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Action, AdventureRelease Date :
December 25, 2008MPAA Rating :
PG-13Director :
Frank MillerStarring :
Gabriel Macht, Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johansson, Eva Mendes, Paz Vega, Sarah Paulson, Jaime King, Eric Balfour, Dan Lauria, Stana Katic, Johnny Simmons, Louis Lombardi, Meeghan Holaway
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Exclusive New Featurette for 'The Spirit' Released
December 26, 2008 03:12:30An exclusive new featurette for "The Spirit" has been released. The more-than-2-minute clip features a short introduction uttered by the film's director Frank Miller alongside female star Eva Mendes. And as the footage rolling on, it gives a glimpse on the behind the scenes of the action-adventure film in addition to description from Stu Maschwitz, who serves as the film's visual effects supervisor, about the filming process.
Speaking of "The Spirit" shooting, Maschwitz addresses such issues, as element and background, which are combined to create not only artistic but also satisfying scenes. He takes Mendes' swimming scene as an example, calling it strange technical exercise as the movie beauty doesn't do it in the water.
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VFX Featurette of 'The Spirit' Brought Forth
December 20, 2008 12:12:53A brand new featurette for "The Spirit" has been unraveled. Highlighting on the visual effects the movie has, the behind-the-scene video includes commentary from director Frank Miller, visual effect supervisor Stu Maschwitz and cast members, Samuel L. Jackson and Eva Mendes about how the movie comes to life with the help of the VFX.
While Miller and Maschwitz discuss on how the idea for the movie is materialized, Jackson and Mendes talk about their experiences shooting with the green screen. In it, Miller also explains on his vision of re-introducing color as an powerful element. The featurette also brings many footage, exposing the filming of some scenes and the final result of the scene after the visual effect is added.
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'The Spirit' Haunts Hollywood for L.A. Premiere
December 18, 2008 04:12:53With "The Spirit" theatrical debut coming closer each day, Lionsgate Films held a special screening event for the comic adaptation movie. Taking place at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood on Wednesday, December 17, the Los Angeles premiere was made merry with the attending of many A-listers.
In the evening, director Frank Miller and producer Deborah Del Prete were seen coming to the premiere. The two were joined by the star-studded cast, including Gabriel Macht, Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johansson, Eva Mendes, Jaime King, Paz Vega, Sarah Paulson, Stana Katic, Dan Lauria and Louis Lombardi.
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'The Spirit' Shares Five More Clips
December 16, 2008 11:12:05Lionsgate Films have presented a series of clips from their upcoming action adventure movie, "The Spirit". While four of them focus on the main character, The Spirit, one of them, the "Eye Candy" clip, displays interactions between the ladies. In it, Sand Saref and Silken Floss meet each other for an exchange. There, Saref warns Floss about Octopus after Floss explains why she joins him in the first place.
The other four clips are called "Common Criminal", "The Spirit vs. Octopus", "Hospital" and "The Alley Fight". The Spirit goes into Saref's room to arrest her in "Common Criminal". The next clip shows him facing Octopus' smoking guns, while another one presents Spirit romancing Ellen Dolan in an examination room. The last one displays the time he saves a lady from a group of thugs.
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Three Brand New TV Spots for 'The Spirit'
December 10, 2008 09:12:35More TV spots are coming out in the support of "The Spirit". Though each takes about 30 seconds to view, they promote the action fantasy movie from different angles. The first one, entitled "Angels and Demons", is focused on Sarah Paulson's Ellen Dolan and Eva Mendes' Sand Saref as they are described to be two completely opposite of one another, one represents purity while the other is identified with sin.
The second TV spot presents the conflicts between The Spirit and his foe, Octopus. Called "Believe", the promotional video also lets out many action sequences as well as a scene with seductive Silken Floss played by Scarlett Johansson. Meanwhile, the last TV spot named "Power" turns the attentions to the women in the movies. It is explained that the gorgeous ladies have thirst for power and a "thing" for The Spirit.
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Another Featurette and Three TV Spots for 'The Spirit' Found
December 02, 2008 04:12:24Lionsgate have brought forward a new featurette as well as three international television promo for Frank Miller-directed action fantasy, "The Spirit". Unlike the previous featurette which highlights on the women of The Spirit, this one brings into attention the place Spirit calls "My City", the Central City and many never-before-seen footage.
In the two minutes video compilation, Frank Miller reveals where the design of Central City actually comes from and visual effect supervisor Stu Maschwitz talks how the City helps the masked superhero in battling his enemies. Additionally, producer Deborah Del Prete and leading actor Gabriel Macht have shared what they know of the City which presents both present and past. Apart from the featurette, three new international TV spots can also be seen below.
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Get to Know the Women of 'The Spirit' in New Featurette
November 19, 2008 10:11:08Lionsgate Films have just come out with a new featurette for their forthcoming comic adaptation, "The Spirit". Focusing on each of the beautiful women in the life of the superhero, the featurette is hosted by director Frank Miller as he introduces the ladies, Sand Saref, Silken Floss, Lorelei, Plaster of Paris, Morgenstern and Dr. Ellen Dolan.
Apart from character description by Miller, the nearly three minutes video exhibits commentary from the actresses who play the characters in the film as well as fresh footage from the film. Eva Mendes, Scarlett Johansson, Jaime King, Paz Vega, Stana Katic and Sarah Paulson all take turn to talk about their individual characters, exposing what makes each character unique.
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Holiday Christmas Trailer of 'The Spirit' Hits
November 15, 2008 02:11:06Anticipating the Christmas Day release of "The Spirit", Lionsgate Films have released another trailer to the live-action adaptation of Will Eisner's comic strip. Extremely short with around half-a-minute viewing time, the new video footage describes how other characters see The Spirit. It also teases more never-before-seen footage from the film.
"Spirit" centers on a rookie cop by the name of Denny Colt. Returning from the dead, he poses as a masked hero seeking to sweep off criminals from Central City, including his foe, Octopus. Along the way, he meets a line of women seducing him out of his track for their own personal goals.
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A Slew of Fresh Photos From 'The Spirit' Unraveled
November 04, 2008 04:11:50In the latest update coming from "The Spirit", Movie Web have come out with twenty brand new images from the Will Eisner's adapted comic strip. Providing other takes on the film, the stills highlight mostly on the characters, including The Spirit, Octopus, Sand Saref, Ellen Dolan, Silken Floss and many others. Some of the pictures may have bring in some spoilers.
Meanwhile, director Frank Miller has recently talked about this action adventure movie to the Los Angeles Times. Through the interview, he shared about his take on the project, the technique he used, and what makes this film different from "Sin City" and "300".
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'The Spirit' New Featurette Gives Out the Origin of the Superhero
October 21, 2008 09:10:21A new featurette of "The Spirit" has arrived. The promotional video contains many footage from the comic book adaptation film as well as discussion on the movie and the two major characters with director/screenwriter Frank Miller. In it, Miller talks about the first time he gets to know about this Will Eisner's comic book and what Eisner has contributed to the American comic books.
The featurette called "The Origin of The Spirit" also sees Miller explaining the nature of Spirit before he becomes the superhero and what power he possesses after he mysteriously returns from death. He also speaks out about Spirit's foe, the Octopus. Aside from that, the 51-year-old director also reveals that he initially refused the idea to direct the movie branding it as "a suicide job", but soon enough he changed his mind and won't let anybody else lays hand on the project.
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Action-Packed Fresh Trailer From 'The Spirit'
September 27, 2008 08:09:19The second full trailer of Frank Miller's "The Spirit" has arrived. Posted firstly by Moviefone, it presents the footage that has been described by BadTaste.it awhile ago. Opened with the scene where Spirit leaps down from a high building to save a woman from criminals, it continues with Spirit's explanation about his being, stating that he is not a ghost but a living, breathing and moving man.
The video then kicks in giving background illustration about the situation in Central City and that Spirit's existence creates a mess in the criminal underworld making Silken Floss points out to Octopus that they have to do something about him. That leads to the brawl between the two titans as Octopus aims to kill Spirit while he can. The trailer also presents Sand Saref and the flashback highlighting on younger Denny Colt with the beauty.
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Description of 'The Spirit' New Trailer and Four Scenes
September 20, 2008 09:09:47BadTaste.it have got the chance to see a new trailer and several scenes from "The Spirit" which have been showed off when Frank Miller was in Rome to introduce the action adventure film. And, they have provided the written description on the footage noting that they hold never before seen scenes.
On the trailer, they started off writing that the footage begins with The Spirit voiceover followed by a clip where a woman helps Spirit and Scarlett Johansson's character saying, "we have to do something about Spirit." Then, there is a flashback showing younger Denny Colt with Sand Saref. The trailer tops with gunfight between police, Spirit and Octopus and ends with Spirit saying, "I'm on my way."
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A Slew of 'The Spirit' Fresh Pics Come Out
September 18, 2008 03:09:51A fresh supply of "The Spirit" images has been unraveled by Slash Film. Sent by the site's reader by the name of Christopher M, most of the pictures are a close-up look into individual character from The Spirit himself to Commissioner Dolan and female rookie cop Morgenstern. The collection of photos also let out for the first time a shot of what seems to be Plaster of Paris.
Apart from those characters, the pics also exhibit Octopus, Sand Saref and Dr. Ellen Dolan. Moreover, some of the pictures look like to be a cut from the film's scene, like the one in which Ellen and Spirit are buttoning up their clothes when the commissioner walks into the examination room, and the other one where Spirit is tied up in a chair while the scantily clad Paris is swinging her blade toward him with full force.
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'The Spirit' Detailed Plot Exposed
August 28, 2008 04:08:50Following an advance screening of "The Spirit", much more detailed plotline of the Will Eisner's newspaper strip adaptation has been unearthed. Though noting that some of the scenes he has seen may undergo some changes for the final cut, a reader named VoicesOffCamera revealed to AICN that the story will be taking off after The Octopus' attempt to steal two mysterious cases.
Aided with the help of Silken Floss and three Louis Lombardi's, Octopus manages to get his hands on one of the cases, but loses the other to Sand Saref following a confrontation that leaves a cop nearly dead. While everybody is blaming Saref for the cop's condition, Spirit, who has past connection with Saref, thinks otherwise when he finds her locket in the cop's grips.
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Another Clip of 'The Spirit' From 2008 San Diego Comic Con Outed
August 13, 2008 11:08:27Beside being a crime fighter, it seems that one other trait possessed by "The Spirit" is his ability as a womanizer. In this leaked out clip entitled "Bastard", viewers are presented with how he seduces the police commissioner's daughter, Dr. Ellen Dolan, in the examining room. But, then when the commissioner comes in with a female rookie cop, he quickly turns his attention to her.
Similar to the "When Titans Clash" clip, this clip was also presented at the 2008 San Diego Comic Con during the panel presentation of the forthcoming Frank Miller's adaptation film. Displaying the comical side of the action film, it was the one that was shown right before the footage of the brawl between Spirit and Octopus was screened.
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'The Spirit' Clip Leaked, Exposing the Clash Between Spirit and Octopus
August 12, 2008 03:08:24When "The Spirit" panel hits the 2008 San Diego Comic Con in late July, director/screenwriter Frank Miller brought forward a batch of footages letting fans to get sneak peek into the film. Now, one of the videos shown there entitled "When Titans Clash" has leaked out.
The clip highlights on the brawl between the hero, the Spirit, and his archenemy, Octopus, in what seems to be a swamp. It takes off when Gabriel Macht's heroic character surfacing out of the swamp's water, but before he can fully emerge from the water, Octopus hit him again and again with a severed head. Then, Spirit takes a wrench and smack Octopus. The fight scene is pretty much hilarious with the two trying to knock down the other with any means they find.
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The First Poster From The Spirit Art School Program
July 30, 2008 11:07:06The first poster in a series from The Spirit Art School Program finally is released. Partnering with nine prestigious arts schools nationwide and presenting nine student-designed advertising campaigns for the movie, Lionsgate will unveil the campaigns throughout the summer in the individual cities that are home to the nine schools.
The Spirit Art School Program was launched this past weekend at the annual Comic-Con convention in San Diego, where The Art Institute of California-San Diego introduced its campaign. "We are very excited and proud to be partnering with these nine superb arts educators on this innovative program," said Greenberg and Palen, Lionsgate Co-Presidents of Theatrical Marketing.
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Alluring Trailer of 'The Spirit' Arrives
July 15, 2008 10:07:28Not long after the release of "The Spirit" teaser trailer, the seductive ladies in the upcoming Will Eisner's comic strips adaptation have been introduced through the film's character posters. Yet, the posters didn't unveil much about each character. Now, fans can get in touch with each of the attractive women through the film's trailer.
The compilation of clips focuses on the relationship between the masked crime-fighter and the seductive women around him, especially with Sand Saref, Ellen Dolan, Lorelei and Silken Floss. Through it, fans and viewers alike can see how these ladies who have different motives in mind seduce The Spirit with their beauty and personality. From this trailer, fans can also get a real glimpse into 'The Octopus'.
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'The Spirit' Ladies Talk Through New Posters
June 23, 2008 02:06:06Fans have gotten their share of seeing Eva Mendes and Scarlett Johansson portraying their parts in the upcoming "The Spirit" through the character posters released earlier. Still, besides the two of them, there are other beauties taking parts in the adaptation movie, including Sarah Paulson and Jaime King. Now, fans can get a glimpse to the two latter actresses as Dr. Ellen Dolan and Lorelei Rox through the newly released character posters with a special feature included.
In support for the promotional campaign for the adaptation film, Yahoo Movies have presented fans with a full quintuplet poster set of "Spirit" femme fatales. And, to make things even more interesting, each of the posters has something to say based on the letters written on the girls' cheek, such as "Do I look like a good girl?" by Mendes as Sand Saref, "On your knees then..." by Johansson as Silken Floss, "Come to me...Lover." by King as Lorelei or "Keep the mask on..." by Paulson as Ellen Dolan. What fans need to do is to move the their mouse over each of the character poster and the lines will be spoken out loud for them.
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'The Spirit' Sweepstakes Coming to a Close in Two Days
June 12, 2008 10:06:06Fans of Will Eisner's comic book series about a masked vigilante fighting crime known simply as "The Spirit" have been given the chance to get a glimpse to the movie adaptation through the release of its teaser trailer. They have been given thorough explanation about the modification has to be done for the film by Frank Miller, the filmmaker himself. And since April 21, they have been offered a chance to win a trip to Comic Con San Diego to see exclusive content of "Spirit". Now, the contest is nearing to its final closing hour.
The entry period of the "I'm on My Way" sweepstakes that has become a part of the action movie promotional effort will ends in less than two days on June 13, 2008 at 11:59 P.M. ET. Hence, for those who still wish to take participation in the contest should grab "The Spirit" trailer widget, "The Spidget" which is posted below or on the movie's official Widget page as soon as possible.
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Frank Miller Addressing 'The Spirit' Untraditional Look
May 31, 2008 10:05:36Since the image of the leading character in Frank Miller's "The Spirit" hits the net, people, especially the comic book fans, have been buzzing about the crime fighter character's new look. Many discussed about their concerns over its close resemblance to "Sin City" and not so few have argued over the abandoning of the traditional blue outfit used by the main character. Recently, Miller came out with the explanation over the red and black appearance of The Spirit.
In his latest entry on the official blog for the noir-like movie which has been exclusively obtained by Superhero Hype!, the director/scribbler address the fans' concerns giving out the creative consideration behind the making of Will Eisner's comic book adaptation movie. He also thoroughly discusses the reason why he chose to go with the red and black costume instead of the traditional blue hat, mask, and jacket.
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Release Date for Frank Miller's 'The Spirit' Pushed Forward
May 07, 2008 11:05:59Frank Miller's fans do not have to wait any longer to see the latest project from the creator of "Sin City" on the big screen as latest report concerning "The Spirit" has come out with a great news. The action adventure film adapted from Will Eisner's newspaper strip of the same title will be heading to theaters across the country faster than its original plan.
On Tuesday, May 6, it was announced that the release date of the movie directed and scripted by Miller has been moved up from January 16, 2009 to December 25, 2008 by Lions Gate Films. With the new screening schedule, the film will now be up against Walt Disney Pictures' adventure comedy "Bedtime Story", which is starred by Adam Sandler and Keri Russell, and Fox 2000 Pictures' comedy "Marley & Me" featuring Owen Wilson and Jennifer Aniston.
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Frank Miller's 'The Spirit' Got Teaser Trailer
April 21, 2008 11:04:16The teaser trailer to "The Spirit", the action adventure film by the widely recognized comic creator Frank Miller, has hit the cyber world. Following the release of its poster earlier, the one-minute length footage has reportedly been released by Lions Gate Films and was posted firstly by MTV Movies Blog.
Taking the noir's tone of "Sin City", the compilation of clips exposes the footage in black and white with the contrast color of red. Opened with a shot of a band of cats wandering in and out a circling light, the teaser continues by showing a man wearing only a pair of shorts walks through the spotlight. Then, it is shown that he receives a phone call and quickly put on his shirt and red tie. He then wears his long coat and hat, before seen running on a wire connecting buildings' rooftop.
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Official Site for The Spirit Gets an Update
November 08, 2007 12:11:33A big update has been made on the official site for Lionsgate Films' "The Spirit", making it more than a mere splash page now.
There you can view a video greeting from director-writer Frank Miller, in which he praises the original comic strip creator Will Eisner while encouraging fans to keep an eye on the site for future updates about the project.
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Paz Vega and Jaime King Added into The Spirit Cast
October 08, 2007 01:10:22There will be many beauty faces to look at in "The Spirit", this is for sure. Following the inclusion of Scarlett Johansson and Eva Mendes, filmmakers of the project have smoothly added two more female names into the cast, which turn out to be Paz Vega and Jaime King.
Vega is reported to play the knife-wielding Plaster of Paris while King fills in the role of a phantom siren named Lorelei Rox. Leading the lineup is New York-born actor Gabriel Macht as the titular character aka Denny Colt, who fakes his own death and fights crime from the shadows of Central City.
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Eva Mendes Joins the Starry Cast of The Spirit
August 22, 2007 02:08:24Going from one comic-book adaptation to another, "Ghost Rider" star Eva Mendes has secured a starring role in "The Spirit", Lionsgate Films' big screen version of the fictional American masked crime-fighter created by writer-artist Will Eisner.
Becoming the second female name after Scarlett Johansson to board the project, it is still unclear, however, what role Mendes is billed to play, but production has been confirmed to start October this year at Albuquerque Studios in New Mexico. Frank Miller will direct from his own script with Deborah Del Prete, Gigi Pritzker, and Michael Uslan all producing.
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Lionsgate Taps Gabriel Macht to Be The Spirit Lead
August 03, 2007 04:08:04Finally the search for male lead in "The Spirit" is concluded now that Lionsgate Films and director Frank Miller have found the appropriate one to assume the role, who turns out to be Gabriel Macht, fresh from Michael Lehmann-directed "Because I Said So."
Macht will then assume the role of the titular character, described as a man who has faked his own death so he can battle crime from the shadows of Central City. The Bronx-born actor landed the part after making his way to impress the filmmakers in the audition for the flick, which Miller insisted to carry out in looking for actor to play the role.
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Lionsgate Summons "The Spirit"
May 18, 2007 11:05:36Seems this one could be a project worth to be wait for to come.
Variety has brought in reports informing that Lionsgate has secured domestic and U.K. distribution rights to "The Spirit" and appointed Frank Miller to direct it from the screenplay he himself wrote.
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Reader's Reviews
i need know....the spirit's sondtrack, help me.....PLEASE
posted by Carlos Nolte on Aug 30, 2008
waaaaa the soundtrack is so cool i need to know the name of the song please!
posted by frineeeeet(: on Dec 03, 2008The song title...as you should know is the classic Christmas song 'Carol of the Bells'. This blissfully metal recreation of the song was made by the band 'August Burns Red'
posted by MetalGod86 on Dec 05, 2008does anyone know who did this version of "little drummer boy" ?
posted by owl on Dec 11, 2008The almost did it I am guessing
posted by lateToBeEarly on Dec 15, 2008Does anyone have a complete list of artists/songs on the soundtrack?
posted by HB on Dec 16, 2008I need to know the name of the song of Christina Aguilera that appears at the end of the movie, on the credits.
posted by da.v on Dec 19, 2008Is there a way to get the tracklist for this movie's soundtrack? I heard that a brand new Christina Aguilera song is being featured and I need to know if that's true.
posted by Dee on Dec 20, 2008Yeah I need to know if this rumor about Christina doing the soundtrack is true! Help plz!
posted by Xtinaholic on Dec 20, 2008i need that christina aguilera song now!! <3
posted by h.p on Dec 20, 2008Christina's song is falling in love again
posted by mej on Dec 20, 2008yeh us over at livedaily need to know about "falling in love again" by Legendtina
posted by blonde on Dec 21, 2008christina in "falling in love??o.O
posted by Shery on Dec 22, 2008yes falling in love, yhx
posted by da.v on Dec 23, 2008We want to know all about soundtrack!! xD
posted by WTF on Dec 24, 2008where are the soundtracks?????? I want christina's song!
posted by stex on Dec 27, 2008
very boring no humour and not one bit of action
posted by t on Jan 03, 2009i dont care what anyone else says, this movie is not supposed to be some epic masterpiece -- it is made after a graphic novel and i thought it was awesome. campy humor and just a good time, i loved it.
posted by bgriff on Jan 17, 2009Does not include the end title song "Falling in Love Again" by Christin Aguiler, which was the only good thing about the movie.
posted by dcletcher on Jan 17, 2009
where can i download this soundtrack free?
posted by Leztat on Jan 21, 2009i want the song of the trailer!!!!
posted by :P on Jan 25, 2009The Best DVD this year
posted by The Spirit on Feb 06, 2009i love ti
posted by slow mo on Feb 09, 2009The film was terrible! It had no plot, it was not funny, the action scenes were stupid - they were filming the shadows of a fight next to some dustbins and when it retured to the scene the fight was over. The plot is really hard to follow and who is that random wolman telling us that the end is near? Why is the octopus wearing a nazi uniform!? I hate the terrible acting from the spirit and those silly clone things (why did they not clone someone cleverer!!). The film is way too chessy and actually offended me slightly - it was also incredibly boring and there was no plot at all. Shocking.
posted by OrangTree on Feb 12, 2009it's pretty good
posted by jazzy on Feb 17, 2009Anyone know the song in the ending credit?
posted by need411 on Feb 20, 2009I love it...movie is great
posted by mimithequeen on Mar 02, 2009Are all the soundtrack songs by David Newman ??
posted by :-) on Apr 02, 2009Teh Best of the best of the best
posted by 18 on Jun 24, 2009Just wannna know the romantic music, what's the name of it, pliz
posted by Someone on Jul 25, 2009Boring!! this movie was so bad that I couldn't believe is was directed by Frank Miller. What happened?! the humour was stupid, the ''action scenes'' were boring, the guy that played the spirit was bad, I'm a 100% sure that the comic books must be so much better. bad bad bad! waste of time and money.
posted by Twisted Mary on Jul 30, 2009august burns red: calor of bells. thank you ive been trying to find that song. i thought it was by the Trans-siberian orchestra.
posted by GEAR-MO on Nov 16, 2009