The Spirit
Have never seen this solo-directed Frank Miller project, But now I wish I didn'.t Frankie is much better director than writer here. And that shouldn't say much. Visuals are dazzling, that's for sure. But that's only reason why it's worth spending your time on this braindead shite. Nearly all major flaws in filmmaking are here.
Plot - contrived as the first issue of Elektra Assassin (although I stayed on the movie 'til the end). In fact, every five minutes I forgot what is happening.
Dialogues - way too outlandish, and self-indulgent. There was a time where Miller knew better how to pull of noirish talk, but that was either hit or miss. Here, it's all miss. And there are way too many examples of that. One I'll mention because it sounds very familiar. "Keep the mask on. It's better that way".
Characters - unremarkable and their acting is stiff and boring, at least. Samuel L. Jackson is criminally wasted here. The actor who plays The Spirit is awful. And as far as the female characters goes, one character said spot-on thing; "are all females in this town crazy?"
At least Miller filmed his own decapitation in the film. That's surely something. I don't think a director did something like that in the cinema history.
