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30 Minutes of Frank Miller's The Spirit Reviewed

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the wish-i-got-to-see-it dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Thirty minutes of footage from Frank Miller's forthcoming The Spirit were shown to journalists in London yesterday. The description paints a picture of a highly stylized movie, somewhere between Sin City and Crimewave ..."

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  1. Re:question by oahazmatt · · Score: 1, Troll

    Am I the only one who finds Miller really overrated?

    No. But then I've read DK2.

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  2. She is my mother, my lover? by jollyreaper · · Score: 0, Troll

    After raping the Spartans, now he's going after the story of ol' Oedipus?

    Creepy tagline. If they want to get all incestuous, they could at least crib from my old sig:

    They say that cat Oedipus is one bad mother--
    Shut your mouth!
    But I'm just talkin' 'bout Oedipus!
    Then we can dig it!

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  3. Re:question by Tragedy4u · · Score: 0, Troll

    No you're not, Miller was great when he first started producing great material in the 80's. It was refreshing to see how he re-invented Batman for example (The Dark Knight). His work falls flat over time, almost all his characters are ultra-violent and I find over time is he relies on that crutch of breaking out a "big fight" in order to help move the plot along. Many good comic book writers as they mature often grow out of always resorting to that tired story mechanic.