The Spirit ( Blu-ray+ Digital HD)

First off, let me just say that this movie goes HEAVY on the Frank Miller style, both visually and story-wise. So if your not a fan of Frank Miller's writing or visual style, then stay far away from this. Now I was a big fan of the film adaptation of Sin City and this movie looked a lot like that from what the trailers showed, so I watched it out of curiosity and It's definately a tough movie to recommend. On the one hand, the visuals are fantastic and perfectly recreate Frank Miller's comic book style into live action. There is some really unique artistic visuals and imagery in every scene and they actually do a pretty good job of blending the characters into the very stylized background and environments; it doesn't just look like a bunch of obvious green screen or CGI. I'd actually argue that this movie does a better job at adapting Frank Miller's visuals than Sin City did. Unfortunately, the story itself is so pretty juvenile to say the least. If you thought that Sin City or 300 had a sexist depiction of women, then you haven't seen nothing yet. To put it bluntly, this movie's story feels like it was written by a horny 13 year old. The main character is constantly talking in this overly melodramatic internal monologue where he describes everything with erotic undertones. Every single female character in this movie is not only sexualized to the extreme but also acts as a femme fatale who constantly comes onto our main hero. And the villain of of this movie is played by Samuel L Jackson who hams it up as a mad scientist who calls himself the octopus and constantly talks about how much he doesn't like spilled eggs(a strange motif that is never explained). It's completely nonsensical and is so over the top that it almost feels like a parody of Frank Miller's style more than anything else. Now, all of that having been said, for what the movie is, it is pretty entertaining. Sam Jackson is clearly having a fun time acting it up as the villain and the story has enough weird stuff in it to keep itself pretty entertaining, even if most of it is underdeveloped or poorly explained. And all of the women are very attractive and look great in the sexual attire that the film has them wear. If you can get past just how juvenile and silly this film is, it can be pretty enjoyable.

If you 'get' Frank Miller, and like the way he tells a story, you will love this misunderstood/underrated and brilliant movie.Everyone thinks they 'get' Frank Miller... 'neo-noir', 'gritty', 'crime drama', I suppose there is a point there, but no one seems to understand that his stories are told with a sense of joy, and a flair that is unique. I enjoyed Sin City (the movie) greatly, but... I was missing that joy. Robert Rodriguez's influence is just too strong and it makes the movie much bleaker than the comics. I didn't like 300 (the movie) at all, though the massive over-usage of slow motion and sub-bass had a lot to do with that, but it too was missing the joy... they made the movie about being brave instead of about the joy of battle even against insurmountable odds, and a glorious death (which was a Spartan thing and Frank got it, but Snyder didn't). Here with The Spirit, Frank made a movie only Frank could make, and I loved it. Loaded with that unique sense of joy that only, only Frank Miller can create.All of the so-called 'movie reviewers' and so-called 'comic fans' that didn't like this movie, just simply didn't 'get' it, or don't like Frank, or don't like The Spirit. Most of these people have never read Frank's comics, or any The Spirit comics, any yet feel 'informed' enough to just assume that because it wasn't what they expected, it must suck. Wrong. I've seen comments about how small most of the femme fatales roles were... there are like seven of them since Frank was trying to get them all some face time. What do these people want? 20 minute monologues for each girl? Or for Frank to narrow it down to 2? Why? Why does a character have to have a huge role just because they are played by a known actress? If they had boring names and boring outfits, and weren't known actresses would anyone have complained? How about the 'inconsistent tone/all over the place' comments? Yes, because every movie must always be serious, or always be silly, or always be melodramatic, or always be zany for it's entirety. I'm sorry but that concept is just too daft for words. News Flash: life has inconsistent tones, and since the movie follows several characters coming to the same end point, it, you know, makes sense. Grow up, and step out of the group-think, comics fans and movie reviewers.Bottom Line: this movie is an absolute ton of FUN. Pure, joyful, unadulterated Frank Miller fun. Enjoy.

Ok, I had heard all the negativity surrounding this film, so didnt exactly go out of my way to watch it, but now I have been able to buy the blu ray for little more than a couple of quid, I decided to give it a go. First things first is the obvious comparison, and thats Sin City. It is nothing like Sin City, and nobody who liked that movie should go into this one expecting another movie of that ilk. And this is where I think a lot of hatred for this movie stems from. Due to the obvious visuals and the blurb thats tells you its made by the same people, it lead many who were unfamiliar with the character, to expect another gritty crime drama, and what they got was a somewhat camp, black comedy.Now I am not fan of The Spirit from the comic books because I have never read any books featuring him, but I do know that he was always a more comedic character. Most people dont seem to realise this.I actually found the film to be fun, albeit very silly, which is fine if you are expecting that.Visually its most certainly a Sin City copy, but I dont think its anywhere near as good, with some poor special effects (the underwater scene with Sand looks pretty horrible to me.I think its really starting to make Frank Miller look like a one trick pony with the visuals suggesting that maybe this is the only kind he can manage.Sin City was perfect as thats exactly what the comic book looked like, but The Spirit should have been a much more cartoon colourful affair, maybe similar to the 60s Batman tv show and film.Over all for the price I paid, and because I knew the character was not to be take seriously, I enjoyed the film. Had I expected something else, I probably would have been 1 starring this as well.As it is, it certainly isnt a great piece of work, but certainly worth the odd watch here and there.

This film is worth a watch, but don't take it too seriously. It may have been made by the people that did Sin City and 300 but this film has it's tongue firmly in cheek. It has some laugh out moments, and it looks fantastic, However, the story is weak and the characters undeveloped enough for me. Scarlett Johanson is AMAZING as usual, and as she states in the film - looks fantastic. Samuel L Jackson overacts throughout the film, as usual.It's worth a watch, but not really worth watching twice in my opinion. The Spirit is just a bit of floss really ;)

Arrived on time , The Spirit is in the same sort of Noir graphic novel style as Sin city ,and its worth a watch if you like that sort of thing , really liked the bit with Samuel L Jackson in a Nazi outfit 😀👍

I love this film, hence buying it as a steel book option. It arrived swiftly and in good condition. However I was disappointed to discover no accompanying booklet just an empty space inside the case , that's a shame for a film collector such as myself.

Not everyone's taste but interesting. Worth it for Gabriel Macht.