The Spirit Review
February 24, 2009
After directing Sin City and writing the graphic novel 300, Frank Miller has made quiet a name for himself, one would only hope that if another movie came out in his name, it would be as action packed and intriguing as the last, but how wrong we were.
As Millers first time out as a solo director, it is clearly shown that Miller has little to do with the physical directing of Sin City. Although visually pleasing, we can’t help but feel let down by the cinematography and graphics which were almost identical to Sin City.
The Spirit didn’t have any real depth to it, there were no real messages being brought through to the audience most of all no real character development. As much as we wanted to find meaning to each scene, we couldn’t. In an attempt to make it seem as there was some depth and story to these characters, Miller only gave us quick flash backs of The Spirits past, which gave no help to the character development. The story itself was not engaging and was poorly written. The only real emotion was that of Sarah Paulson (nurse). Sand Saref seemed like a character that was only brought in for the sake of having a twist, which was foreseeable.
The things that really made me hate this movie were the lame one liners by both The Octopus and the spirit and the stereotypical ‘bad guys’ who for some reason decided to discuss their ‘master plan’ rather than actually killing The Spirit. A major let down was that no one could really relate to these, demented characters. All characters are going though emotional, or more like, unemotional journeys no one can relate to.
My opinion, dont watch this, and if you really must, wait for the DVD.
