Video Shows The Spirit’s Origin, Makes Us Sorry We Asked

Posted by Neil Miller (neil@filmschoolrejects.com) on October 22, 2008

The Spirit

“This movie is not a tribute to Will Eisner, its a tribute to The Spirit.” So says Frank Miller of his upcoming film adaptation, which oddly enough is called The Spirit. For fans who have been following along, that makes sense — at least when you put it together with the fact that Frank Miller’s movie barely resembles what Will Eisner did back in his day. But that’s okay, because if you trust that Frank Miller knows best as a director, I’m sure you will be vindicated in the end. Or not. Either way, I will say this much, The Spirit has always had potential as a movie, the potential to be a lot of fun and be very exciting visually. That said, everything we’ve seen thus far — including a few trailers and extended footage at Comic-Con — all points to that potential being wasted. It appears, at least from a distance, that Miller has used The Spirit as an excuse to make another Sin City, essentially dragging the legacy of his close friend Will Eisner through the mud along the way. But that is just how it appears, and appearances can be deceiving. Or not.

Have a look at the newly released featurette, “The Origin of the Spirit” below.

The Spirit stars Gabriel Macht, Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johansson and Eva Mendes. It hits theaters on Christmas Day.


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  • I agree. Between this and Miller's current Batman book, I cannot stand this guy anymore.
    It's funny how intense he comes off in interviews and yet his art and writing has gotten
    progressively more lazy.
  • Mladen
    Wow... Okay.
    We've known for a long time that Miller has lost all contact with reality, but I can't believe he's so lacking in self-awareness that he can't see what an enormous disservice he's doing to the legacy of Eisner's work.

    I can't wait for Miller's film versions of Eisner's "A Contract with God", as well as the work of other popular authors... "Blankets", "Lost Girls", "The Sandman", "Maus", "Jimmy Corrigan", "... ugh.
  • nevernude
    this sucks. BIG TIME! you mentioned this movie looks and has the feel of sin city? true. but it also looks extremely sleazy, cheesy, unfunny, and downright wrong! stupid movie looks more like a comedy than a comic book adaptation....since when did frank miller make the jump from awesome writer to delusional director?!
  • You're right. Looks like SIN CITY. SIN CITY was great. But we really don't need another one. As far as I'm concerned, we didn't even need 300. And if I were advising everyone involved, I'd tell them to drop all of these plans for a SIN CITY 2. We just don't need any more of this stuff.
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