3. The Spirit
At first glance, the cast of
The Spirit should already issue some butts in the seats; Scarlett Johansson, Eva Mendes, and Samuel L. Jackson in some meaty roles seems like the fast-track to success. In fact, judging by
the stylistic, sexy trailer, it seems probable that we're in for the best film in the vein of
Sin City and
300 yet. With visually stunning frames, Frank Miller dialogue, and a more-than-easy-on-the-eyes cast, the trailer promises a noir story worth returning to over and over again. And while it's not our fault we didn't expect the movie to be Gabriel Macht talking to himself for 103 minutes, we were given a taste of it in the trailer. But that's when it works; when it's just a taste. The final product was that unholy conglomeration of "too much" with "inane" when you factor in Jackson's horrendous, hammy delivery in a film where style couldn't knock the picture out of the park on its own.