The Spirit (2008)

Best movie of this year hands down!

Very interesting film. Was caught on the premise when seeing the trailer but unsure as to what the outcome would be for the showing. As it turns out, it was a very good film.

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

Rookie cop Denny Colt returns from the beyond as The Spirit, a hero whose mission is to fight against the bad forces in Central City. The Spirit was just as bad as i've heard for the last 10 years i mean i can't believe how awful this movie was. That battle between The Octopus and The Spirit looked so freaking full of green screen that it was embarrasing and the perfomances? they were even worse. Definitely a superhero film without the 'super' in it but also without any actual good thing in it except the end credits when it finally ended....!!! (0/10)

This movie is exactly what it was marketed to be. A cliché conflicted hero movie.It's got the troubled but overall good hero/not really a hero, many gorgeous women (pointing at you Scarlett) and a ridiculous but amazing bad guy. The story line has been overdone to pieces, the dialogue is sometimes shady at best, but that's exactly w hat it's supposed to be.This is one of my favorite movies. Give it a shot before writing it off due to the reviews.

It's not that I feel especially motivated to write a review about this film, I just feel that all the negative reviews fail to take into account people like me who know little of the genre or comics books and have no desire to compare it to Sin City (which I have seen).I watched The Spirit on TV recently and I enjoyed it! There, I've said it. I thought it was stylish throughout. It had lots of tongue-in-cheek self-deprecating one-liners which I actually laughed at. I really didn't have a problem with the plot. After all, the plot doesn't actually have to make sense. Plus it had several foxy actresses (female actors) camping it up for all they were worth! As was Sam L, for that matter.It might not bear a second viewing, but I'd be happy to take another run at it if I happen across it again.It was fun and good to look at and entertaining. I enjoyed it! Seven out of ten.

A movie that tries to cash in on the success of Sin City, and falls very far short. The special effects are similar to Sin City, both were written by Frank Miller and Miller co-directed Sin City and directed The Spirit, but that is where the similarities end. Sin City was one of the greatest movies of all time, this is trash. The plot, if it can be called that, is random at best. Clearly Miller also couldn't decide whether he wanted to make a comedy or a drama, as it seems to flip-flop between the two extremes. The dialogue tries to be snappy and witty, but just comes across as lame. The star-studded cast - Samuel L Jackson, Eva Mendes, Scarlett Johansson, Paz Vega - do the best they can with the lame script, but even they couldn't save this.The best part of the movie is the CGI, and even that is not too exciting, having seen all the effects before in Sin City.