Comics superstar turned director Frank Miller is bringing The Spirit to movie theaters this December.  My initial impression was that Frank Miller based the film, The Spirit on his graphic novel – later did I realize it was being adapted from a graphic novel by Will Eisner.  After leafing through the deceased writers work, I was baffled to see it be stripped down so carelessly in the upcoming film.  Miller has taken Eisner’s boy in blue and revamped him into something of a superhero, which he most definitely isn’t.  The masked vigilante detective is just a regular tough guy with a sense of justice and one hell of a lucky streak.  Luckily for Miller, he has a near free-reign on The Spirit adaptation.

By the looks of the movie clip on Mike’s post, the film’s action sequence seems to take on the humor of the originals, but the official movie trailers seem otherwise.  They’re so similar to Sin City (a no-brainer considering Frank Miller directed this film as well), and though visually stunning, they are alien to the originals.  I can’t imagine this adaptation will do the comics justice.  Will Eisner must be turning in his grave as we speak.

Though not all is dark and dismal in Central City…

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Zack Snyder, the man behind 300 and the Dawn of the Dead remake has without a doubt wooed audiences with his cinematic prowess, truly a director worth watching.  However, when ambition overrides common sense in the world of film, it can only lead to disaster and humiliation.  The film in mind is none other than Alan Moore’s groundbreaking graphic novel, Watchmen.  First images of Snyder’s ‘vision’ appeared online late last year and captivated Watchmen devotees everywhere – even so, disapproval was not uncommon, and rightfully so.

Then this past month came the trailer of the film, that’s when things started to get interesting…

I’ll admit, initial views of the trailer were orgasmic – at the time, I had only read bits and pieces of the graphic novel, in itself, a bad way to go.  I had reveled over movie scenes mimicking unforgettable splash panels, actors identical to their graphic novel counterparts, and visuals that fail to displease the eyes – the adaptation to end all adaptations.

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