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		<title>Ray asks; where is THE SPIRIT of cinema in THE SPIRIT?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 17:55:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray DeRousse</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We're approximately eight years into the second wave of CGI trickery. The first wave was content with touch ups and the adding of unrealistic elements. This second wave, which we could properly say began in 1999 with George Lucas' STAR WARS prequels, ushered in a new use of CGI as a way to create any kind of environment or situation. This era's creative and aesthetic peak came in SIN CITY in 2005. Director Robert Rodriguez utilized CGI to create a CALIGARI-like dream world of Impressionistic images.

I credit Rodriguez solely for this achievement, despite Frank Miller's name being attached as co-director of that film because I have seen Miller's first solo directorial effort, THE SPIRIT. An atrocity in every way, Miller has made possibly the most amateurish large-budget feature film of the year.



The film stars Gabriel Macht as Denny Colt, a police officer who is killed and then resurrected as the crime-fighting Spirit. He spends his nights prowling the city, looking for criminals and thwarting their reign of terror. High on his list of baddies is The Octopus (Samuel L. Jackson), an indestructible villain who relishes their little encounters.

The film is misguided from the start. The story itself, based on a ...]]></description>
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		<title>THE SPIRIT PREVIEW: PART I</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2008 17:44:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Clark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[‘The Spirit is the story of Denny Colt, a murdered cop who is mysteriously reborn as the masked crime fighter called The Spirit. Determined to keep his beloved Central City safe, the Spirit pursues Central City’s villains from the shadows and seeks to remove the worst of them all; the megalomaniac known as the Octopus. Yet as busy as his ongoing mission keeps him, the dashing crusader always manages to make time for beautiful women, though he never quite knows if they want to seduce, love or kill him. But there is one lady who will never betray him, and to whom he will always be true: Central City, the proud old metropolis where he was born – twice.’


Thursday, December 4th, and THE SPIRIT production is on full charm offensive at a press conference in the relatively intimate Roseby Room of the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Knightsbridge. On hand are some of the principal principals and free coffee, which I drank too much of… but more on that later.

The evening before, an equally select group of lucky journos, and one person who seemed to be looking for a place to have a nap, sat down at a preview screening house to ...]]></description>
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		<title>No life in THE SPIRIT?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 10:20:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Feedback from the first showings anywhere of THE SPIRIT have started to come in and boy they don't look pretty.

I believe an embargo is lifted tomorrow on a special Frank Miller event we attended earlier this month and it's my intention to get in touch with Mark Clark right now to see what the status update is. But right now, he's some of the early negative feedback from the festive release...

El Gringo to AICN...
the spirit could pass for ambitious (but it isn't), and it lacks a lot of emotional commitment. i found it not so fun to watch, and quite painful to sit through. the lead character, even though bravely supported by actor gabriel macht, is so stupid it's jaw-dropping (wait to see him get confused by evidence that would get a 5-year old to close the case). he's absolutely unfathomable as a character, driven by nothing, attached to no-one but his so-called mother (a.k.a. his city).

speaking of which: the film was supposed to be about a city. i mean: it's on the poster, it's in the trailers and in the tagline ("my city screams"). well, never has a city resembled so much an empty sound stage - except maybe ...]]></description>
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		<title>Four posters in one for THE SPIRIT!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 06:10:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I've seen the trailers for THE SPIRIT a few times this week, I actually think the movie looks so much better on the big screen than it does watching it at home on the P.C.

Don't get me wrong, it still looks like a complete mess and it doesn't work anywhere close to how SIN CITY worked but when you see it on that big screen, it's the dialogue, the characterisation and just the horrible way the trailer is cut that makes the movie look awful and not particularly the visuals...



THE SPIRIT opens on Christmas Day (U.S.) and first week of January in the U.K.

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		<title>Frank Miller reveals why he directed THE SPIRIT, new footage from the movie shown</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 21:49:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Frank Miller tells us in a newly released featurette that his upcoming Christmas film release is not a tribute to Will Eisner, his mentor in the comic book industry for 25 years and creator of the DC Comics Character upon his directorial debut is based on, but is instead a tribute to THE SPIRIT.

Which to me sounds like his excuse for why the movie is in actual fact, a glorification of MILLER'S own interpretation of the character because no-one has ever depicted this often slightly goofy hero in this way.

Never in this spirit.



CLICK HERE TO SEE THE FEATURETTE

Not even in the adult adaptations of the character has anything been as radical as this.

I once heard the movie described as a "Wild E. Coyote" cartoon with live action actors playing against green screen.

Unfortunately, I'm starting to see what they mean.

source - /film ]]></description>
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		<title>New poster for THE SPIRIT</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 04:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BadTaste sent us through a new poster for THE SPIRIT which surprisingly this late in the day, when we have seen so much from the film, actually looks like a teaser poster!



The movie opens Christmas Day in the U.S. and on January 2nd in the U.K. ]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;I&#8217;m going to kill you all kinds of dead&#8221; &#8211; THE SPIRIT trailer</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Sep 2008 07:38:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another new trailer to showcase for you today, this time it's from Frank Miller's directorial debut, THE SPIRIT, which is still struggling to look like a legitimate movie for me.

It still feels unfinished. There's a moment here where Samuel L. Jackson shouts out "Your not making this easy" which sums up the whole thing for me. It looks like an actor on a green screen, with his dialogue and movements feeling forced rather than natural, probably because of the working environment.

That moment's at 1:20ish.



CLICK HERE TO SEE THE TRAILER IN HD

I'm starting to take a liking to the score and I will admit that the movie looks really cool and interesting at some points but there's an extremely cartoony feel to it which I can't get away with. Sure SIN CITY had that aspect to but I think it's heightened to another level here.

Is this the new SIN CITY or is it more like the new SPEED RACER?

And is Eva Mendes taking off a towel enough to convince you to see this when it opens at Christmas? ]]></description>
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		<title>Two new THE SPIRIT posters, Frank Miller says SIN CITY 2 is &#8220;close&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Sep 2008 06:25:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The more I see of THE SPIRIT, the more disastrous this movie truly looks unfortunately. At one time we use to get a lot of press releases concerning this film and a lot of fanboy's wanting to know how the movie was going to turn out, with words of genuine excitement and anticipation bursting out from each sentence.

That's simply not the case anymore and it hasn't been since around the Con when we got some real good glimpses of how this movie is going to turn out. UGO have released two new posters from the movie today...





Some more Frank Miller news comes from the guys at BadTaste who say that in a Q &#38; A session, Miller told the world that he and Robert Rodriguez are "close" on beginning work on SIN CITY 2.
I can't talk about my projects, because I don't believe a movie is real until I see the title on the screen. There are many things that can go wrong. But I can tell you that I'm very close to begin 'Sin City 2' with Robert Rodriguez. We have to arrange a few things and we'll be back in action.
Wait, so THE SPIRIT isn't actually a sequel ...]]></description>
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		<title>Frank Miller has butchered THE SPIRIT.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 05:15:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 ...]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s a weekend, that can only mean another SPIRIT poster!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jun 2008 08:27:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lionsgate have been generous this weekend, they have released two new sultry posters for The Spirit but sadly not singularly, only as a montage with the previous two.

Both of the new artwork pieces are below. First we have Jaime King as the femme fatale Lorelei Rox, a villainous lady who seduces her victims with a hypnotic song.

Then it's Sarah Paulson, the flirtatious daughter of the Commissioner who is madly in love with The Spirit.

The new images were found over at Yahoo, who in a pretty cool feature have voice dialogue from the four actresses' which you can here when you scroll over their part of the poster.
My favourite is Paulson's, "Keep the Mask On".
source - coming soon ]]></description>
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		<title>Scarlett says and I obey&#8230; another SPIRIT character poster!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jun 2008 06:55:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the second Friday in a row, we have a new poster of a sexy seductress from The Spirit.

This time it's Scarlett Johansson as Silken Floss, Denny Colt's gorgeous but low on fashion sense secretary...

Last week we got a glimpse at Eva Mendes playing Sand Saref, with a similar head poster which also carried the awful black font across her face.

Next week can we expect a poster of Sarah Poulson, Jaime King, Paz Vega or even Samuel L. Jackson?

Gabriel Macht plays The Spirit - I would expect his character poster to be last as the run up to this festive release continues.

source - coming soon ]]></description>
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		<title>Eva Mendes has a naughty SPIRIT!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2008 17:53:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Better than the last artwork, that's for sure.

From the trailer and marketing of Frank Miller's quickly approaching adaptation of The Spirit, it sure looks like Eva Mendes is the lead female out of the beauties Scarlett Johansson, Paz Vega, Jaime King and Sarah Poulson.

She plays Sand Saref (not to be confused with the font!), the childhood sweetheart of Denny Colt (the title character played by Gabriel Macht) who turned to the wrong side of the law... 

As I say it's definitely an improvement on what we have seen so far. I like the film noir theme of it but the black text on the side of her face looks awful. Also I would have preferred a bigger title for The Spirit and it's certainly an odd choice having jewellery hanging out of her mouth.

Despite Miller's desperate attempts to tell us otherwise, this still feels like a spin-off to Sin City, all that would need to be changed in the marketing would be the title.

We have six months worth of posters, trailers, interviews and set images to go before we need to make up our mind on what this flick is going to be like but Christmas feels like it comes ...]]></description>
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		<title>Snow falls down on the festive SPIRIT and Sam Jackson&#8217;s The Octopus!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 22:59:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A slightly different image to the one that we were granted with a while back for The Spirit. This one graces the front cover of the San Diego Official Comic-Con Mag and you may think it's early advertising but remember, the film is now hitting this year.

Christmas time to be precise, to match the snow...

I've actually just watched Jackie Brown for the fourth time tonight and it got me thinking about Jackson and how so much more exciting an actor he was in the mid to late 90's. So hungry for his work, relishing almost every role with a tremendous screen presence which matched up to any of the big stars that Hollywood had to offer.

Don't get me wrong, he's still very much capable these days. Coach Carter, Black Snake Moan and Resurrecting the Champ (all notably smaller works) show he can still carry a movie but for the big Hollywood productions - he doesn't seem as interested. The Star Wars prequels notably being phoned in performances but he's an actor that I'm sure Frank Miller took to in a heartbeat.

And we only need to watch Unbreakable to see how well he can play a great comic book villain.

source - ...]]></description>
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		<title>Prepare yourself for the Christmas SPIRIT!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 06:45:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lionsgate have bumped up the adaptation of Will Eisner's classic character The Spirit a few weeks from mid January 2009 to a Christmas Day 2008 release, a tentpole which was once held by Paramount and it's Star Trek reboot.

No reason has been given for the change but Variety claim it was made some weeks back when talking to fans at the NY Comic Con.

There's no doubt a Christmas release is stronger than January - usually the slow month of the year. However it will now face stiff competition from two comedies from proven box office stars.... Adam Sander's disney comedy Bedtime Stories (which is being setup as the next Night at the Museum) and Owen Wilson/Jennifer Aniston's rom-com Marley &#38; Me.

AICN also speculate that Lionsgate wanted to distance this comic book adaptation from Watchmen, another hard edged and adult comic adaptation. ]]></description>
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		<title>THE SPIRIT teaser trailer</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Apr 2008 22:39:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You know, I really wish they would call this Frank Miller's The Spirit.

Although he doesn't own the character like he does his Sin City universe, he does own a certain depiction of other creators superheros such as Daredevil and Batman. His runs on both comics are legendary and actually when I read Daredevil, it's always his run that I compare whomever I am reading too.

I don't mind that he has changed the character completely to suit his hallmarks - he's been doing it for decades now. Which is why he should promote this as being his version of the character. This film clearly will have little to do with Will Eisner, only slightly resemblance in a minuscule of tone.

The trailer plays very much like an unofficial sequel to Sin City. He was very close to the making of the Sin City movie and now he gets to play with the toys that Robert Rodriguez showed him. The movie is bound to be clunky but what he makes up for directorial naivety won't be lost in cool visuals or narrative storytelling...
 
MY WEBSITE SCREAMS WITH A LINK TO THE TRAILER IN HD! (make sure you click on the blue left handside ...]]></description>
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		<title>Is Eva Mendes surfing in THE SPIRIT?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Apr 2008 07:52:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Eva Mendes will be signing copies of this poster at the NY Comic Con this weekend.

If your in the cue to see her, first up congratulations because she is MEGA HOT.

And secondly, ask her what the hell sort of pose this is...

source - yahoo movies ]]></description>
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		<title>My Poster Screams of THE SPIRIT!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 23:08:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Venturing very close to a Microsoft Windows 98 style word art but still, it's a pretty neat teaser poster for Frank Miller's debut solo movie The Spirit which once again has a very heavy Sin City feel about it.

You can just imagine the camera swopping up from below with a beating score and straight into the face of a windswept Gabriel Macht who in a gritty voice-over tells us how the women in his life are causing him trouble.

New York Comic Con is merely hours away. We have been promised the first trailer, just how excited for it are you?


source - aicn ]]></description>
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		<title>Miller choses noir for THE SPIRIT</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 22:58:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Unlike those unsanctioned set images leaked a short while back, it would seem Frank Miller has actually decided in post-production to depict Denny Colt (aka The Spirit) in his Sin City noir-ish black attire and not the classic lovable blue from the original Will Eisner creation.

This shot comes from the recent DC Solicitations and it's a look at an action figure from the film. Remember, a teaser trailer and probably lots more will be going down for the film this weekend at the NY Comic Con, so make sure you stay tuned for that!

source - aicn ]]></description>
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		<title>My City Screams with a billboard of THE SPIRIT</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2008 07:15:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Actually it's not my city but out in Los Angeles there is a huge and very cool billboard for The Spirit.

I'm refraining myself from talking about the movie (though I may create a preview page this week) until next weekend's NY Comic Con when we get our first glimpse at the movie's trailer. Then our questions over just how the movie will eventually look can finally be answered - though I will say I was far happier this time last week when we saw those green screen photos than I am today after the two finalised photo's were released.

Here's that billboard for ya...


source - /film ]]></description>
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		<title>Maybe I was right. Man I&#8217;m so confused over THE SPIRIT!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 10:14:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So now we have Samuel L. Jackson in a suit for The Spirit - completely different to the attire he was wearing in those leaked photo's last week (which we forced to take down but I'm sure you could find them if you do some searching) and Scarlett Johnsson with some kind of weird pilot hat on? Or is it a fetish attire?

Now that we are starting to see some finished photo's from the film with the background in place it is after all beginning to look like Sin City (as the posters suggested) and not Will Eisner's vision.

Is Miller shooting two different movies here - a Miller version and an Eisner version?

I'm so confused. I wanted to see something in "The Spirit" of something like the 90's adaptation of The Shadow but I would have reluctantly settled for another Film Noir esque-Sin City BUT I guess it looks closest too Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow.

We are getting a trailer next weekend when Miller debuts it at the New York Comic Con. Things should be an awful lot clearer then!


source - /film, ign ]]></description>
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