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the spirit( a frank miller movie presented by wil eisner)

post #1 of 10
4/11/08 at 8:07pm
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noirish, superhero movie based a will eisner comic adapted and directed by frank miller.

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post #2 of 10
4/11/08 at 9:14pm
The Spirit is basically a guy in a hat and suit that punches people a lot, dunno if they can make a compelling movie about that.
Sadly, I'm old enough to remember the late 80's Spirit tv movie that starred Flash Gordon's Sam J Jones and a pre DS9 Nana Visitor.
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post #3 of 10
4/12/08 at 10:00am
FYI: There's an homage to "The Spirit" character in all places, The Flash 1990 live action TV series.
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post #4 of 10
8/24/08 at 6:12pm
Here's the trailer. Looks very Sin City like:

http://www.apple.com/trailers/lions_gate/thespirit/
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post #5 of 10
8/25/08 at 1:56pm
Well, Frank did create SIN CITY and that movie was shot in the mold of his classic comic book, so this is kind of to be expected.

Expect more and more R rated films to be shot like SIN CITY and 300 because studios are flat out refusing to spend big bucks on those flicks these days. The blue screen way is much cheaper than building sets on location.
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post #6 of 10
8/26/08 at 7:15am
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Expect more and more R rated films to be shot like SIN CITY and 300 because studios are flat out refusing to spend big bucks on those flicks these days. The blue screen way is much cheaper than building sets on location.

Is CGI really cost-effective? I'd think for a lot of things it would be cheaper to shoot on a real location than to have to fully 3D animate an environment.
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post #7 of 10
8/26/08 at 7:30am
Building sets on a stage is less expensive than building sets on location, while CGI is less expensive than building sets on a stage. More and more studios are pushing films to be shot in this manner because of cost. CLASH OF THE TITANS will be shot ala 300. What would cost 175 million is instead shot for 100 million. A huge savings. The backgrounds can be stylized (not realistic) and they get away with it because it's "the look" of the film.

Personally, I don't like this. If a film truly fits that mold, as with SIN CITY or 300, then OK. But the idea of more and more films being shot green screen is unsettling to me.
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post #8 of 10
8/28/08 at 9:12pm
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Building sets on a stage is less expensive than building sets on location, while CGI is less expensive than building sets on a stage. More and more studios are pushing films to be shot in this manner because of cost. CLASH OF THE TITANS will be shot ala 300. What would cost 175 million is instead shot for 100 million. A huge savings. The backgrounds can be stylized (not realistic) and they get away with it because it's "the look" of the film.

Personally, I don't like this. If a film truly fits that mold, as with SIN CITY or 300, then OK. But the idea of more and more films being shot green screen is unsettling to me.


I don't like the idea of live actors on green screen, but I wouldn't mind seeing more animated work similar to those two you mention.
I'd like to see Miller involved in more "R" rated versions of his Daredevil story involving the death of Electra by Bullseye. (and end it with that scene)
OR Batman, Killing Joke...in a couple years.Watchmen should be interesting.
All that said, special effects movies are going to be shot using allot of green sceen...it's a matter of dollars and cents.
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post #9 of 10
8/29/08 at 9:47am
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Building sets on a stage is less expensive than building sets on location, while CGI is less expensive than building sets on a stage.

It's funny how the filmmaking art has changed over the years. In the bonus features on The Fugitive, the producer talks about how he had planned to shoot the train crash using miniatures and VFX, but found it much cheaper to just crash a real train, so that's what they did instead.
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post #10 of 10
8/29/08 at 12:40pm
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It's funny how the filmmaking art has changed over the years. In the bonus features on The Fugitive, the producer talks about how he had planned to shoot the train crash using miniatures and VFX, but found it much cheaper to just crash a real train, so that's what they did instead.

Around my hometown, it still would be cheaper to use the real thing.

The local railroad is strapped for cash and has a lot of rolling stock and engines sitting idle collecting rust.
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