The Spirit is a disaster. It’s a complete disaster. But sometimes, it’s a wonderful one.
Frank Miller can’t write a movie, he can’t plot a movie–arguably, with the exception of his straight-on shots, he can sort of direct one–but it doesn’t matter. There’s no good reason anyone should have given Miller any kind of budget or […]
Entries Tagged as 'Frank Miller'
The Spirit (2008, Frank Miller)
April 25th, 2009 · No Comments
Tagged: Frank Miller· Lions Gate Films· Scarlett Johansson· Will Eisner· ⓏⒺⓇⓄ
Robocop 2 (1990, Irvin Kershner)
November 5th, 2007 · 1 Comment
I remember in 1991, when I was visiting a friend and he showed me the Robocop movies (there were only two at the time, of course)–I’m tempted to go on a tangent about when one could still show someone movies… you kind of lose that opportunity with adulthood, then you just get to recommend. Anyway, […]
Tagged: Edward Neumeier· Frank Miller· Irvin Kershner· Michael Miner· Orion Pictures· Peter Weller· Walon Green· ★
Sin City (2005, Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez), the extended version
January 13th, 2006 · 1 Comment
When Sin City came out in the theater, three people told me to go see it. One of them had an opinion of film I respect, one had an opinion of it I–at the time–had no argument with, and one had an opinion I most definitely did not respect. But I’d read interviews with Robert […]
Tagged: Benicio Del Toro· Bruce Willis· Dimension Films· Frank Miller· Josh Hartnett· Michael Madsen· Mickey Rourke· Quentin Tarantino· Robert Rodriguez· Rosario Dawson· ★½
Batman Begins (2005, Christopher Nolan)
June 19th, 2005 · 6 Comments
Well, now, I’m surprised. Batman Begins is not terrible.
It’s not good either. Not good at all. It has damning faults in three areas, and since this film is the first critically praised one I’ve thrashed–at least the first critically praised one currently still in the theaters–this post is going to be a little more “formal” […]
Tagged: Bob Kane· Christopher Nolan· Cillian Murphy· David S. Goyer· Frank Miller· Gary Oldman· Michael Caine· Morgan Freeman· Tom Wilkinson· Warner Bros.· ⓏⒺⓇⓄ



