The Spirit
January 2nd, 2009
The Spirit (PG-13)
Opened December 25th, 2008
Going into the theater, I knew next to nothing about The Spirit aside from what was shown in the many trailers I saw on television and promotional photographs floating around the Internet. I was aware that it was based on a Will Eisner comic strip (although for some reason I was under the mistaken assumption that it was from the 1930s and set in the Wild West) and that it was directed by Frank Miller (who also directed Sin City, which I enjoyed). In other words, there were no expectations on my part about who the movie would respect the source material and thus no expectations that could be dashed. So when I say The Spirit was a very, very disappointing movie, it has nothing to do with anger on my part as a fan of Eisner’s strip.
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