Hm. Hurm. Well.

[filkertom]

Don't know if this is good yet. There will be a big-screen adaptation of Will Eisner's The Spirit.

By Frank Miller.

Discuss.

Comments

[purpleranger.livejournal.com]

I remember (vaguely) a TV-movie version of THE SPIRIT that was made sometime in the early to mid-1980s. As I recall, it went toward the whimsical side, but it has been so long since I've seen it that I don't remember if it went over the line with the whimsy or not. I suspect that Miller's version will try to be as much of a polar opposite to that version as he can possibly make it.

[filkertom.livejournal.com]

That's the one ericcoleman refs above. Sam Jones as The Spirit, Nana Visitor as Ellen, too campy.

[purpleranger.livejournal.com]

As I said, I couldn't remember if it went too far over the line with the whimsy or not. It might be that it's an individual judgement call. I still think I would rather have it too campy than too Frank Miller.