Frank Miller has butchered THE SPIRIT.

by Matt Holmes

Ah, Mr. Frank Miller - I didn't realise your solo directing debut was actually for a commercial. Good job on the weird psychedelic images, the "beer commercial" music and the over the top short story of a guy who is attracted to all kinds of women. Is this a commercial for The Spirit, a new kind of deodorant?

Because this can't be a trailer for a movie, can it?

That is just bizarre.

If you are at all a fan of Will Eisner's original incarnation of The Spirit universe then it's officially time to get pissed at this. As has happened so many times in Frank Miller's writing career in comics, his own desire for promoting his own voice through other people's material has resulted in an absolute mess which does nothing but appease Miller's weird artistic taste. Is this really the movie you have been itching to make as your long awaited solo film directing debut? Everything seems awkward, the backgrounds are horrible... it's so fucking boring. Nothing is going on, what is Denny Colt's motivations here? He is suppose to be a detective coming back from the dead to fight crime in the shadows, not some kind of porn star who is trying to bed as many women as he can. This is insulting. What the fuck have they done with The Spirit?
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Matt Holmes is the co-founder of What Culture, formerly known as Obsessed With Film. He has been blogging about pop culture and entertainment since 2006 and has written over 10,000 articles.