Movie Review: The Spirit
Okay guys and folks.
This will be my first movie review of this year.
The Spirit. Official link
Watch it: If you like comic movies, don’t mind the combination of live action and colorful graphics.
Avoid it: If you hate films based comics, films don’t do justice to the source material.
Directed by Frank Miller (Sin City, 300).
Casts: Gabriel Macht, Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johansson, Eva Mendez
The Spirit is a somewhat a detective noir film, thrown in a masked vigilante/(super)hero (who is working alongside the city’s police department), a nemesis (mad evil scientist), henchmen (who are mostly played by the same actor) and female characters (all except one, does not fall for the masked hero).
The storyline in my opinion is quite decent, and I do like the dialogue and costume styles. Of course, some elements of the film get a bit over the top, like how do every girl fall in love with The Spirit, and the main villain of the movie (played by Samuel L. Jackson nevertheless) is very much enjoying himself as being The Man. The action is alright, but in some cases are more acceptable than the disorienting gritty fights in The Dark Knight.
One thing I should highlight is the humor. In many scenes the dialogue can be very very hilarious! I’m not kidding.
Overall rating: B or 7 out of 10 stars.
