getthebigpicture.net - 12/23/2008
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Spending 100 minutes with 'The Spirit' is like going on a blind date with a beautiful, vapid woman. At first, you're mesmerized by her looks,but the longer she keeps yappin', the easier it is to realize why she was set up on a blind date with you: She's an idiot.
Review: ‘The Spirit’ —
We Are Movie Geeks
Michelle:
Based on the 1940’s comic book series from Will Eisner’s, our, born-died-reborn hero,‘The Spirit’ is former cop Denny Colt (Gabriel Macht) trying to protect his beloved Central City from every threat. His nemesis, Octopus, (Sam Jackson), is gonna put the big ...
Movie Review: The Spirit (2008) —
RopeofSilicon.com
Gabriel Macht as The Spirit in The Spirit
Photo: Lionsgate
The Spirit has been beaten up from all sides before it even hit theaters or even screened for critics. This comes as little surprise based on the trailers and early footage which would lead most to believe comic book writer ...
Roger Ebert Bitchslaps The Spirit —
/Film
Pulitzer Prize winning film critic Roger Ebert on Frank Miller’s The Spirit :
“The Spirit is mannered to the point of madness. There is not a trace of human emotion in it. To call the characters cardboard is to insult a useful packing material.”
Read the full review ...
The Spirit Review —
SpoutBlog
Frank Miller’s film adaptation of Will Eisner’s The Spirit is an elaborately stylized train wreck. It would be easy to see only the glaring dissonances, such as childish one-liners sharing the screen with a scene in which a man is bludgeoned with a severed head, and write off the ...
Review: The Spirit —
Film School Rejects
The Spirit (2008)
Written and Directed by Frank Miller
Starring Gabriel Macht, Eva Mendes, Samuel L. Jackson and Scarlett Johansson
Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of stylized violence and action, some sexual content and brief nudity.
Story: After an incident in the line of duty left ...
When Is Too Much Crazy Is A Bad Thing? [The Spirit Review] —
io9
Watching The Spirit get tangled up in his black and red suit wasn't only as confusing as Samuel L. Jackson's eyeliner, it was disturbing. A full review (with spoilers) explains why. If Sin City was located in the scariest darkest portion of New York, then The Spirit's home turf is Connecticut. ...
When Is Too Much Crazy A Bad Thing? [The Spirit Review] —
io9
Watching The Spirit get tangled up in his black and red suit wasn't only as confusing as Samuel L. Jackson's eyeliner, it was disturbing. A full review (with spoilers) explains why. If Sin City was located in the scariest darkest portion of New York, then The Spirit's home turf is Connecticut. ...
First official review of The Spirit online —
Total Film News
Variety has posted the first official review of The Spirit and confirmed what a lot of bloggers already knew - it's rubbish.
Reviewer Justin Chang describes Frank Miller's full directorial debut as 'Miller-lite' and claims it's The Dark Knight's antithesis.
He also says it's: ...
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Six Degrees... of everything
The first review for Frank Miller’s The Spirit is online. Posted by AICN I don’t think I have ever read a more severely negative review in my life. It’s a safe read, not spoiling anything. It reveals little about the film.
You can read the whole review here . If you ...
BuzzKill: The Spirit —
TheBadandUgly.com
It looks like the backlash against The Spirit is starting - well, continuing - over a week before the film’s release. AICN is holding up a severely negative review that reveals little about the film besides claiming that it’s…worse than Battlefield Earth?
Ugh. I’m tired ...
First (?) review of The Spirit! Whores whores whores! —
Oh No They Didn't!
Jondough’s seen “The Spirit,” an adaptation of Will Eisner’s seminal funnybook character. It's from Frank Miller, one of the fellows who wrote and directed “Sin City.” Miller also contributed to the screenplays for "RoboCop 2" and "RoboCop 3." "Spirit" stars Gabriel Macht (“The Good Shepherd,” ...
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