"The Spirit" tells that story of a former police officer who was gunned down in the prime of his career only to return to life and carry out justice like Central City has never seen before. Although there were many people who didn't want to see this movie because they aren't too fond of Frank Millar, I find this movie to actually be the least Frank Millar of all the Frank Millar movies. I mean don't get me wrong there are plenty of elements that you can obviously tell Frank Millar wrote, but since this movie was based off of Will Eisner's works, it was almost as if Millar had a hypathetical line he wouldn't cross like he would in his other films and/or comics. The filming style is of course the same to Sin City which was the main thing that stood out that made people realize this was a Frank Millar movie, but I have to say the way this movie was filmed really added to the whole atmosphere of it. It was dark, but still had bright enough colors to distinguish one thing from another. The way the movie portrayed women was nothing short of amazing. Most have said that all the women were just typical scantally clad dames, but that's what they are supposed to be! Ok one huge thing about this movie most over look is that it's mainly supposed to be an old school type of mystery (such as sherlock holmes) only told in modern day. It has all the technology we have in this day and age, all the griddiness, all the sexuality, and all the humor we have come to know in this century. You have an entire smorgisboard of women to choose from in this movie! You have the evil ones, the good ones, the evil yet good ones, the utterly mysterious ones, the in your face ones, the ones you want but can't get, the ones you get but long for more, it's astounding how much this movie covers when it comes to women. Now I can understand that maybe some people would consider the women in this movie to be objectified or whatever, but honestly it seems that the character of The Spirit is literally in love with every woman he comes across. He doesn't treat them like meat, you can tell he seems to actually love them (unless he's just trying to sweet talk his way out of something). In fact, throughout the movie he seems to have a steady love intrest that he is trying to stay loyal to because he knows that she is the one geniune woman that will in turn better him. But anyways, that's enough about the women for now. The villain, The Octopus was brilliantly and obsurdly hilarious! Now in the comics I believe he is taken a little more seriously, but in the film if they tried to take a villain such as The Octopus serious, I think it would have been a disaster. The man is a master of disguise, could you imagine taking him seriously when in one scene he is dressed like a samari and in the next he is dressed like a nazi? Well anyways, the chemistry between The Octopus and The Spirit is utterly amazing as they are obviously bitter enemies and yet can still hold a conversation with each other while in the middle of a fight (and don't worry, I'm not even going to try and spoil the AWESOME fight scenes they have). In the film The Octopus is trying to achieve immortality so he can in fact rule the world with no one to stop him, but of course The Spirit can't allow that as he is on an almost obsessive mission to take down The Octopus while at the same time having to travel down memory lane as an old childhood ex-girlfriend returns to stur up the waters in The Spirit's city. There's not a lot I can say about this film that wouldn't ruin it, so I'm just going to leave it at this, this movie is NOT meant to be taken seriously! If you walk in there expecting this to be a down to earth, serious mystery/detective film, then you might as well get your money back right now for the ticket you just bought because there is no way that this movie was made to be serious in any way, shape, or form. Now don't get me wrong, there are some serious parts, but the overall movie is just a fun ride that you just need to sit back and enjoy.
I give "The Spirit" 8 sexy nazi Scarlett Johanson's out of 10
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