hey Glen MAC (?)
With all do respect, you are making fun of people for hanging out at comic book conventions and being NERDS for following this stuff, but who is the one on the boards in the middle of the afternoon (job, school, life?) individually targeting these so-called “nerds” for having an actual intellectual opinion on this stuff.
It is my JOB to see what all of you people are saying about this stuff and people like you make me angry when I see your bullshit posts everyday. Go out. Get a hobby of your own. Maybe even get LAID yourself. Because I don’t think that the people here need YOUR advice on how to “get a life”…when you sir, do not have one yourself.
July 16th, 2008 at 1:24 pm
im sorry glen mac - it seems you were on late at night. even better.
July 16th, 2008 at 1:35 pm
Spirit Boxers,
You really can’t put the Protocals of the Elders of Zion in the same classification as the Spirit.
Protocals is a historial acount of what happened, where the Spirit is just stories.
I see your point, but Eisner himself in the Spirit stories avoided the entire Nazi premiss.
Even in the famed & last Outer Space Spirit, in one of the “Last Man”, where the Spirit & co find previous life on the moon, the ficitional dictator was originally supposed to be Hilter, but Eisner decided against it.
July 16th, 2008 at 3:12 pm
Pendragon- Your point about Elders Of Zion is correct, however, Eisner also worked at
Quality Comics, where he created Blackhawk, with its multinational team of Nazi-fighting
fliers, as well as Uncle Sam, about a super-hero who was the personification of the United
States and fought many a Nazi.
I didn’t know that about LAST MAN, that is an interesting nugget.
July 16th, 2008 at 3:39 pm
I hear you SpiritBoxers, it just seems like the way Eisner used Nazis & Miller does are 2 different ways.
For Eisner, it was the times. That’s what was going on in the world.
For Miller, it shock value for shock value. Nothing more. It’s overused on his part.
Too me, and I know I’m reaching, it seems like a giant slap in the face to Eisner.
Heck, if you want to reach even further, you could call Miller an anti-Semite for agreeing to have his showing of the teaser trailer & conference at NYCC, after sundown on the first night of Passover. But that’s really stretching things.
The backstory about Last Man was in the first reprint of Outer Space Spirit, from Kitchen Sink Comics in 1982.
If you can find it, I highly recommend that printing.
The story is great & damn shame Wally Wood couldn’t finish the storyline, but the backstory is so interesting too.
July 16th, 2008 at 4:31 pm
Pendragon- Thanks for the info on LAST MAN, I will certainly try to find that!
re NYCC, I have issues with the whole show. The ending times changed frequently and
without notice, causing many panels to run past the close of the show. It’s better than it
was the first year but still has a way to go. Moving it to Feb for 2009 is insane. I can’t
imagine any toy companies will show up since they will all be focused on Toy Fair which
happens the following weekend.
Also, Feb weather in Ny can be really bad. Not fun for the out of town people.
July 17th, 2008 at 2:18 am
Yea, not too excited about this one. Not a big fan of any of the cast members, especially Sam Jackson. The trailer doesn’t give any insight on what the movie is going to be about. It looked a lot like a perverted dream someone may have, once in a while.
July 17th, 2008 at 9:51 am
SpiritBoxers,
I hear you on the bad weather for NYC
Froze my butt off the first 2 years because the Javitz Center wouldn’t let anyone wait inside with the warmth.
I can’t believe there were people who actually camped outside in sleeping bags.
I also get Press Releases from the toy companies, & you’re right about it being a week before Toy Fair.
None of them are planning to bring their “A” game to NYCC.
We’ll end up seeing the same stuff they show after SDCC with announcements to wait until after Toy Fair.
Just really stupid on NYCC part.
July 17th, 2008 at 11:40 pm
Confirmed:
The music is Hybrid - Choke
http://www.last.fm/music/Hybrid/_/Choke
July 18th, 2008 at 1:16 pm
Jesus it’s fricken Entertainment.
why don’t we all chill out. Maybe it’ll be good, maybe not. Why are people getting their panties in a wad about it?
July 20th, 2008 at 2:44 am
yea PercyWilliams your so right in this (and sorry if some one gets pissy at me for commenting on this late i do have insomnia so chill) but come on i understand some of yall are die hard fans or whatever but still its a DAMN trailer and it was not that bad i enjoyed it. I do like Sam’s lines “What is it with you and women” it kind of in way made fun of its self about all the women the spirit is with and actually my only negative thought on it was some scene when Sam is in some type of samuri suit with a BAM! type thing in the background, THAT to me seemed cheesey random and stupid but maybe it will be better as a whole when it does come out in theaters and that all leads back to what PercyWilliams said maybe good maybe not. I do still hope its good
July 21st, 2008 at 9:49 am
It is a trailer, but that’s the hook of any movie.
Marketing 101.
And for some of us, it looks crappy.
Die hard fan or not, these comic movies aren’t for the die hard fan, they are for the mass audience.
Unfornatually this over-used look is what the general audience seems to like.
What is bothering a lot of fans of the characters is, this isn’t the character.
There is no essence there.
Miller has taken the Spirit & made him his own.
If that’s the case, then Will Eisner’s name should be removed from the project, just like Alan Moore removes his name.
July 21st, 2008 at 11:41 am
I’m not even going to read all the comments above… everybody is saying the same thing over and over. It looks good, albeit cheesy.. but I loved Sin City, and it was cheesy. Frank Miller has his own way of doing things, yes, but why bash it? If you go to http://www.mycityscreams.com you’ll see in a few different blogs, written by Frank, why he changed the colors of the suit and why he twisted it to “his” vision of The Spirit so to speak. I think he gives a pretty good explanation and that the movie deserves a chance.
I don’t know about Sam Jackson, don’t really have a preference… he’s in a lot of movies that I like so I’m not going to bash him either. To each his own. But keep in mind this is a movie, not a comic book… and while I love comic books just as much as I do movies, everybody is going to have their own adaptation when they change something from print to the big screen.
If anybody happens to know the song that’s playing on the trailer though, I’d love to find that out. Take care all…
July 21st, 2008 at 9:04 pm
Its Choke by Hybrid and i did go to the site its pretty good and i do look forward to the movie, i have since i first heard of the spirit movie and found my city screams.com and just to let the people who think this will be bad yall are the few i think, so far there has been some great hype and a lot of people are wanting to see it pretty bad and why insult frank he is good writer and a lot people like him so my last statement is WAIT TILL YOU SEE THE MOVIE BEFORE YOU DECIDE TO HATE IT
July 22nd, 2008 at 1:52 pm
I love the people who say to wait to see the movie before you hate it. At $11.50 per movie ticket, I want to make sure I’m getting my money’s worth. The trailer decides, with most people, wether they want to see it or not. And with any movie based on a previous source material (comics, novels, remakes) you are always going to have very unhappy fans of the sorce material. This is one of those times. I can’t say the majority is unhappy, because I haven’t taken a nation wide poll. All I know is this is just Sin City 2.
As for Miller being a talented writer, with Sin City I will agree it was written extremely well, but when you look at something like All-Star Batman & Robin, if it wasn’t for Jim Lee’s art on the book, it would bomb. The pacing, story, & dialogue are horrible.
July 22nd, 2008 at 7:26 pm
Frank Miller is very irreverent when it comes to working with a source material, when he makes his own stuff, i enjoy it, but his style just doesn’t jive with much else- his writing in all star batman annoys me
He has said that he would be stripping the spirit down to its core, so basically names and apearances I guesse. For me this film could really either way, but I’ll probably see it. What else is ther in November Twilite and Punisher 2?
July 22nd, 2008 at 10:49 pm
Alright i would first like to start off with what Pendragon said about the movie ticket price…..wtf? Where do you live that a ticket is 11.50 thats just ridiculous a movie ticket is at most 7.25 after 6pm or this whole price thing might deal with where we live whatever but i dont know why people dont like the trailer its got me wanting to see it inculding a lot of other people and if anyone is still just shitting thier pants at how awful it looks to them only thing i could recomend to try and change your mind is go to Frank’s blog about the movie and why he changed certain things at http://mycityscreams.com/#blog
July 23rd, 2008 at 2:21 am
The song played is definitely CHOKE by HYBRID. You can buy it on iTunes, or listen it to it at lastfm: http://www.last.fm/music/Hybrid/_/Choke
July 23rd, 2008 at 8:25 am
Harrison DeFalco
I live in the NYC are.
Ticket prices are extremely high there
I also saw the blog & still think his changes we not necessary.
July 23rd, 2008 at 10:49 pm
Oh.. dude that sucks but thats cool its all just opionions and NO ONE needs to fight over this movie anymore im hoping there is no more people telling other people to get a life over this haha but damn i have been bored lately and im now finally ready to sleep after the consecutive days without it haha im out
July 24th, 2008 at 9:15 pm
Well the figures are displayed at SDCC
WOW! How horrible these character look.
Sam Jackson looks more like Superfly than the Octopus.
Thanks for screwing up a classic Frank.
http://i.toynewsi.com/g/index.php?mode=album&album=2008_SDCC%2FDay_1%2FMezco
July 30th, 2008 at 6:36 am
Hasn’t anyone noticed how Miller is turning the Spirit’s relationship with women upside down? He doesn’t fall for them, they fall for him!
I’m sick of Miller’s samurai fetish. He had it in Daredevil and he still can’t get over it. Samuel L. Jackson has been doing the same character since Pulp Fiction. I’m still willing to give the film a chance despite 300 and the Persian lobster men. Meaning I will go and see it no matter what, since it is the Spirit. I don’t mind the look, I do mind if he’s changed the dynamic of the characters but I’m going to have to wait and see about that part.
August 2nd, 2008 at 11:09 am
if anyone is still wondering, the song from the trailer is called Choke, by Hybrid
August 2nd, 2008 at 11:11 pm
I think Miller is getting sucked back in to hollywood like he did the early 90s. He’s taking Eisner’s work and making it more sellable to the public. But he is doing what the Wachowski brothers did to V for Vendetta. Turn it into something its not. But Miller and Eisner were friends, so at one point Eisner could have said to do whatever Miller wanted with his stuff. Unfortunately, if V for Vendetta and The spirit were made the way they were written, it would have been a big openning night, then it would have bombed. These stories are too smart for a lot of people, and Miller is doing exactly what any other hollywood person would do. Gut it, put in women and big action (not that with The spirit you need to add more women). I will see this movie but I’m a little disappointed in Miller. Hopefully, he’ll realize what he’s doing and go back to what he does best.
August 3rd, 2008 at 10:09 pm
God, it just looks awful. Even forgetting for the moment that it looks like an aberration of Eisner’s work, it just looks like a bad, bad movie. Like an Ah-Ha video with an overblown budget.
-Sloofus
August 9th, 2008 at 12:56 am
Ouch, I don’t know about this one guys.
August 13th, 2008 at 1:26 pm
And it just gets worse
Check this fight scene out
So horrible
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvoYjSLWaJg&eurl=http://www.cinematical.com/2008/08/13/ridiculous-spirit-scene-leaks-online/
August 16th, 2008 at 9:41 am
Considering every one of those you mentioned are actually The Americans I guess loser
poser(s) like you must get paid something to quasi-swarm the internet media pages with
your junk. Or do they just promise you life.
September 16th, 2008 at 11:17 pm
Sorry Philip M., but given the chance, audiences can appreciate more than they’re given. Take a look at The Dark Knight. Pretty heady stuff there, and the numbers speak for itself there. If all you’ve ever had are cheeseburgers, how do you know you won’t like a filet mignon? My problem with Miller here is that his style of storytelling is GREAT for pulpy comics, but writers like Eisner and Alan Moore are just…better. Bigger writers. Sin City played out to me like a movie trying to ape the style of a comic book, which, in essence, was aping the style of Chandler, so its’ identity, it’s style gets lost. Imagine Iron Man done by Frank Miller…don’t lie and say you’d love it…you KNOW how goofy that would be. From what I can see, The Watchmen looks pretty much exactly like the comic book…and that is about as heady as a comic book gets. A great artist can work in many styles. The death of an artist is to fall into a rut and produce hollow work. If this bombs, it may inspire Mr. Miller to show what he can really do, in so far as telling a story.
Chandler was great, the original. But his books read like like real life. Miller reminds me sometimes of James Ellroy. I heard him speak once at a noir film fest, spouting off “lingo” like, you know, the “real deal”. Lotta telling, not enough showing.
Don’t get me wrong, this movie might be cool. But it’s NOT the Spirit. At all. That’s a totally different movie, for some other, alternate reality. In this one, it’s, yes, I’ll say it again…Sin City 2: The Spirit