Source: dc.wikia.com
4. The Spirit
Frank Miller. What a smart, talented creator. And he totally didn’t suddenly become incredibly bad right around the turn of the millennium.
Nope, nothing about his post-2000 work would cause anyone to worry about his ability as a writer and and director. Not at all. He adapted Will Eisner’s genre-defining comic book to film in a completely respectful manner.
No, Miller’s stylization isn’t obnoxious at all. The type of griminess that worked for Sin City is definitely also perfect for The Spirit, who isn’t a totally different kind of character or anything like that. The actors are all fully three-dimensional, and they’re very deep in terms of the characters they play.
Oh, and that scene in which Samuel L. Jackson shows up in full Nazi gear is totally necessary. It most definitely couldn’t be confused with Miller playing out a fetish in front of a paying audience. Nope. Not at all.
