Frank Miller's newest flick, "The Spirit" (and the 40's newspaper serial by Will Eisner, never looked this hot! Sheesh!) has got my tailfeathers all kinds of fluffed up! It looks friggin' fantastic! Noiralicious! MUST see for any comic lover or naughty nancy! I don't want to spoil any of the trailer for you, so all I can say is YUM and yes, please may I have some more! More more more! (And, yes...I know I used a silly amout of exclaimation marks...I'm that stoked!)

No idea what it's about. But Samuel L Jackson in an SS uniform...?

Heh, All the ladies look quite nice ^_^

Tagline
My city, I can not deny her. My city screams. She is my mother. She is my lover, and I am her Spirit.

Does that tagline make anyone else wince, or is it just me?

SpANG
Does that tagline make anyone else wince, or is it just me?

Yeah, no kidding. Both a mother and a lover...? Must be a very complicated relationship. :P

Not everything is for everybody. I personally love the imagery, like a salty old sea captain describing the sea.

It looks nice and retro ^_^

I don't know if it's just the music they use... but it doesn't feel like The Spirit. I mean, The Spirit's a deep, complex story, but it's also got a lighthearted air to it. There are sexy women, but there isn't sex. In essence it really shows that this is a Frank Miller product. Even without the Sin City movies, if I were to see anything from this out of context I would easily think of Sin City before I thought of The Spirit.

I'm thinking they are just trying to appeal to a different crowd with that particular trailer/music. That trailer reminds me of Dick Tracy (and all that was wrong with it :(). Here's the one I saw first (with that line that creeps me out, haha)

I remember the music in this preview. It's was "The Untouchables" with Kevin Costner. Seems a little more appropriate though. ;)

I wonder which is closer to the actual movie?

A friend once told me:

"this is just an excuse to put soft core porn in the movie theatres."

mechanical_lullaby
A friend once told me:

"this is just an excuse to put soft core porn in the movie theatres."

That's just wrong :(

You shouldn't HAVE to have an excuse :)

SpANG

Tagline
My city, I can not deny her. My city screams. She is my mother. She is my lover, and I am her Spirit.

Does that tagline make anyone else wince, or is it just me?

Aheh, yeah this movie is gonna suck.

I think the second video posted here captures the mood a bit better, aside from the somewhat unnerving monologue...

Also, why is everything Black and White for this? It made sense for Sin City, but The Spirit is bright and vibrant and full of color! It should look more like the Dick Tracy movie than Sin City.

Inkmonkey
I think the second video posted here captures the mood a bit better, aside from the somewhat unnerving monologue...

Also, why is everything Black and White for this? It made sense for Sin City, but The Spirit is bright and vibrant and full of color! It should look more like the Dick Tracy movie than Sin City.

I loved the Dick Tracy Movie ^-^ it made me joyous inside.

I think the novelty for that kind of style has worn off after Sin City. It was cool then but it probably won't have the same impact this time.

Why is he a super ninja? Wasn't he a rookie cop? Maybe everyone should "almost die" we'll all be supermen.

As a fan of Eisner's work and The Spirit comic,(the oooold one not the recent ones, haven't picked them up) this really ticks me off. The whole thing reeks of Frank Miller and though I don't mind Miller's work in of itself, I saw no need for him to mark his territory all over Eisner's classic. I saw the poster for this a while back and I slapped my forehead in frustration. "My city screams"? When did Denny Colt become a melodramatic goth acrobat with an Oedipal Complex? (referring to the rest of that speech, of course)

I completely agree with Inkmonkey and Mlai on this one, they sucked all the "spirit" out of the Spirit. Darker and edgier is where it's at, apparently. Denny Colt isn't a freakin' ninja, he's a brawler! A Spirit movie should be fun, the original series had all-ages appeal and this looks faaaar too adult. Argh!

I planned to see it anyway, but I fear I'll probably miss things through the stream of tears in my eyes over how Miller has ravaged it! *oh,drama!*

Hmmm - a film that looks fantastic but peopled with two-dimensional characters, spouting the corniest, most unbelievable dialogue ever ...?

Must be another Frank Miller movie then.

you guys crack me up...I'm too tired to get angry over something so stupid but yeah Frankie really is making something that looks loads of stupid. Forbid anything be smart and funny. We're not asking for frakking Batman in the 60s camp but we're asking for some fun...like I don't know like a certain successful movie during the late spring with a man in a robot suit. Seriously though the Spirit is not Batman. I'm not sure what Frank is doing I thought he and Eisner were friends.

Ziffy88
I'm not sure what Frank is doing I thought he and Eisner were friends.

My sentiments exactly! I almost brought that up as one of the more frustrating points about this movie. I read a blog about it somewhere and had to do a double-take. He says there will still be a "little" humor in it, which I don't find reassuring since the Spirit never had to set time aside for humor, it was always a part of it.
And everything else you said too, I'm totally with ya. Dark, edgy and angsty is getting old quick.