Will Eisner's strip via Frank Miller = a sillier Sin City. A stylish if empty Motion Comic; don't take it seriously. 2/10.

This movie is worse than 9/11.

Turned it off after 5 minutes. Utter shite.

Think Dick Tracy in Sin City and imagine it sucks and you're halfway to how bad The Spirit is. The Spirit had so much going for it: a classic source material, a good cast, and Frank Miller (who's given us some of the best Batman and Daredevil comics). However, the film is cobbled together from tired, old clichés and some truly wooden and awful acting. Sam Jackson overacts like it's his last chance to do so, Scarlet Johansson reads her lines like it's the first time she's seeing them, and Macht is painfully bland in the lead. Yet, the film really does look spectacular; each frame is full of comic book noir beauty. Too bad the rest of the film is cringe-worthy.

Actually walked out on this the first time I tried to watch it, right about the scene where The Spirit starts narrating the events of a scene we just watched five minutes ago, but given the reputation, and the fact that me and the Skype crew are always looking for something new to riff on. As a group, we've survived the full movie once, and haven't ever gone back, which is telling; although writing this now, I'm tempted to revisit. But it is bad. So bad. A few of the visual flourishes are striking, and a few of the scenes with baddie Samuel L. Jackson are insane enough to generate their own weird energy, but by large, Miller's complete inability to tell cinematic stories makes this well-night unwatchable--tedious, turgid, and unenjoyably sleazy.

Will Eisner's strip via Frank Miller = a sillier Sin City. A stylish if empty Motion Comic; don't take it seriously. 2/10.

Think Dick Tracy in Sin City and imagine it sucks and you're halfway to how bad The Spirit is. The Spirit had so much going for it: a classic source material, a good cast, and Frank Miller (who's given us some of the best Batman and Daredevil comics). However, the film is cobbled together from tired, old clichés and some truly wooden and awful acting. Sam Jackson overacts like it's his last chance to do so, Scarlet Johansson reads her lines like it's the first time she's seeing them, and Macht is painfully bland in the lead. Yet, the film really does look spectacular; each frame is full of comic book noir beauty. Too bad the rest of the film is cringe-worthy.

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Can't say I was expecting this.

Doesn't it seem strange that 3 years after directing what is arguably (truthfully) the best "comic book" movie of all time, Miller would direct a parody of the genre? Parodies are cool, of course, but this one isn't particularly noteworthy—it's funny, but not very, and from the looks of it I would venture to guess that the source material wasn't 100% a parody itself. I'm not going to go all in-depth because frankly there isn't much depth to explore, but if you do choose to watch this, make sure you're not expecting something amazing like I was at the start. Also, watch more than 10 minutes because it kind of picks up.

Interesting visuals. The actors do their best with what they're given. But the dialogue and structure, while fine on a newspaper page, don't quite work on film. Not the absolute disaster I expected, but still a misfire. It could have been considered unique, if it weren't for Sin City.

Stop making movies Frank Miller and go back to comics, cause thats what you actually good at....... or you used to be...... at some point...... erm...

STOP MAKING MOVIES FRANK MILLER!

I have no words

Max Payne meets Sin City. Seems more like Max Payne though in its boringness. One star comes from Jackson's occasional witty lines. Some are lame though, so the other is for the women.