New Full Trailer for The Spirit Released, Officially

Posted by Neil Miller (neil@filmschoolrejects.com) on July 15, 2008

Will Eisner's The Spirit

** 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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  • 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
  • I actually liked all of it except for Samuel L. Jackson. I am so tired of him.
  • huffmaster
    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.
  • david
    this looks like sin city a big ripoff
  • 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.
  • Atlas
    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
  • Nothing you say will make me less excited for this - or any other Frank Miller - movie.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Chris
    Anyone know who the music is?
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