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The Spirit (2008)
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Another comic book to movie translation that slipped underneath the radar.
Having now seen [URL="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0401792/"]Sin City[/URL] and [URL="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0409459/"]Watchmen[/URL] as well, I don't see why [URL="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0831887/"]The Spirit[/URL] got such a bad rating. All three movies are over-the-top exercises in the visual arts. As far as I can tell, none is particularly better than the other as far as the plots are concerned. Technically there is nothing really that stands out as being particularly awful. It's wacky stuff and at the end of the journey you find yourself right back where you started, none the wiser.
I have my theories though but it's certainly not for lack of trying, the movie features more dames than Sin City and Watchmen combined, and still The Spirit tanked at the box office. Maybe it was in competition with some other more successful flick at the time. Who knows.
The Spirit belongs into a category of films that you don't watch because of their stories. It's all about the action, the style, the chicks. :D
I wouldn't recommend it, just like no one recommended it to me and still I went and checked it out, just out of curiosity, I guess. I mean it does feature Samuel L. Jackson after all. :D
Having now seen [URL="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0401792/"]Sin City[/URL] and [URL="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0409459/"]Watchmen[/URL] as well, I don't see why [URL="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0831887/"]The Spirit[/URL] got such a bad rating. All three movies are over-the-top exercises in the visual arts. As far as I can tell, none is particularly better than the other as far as the plots are concerned. Technically there is nothing really that stands out as being particularly awful. It's wacky stuff and at the end of the journey you find yourself right back where you started, none the wiser.
I have my theories though but it's certainly not for lack of trying, the movie features more dames than Sin City and Watchmen combined, and still The Spirit tanked at the box office. Maybe it was in competition with some other more successful flick at the time. Who knows.
The Spirit belongs into a category of films that you don't watch because of their stories. It's all about the action, the style, the chicks. :D
I wouldn't recommend it, just like no one recommended it to me and still I went and checked it out, just out of curiosity, I guess. I mean it does feature Samuel L. Jackson after all. :D
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It's been a while since I've seen the other two. I wouldn't be able to summarize the plots even if my life depended on it.
It's almost like you are experiencing the movies with your other senses, and not your mind. While you are watching your brain goes, WTF? Nice! Why is she doing that? Cool! Can I have more of that please. :D