![]() ![]() ![]() In many ways, The Spirit plays like a parody of the work of Frank Miller, where it seems to want the audience to laugh at how absurd it is for the protagonist to overtly sexualize a city, yet the entire thing is played straight showcasing that by 2008, the writer was losing his touch. Related: Best Movies Based on Frank Miller Comics, Ranked The Spirit is filled with many hallmarks of Miller's style, from the overly done noir dialogue to the poverty and sexualization of female characters that either fall into one side of the Madonna-whore complex. By the 2000s he was known for poorly received comics like The Dark Knight Strikes Again, All-Star Batman and Robin, and the critically reviled and Islamophobic graphic novel Holy Terror. Long gone were the days of his critically acclaimed Elektra Saga storyline or his work on Batman in The Dark Knight Returns and Batman: Year One. While Frank Miller is a famous comic book writer and artist, by the time The Spirit was released his comic book career was in a point of decline. If The Spirit was so important to Miller, he should have done a few smaller pictures to get a better handle on a movie of this scale. The Spirit often looks like the work of a first-time director, who is trying to figure out how to make the movie as he goes. Related: The Earliest Superheroes: Should They Be Rebooted?The use of the CGI backdrops that brought his adaptation of 300 and Sin City to life was supposed to help him, giving him greater control over the look of the film and helping keep the budget down, but his inexperience as a director shows through in how he handled it, and Robert Rodriguez's style and flare for action are certainly missing from The Spirit. ![]() While he did co-direct Sin City with Robert Rodriguez, it is unknown how much each man actually contributed to the finished product. Miller is a renowned comic book writer and artist, but his Hollywood history was certainly not glowing as his two screenwriting credits were RoboCop 2 and RoboCop 3. One of the first major missteps is the fact that the movie is directed by Frank Miller, in his first full director debut. ![]()
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