Probably the most misunderstood flick of the 2000's?

I just saw it last night. I wanted to like it, I like a lot of things that aren't popular. I like a lot of things that are retro, like "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow" or the Coen Brothers "The Man Who Wasn't There", you know a whole spectrum of retro-cool stuff. This movie was not only very uncool but just confused and bizarre. I could see how it should have some fans because it's just so unusual. That's a good thing. But does stuff in the movie work? When that fat bald guy keeps making horrible jokes in that annoying voice, do you really laugh? If so then I envy you, because I was not able to enjoy it. I kind of enjoyed some of Sam Jackson's performance, but Scarlet Johannsson was horribly unfunny and that just threw the whole duo out of whack. And why were half of those people in the movie anyway? Eva Mendes is excruciatingly dull to watch. Her character and the whole set up is transparent and stupid. I really wish they had done something interesting with this movie. It has some really audacious moments but nothing really comes together into a whole entity that you can relate to. It's just oh here's a little bit of this, here's some of that. I knew that it was a farce right away, but I still felt there wasn't a consistent enough tone to make it work. Should it be dark, grisly, goofy, personal or impersonal, what the heck kind of movie is it? It's like they were still trying to figure it out as they went along.

I think basically they were trying to do too much in this movie. So I don't really blame them or get mad at them, I just think it was a sad failure. It should have been better. The people in charge of it let it get out of hand, should have cut a few things out of it to give it a little more focus.

Did I not love him, Cooch? MY OWN FLESH I DIDN'T LOVE BETTER!!! But he had to say 'Nooooooooo'

Why is it that the people who don't like this film misunderstood it? That seems to be a popular mantra on this website coming from fans who like a movie that gets panned by others.

I am watching this movie right now. And guess what... it is so boring to me that I am typing up this post instead of paying anymore attention to this awful movie.

I do understand what this movie is trying to do. I just think it is doing it rather poorly. Camp is, by definition, "over the top" in many aspects but this film also misses the subtlety of camp. It is so forced and pretentious as if we should automatically love this movie BECAUSE it is so ridiculous, unreal and outrageous. I think for many of this film's fans it just hip to like this movie.

This is a very ugly looking film, all sharp edges, indistinct shadows trying to pass for some sort of noir effect. There is also a huge misuse of the depressing gloomy feel that is just distracting and takes away from the supposed "atmosphere" of this film.

The acting is NOT campy. It's just plain bad with two exceptions. The actors who played the young versions of our hero and his lady were quite good. They were not only well suited for each other with amazing chemistry displayed in just a few short scenes, but their performances were convincing and skilled. Samuel L. Jackson and the guy who played The Spirit on the other hand were just so bad it was painful. Especially Jackson. But he was just doing what he usually does in all films he is in... being so stiff and hammy and sounding like he is reading right off the page. Not my favorite actor, obviously.

I get the feeling I am supposed to worship this movie just because Frank Miller made it and, you know, he is all unique and nontraditional in his "vision" and all. Ya... he "pushes" the envelope to a level that only the truly initiated and sophisticated can "understand" what he is really up to here.

Nope, I did not like this film in the least, But not because I didn't "get it". Because it's just plain awful.





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