| ![The Spirit (Two-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo + Digital Copy and BD Live) [Blu-ray]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51mXovngRvL.jpg) | Director: Frank Miller
Actors: Scarlett Johansson, Eva Mendes, Samuel L. Jackson, Gabriel Macht, Sarah Paulson
Studio: Lions Gate
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Rating:  37 reviews
Sales Rank: 11408
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Subtitled, Widescreen
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: Blu-ray
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number Of Items: 2
Running Time: 108 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 5
Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 5.3 x 0.5
MPN: 25325
UPC: 031398108450
EAN: 0031398108450
ASIN: B001RHGRSY
Theatrical Release Date: 2008
Release Date: April 14, 2009
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 Greatest Frank Miller Movie since "Sin City"!! February 17, 2009
Joe (Roseville, CA)
7 out of 18 found this review helpful
When I saw the trailer for this movie I was blown away. And then when i finally saw it i was even more blown away. It has everything that a movie should have (Action, comedy, and romance). Even though this movie isnt for everyone it is for almost everyone. I don't know why people think this is a bad movie. It has no things that are bad. It has a great cast, great acting, great visuals(of course) and great action. I have never read the orginial graphic novel(i'll go pick it up at A1 after im done typing) but i heard that the movie is exactly like it.
contrary to what the smarter than thous say this is a fun film and an homage to the comics February 14, 2009
Desron 449 (residing in the hills of "flyover" country, upon which the great unwashed of the liberals cast their scorn)
14 out of 29 found this review helpful
I'll keep this simple. The few reviews that I have seen all centered on a general theme of "bad dialog".....welll..........if you read the old original comics....and the new ones........this is right straight out of them....
The few reviews that I saw panned the "dialog". And I think that they did this because they have to "put in their chops" with their "in crowd" that regularly reads their reviews.......
I mean they can't very well pan a shoo in blockbuster like Dark Knight so they have to pan..SOMETHING....and I'm sure that the "smarter than thous" figured that this was as good a candidate as any for a "throwaway" review....
A lot of the "dialog" that they "panned" is the Spirit....."talking" to the City..... and......if you think about it, this is the first experience for a lot of folks with the character and him 'talking to the City' is how the producers fill in part of his "back story"...Now in the comics....this same dialog...was spread over many issues..... In the film the producers have to kind of give it to the viewer in a couple of set pieces.....
I would say that of the few reviews that I have read... that the reviewer had NOT read the comics...if they had then they would have known what is going on....
But anyway, the "talking to the City" parts are filling the viewer in on how he feels about "the City" rather like how the Batman is conflicted about his relationship with bad guys and his back story...of course the "smarter than thou" reviewers couldn't very well pan THAT dialog...so...they had to pan SOMETHING this year....
Here's a taste of what you'll like about The Spirit..
If you like(ed) the comics........if you like a different visual style...the visuals are right straight out of the comics....lots of stark black and white and reds.... then you'll like the film..
If you are aware of comics in general there are several "in jokes" the most obvious of which is the reference to Steve Ditko(a famous comic artist with an absolutely unique style)...one of the ladies involved is named Sand Serif..... if you know anything about how the little "tails" are put on letters like the letters in this sentence there is an obvious reference to the comic people who write the dialogue in "san Serif".... and a lot of other references....
The ........cat.......is there.......and just as delicious as Samuel L. Jackson... you can tell that Arthur loved this role.... :)
And speaking of Samuel L. Jackson..... he.... is..... absolutely EXQUISITE ......as the "bad guy".....really.... he really shined in this.....and you could tell that he and Macht really enjoyed their playing off each other....
Frank Miller, the producer, who also did Sin City, was in a cameo in this.... if you saw Sin City and liked it, imagine Sin City only with a lighter tone... not Sin City "lite"....just a lighter tone....
My better half......who does not like "this kind" of film....she likes "realism" not...."sylistic".....liked it.....so....just goes to show that maybe the "mainstream" likes stuff that the smarter than thous don't.... :)
Here's a thing for you while you're watching the film....... see if you can count how many people talk with an ever so slight "lisp" from their overbite! :) lol
and how many names do the petri dishes have?! :)
Have FUN!
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