OH FRANK MILLER NO!

[yendi]

The final trailer for Frank Miller's Whooooooores The Spirit is out, and it looks gloriously, astoundingly awful.

Like, maybe the worst thing ever.

I can't even recall acting as bad as Gabriel Macht's. It's like Patrick Warburton's version of The Tick, only without the irony or good cheer.

The movie will look pretty, of course, but oh dear lord, it will blow.

I've watched it four times now, and I can't stop giggling. At all the wrong parts.

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Congratulations, Frank!

[stevietee.livejournal.com]

*DING*

Level Up!

+2 Career-Destroyer

You have achieved Mel Gibson level!

Only 7 more points until you reach Orson Scott Card level!

Re: Congratulations, Frank!

[yendi]

In fairness, the movie will make money (I mean, Scarlet and Eva being sexy will bring in fanboys, and the movie looks pretty, and there are people like me who might see it just to mock it, and irony never shows up when receipts are counted). And a failed movie director probably reaches more people than a successful comic writer. Also, once you're in Hollywood, people throw checks at you no matter what you do (see Seltzer and Friedberg).

Creatively, though, he's long past the point of being bankrupt. Pretty much Level 10, where no one takes you seriously anymore.

Re: Congratulations, Frank!

[stevietee.livejournal.com]

It's hard to believe this is the same guy who wrote all those great Batman and Daredevil stories in the 80s!

And having Batgirl saying "Fuck" and "Cunt" in All-Star Batman & Robin certainly didn't improve his creative standing.

Re: Congratulations, Frank!

[yendi]

Having reread a lot of his older work, I'd modify that first sentence to read, "all those great Daredevil and decent but overrated Batman stories in the '80s."

[pixelfish.livejournal.com]

What Frank should do is insert the dialogue with screen cards the way they did before we had sound. It could hardly be any worse.

[yendi]

This is Frank Miller we're talking about here. It could always be worse.

[matociquala.livejournal.com]

Frank Miller is not getting any more of my money ever.

[yendi]

He hasn't gotten any of mine since the unreadable The Dark Knight Returns Again fiasco.

That said, if a copy of this ends up on my computer via some strange bittorrent error, I'm damned well going to spend time scoffing at it. It deserves to be pointed at and mocked.

[modpixie.livejournal.com]

and yet, it's still not the worst movie sam-ell has been in this year.

[yendi]

Clone Wars or Jumper?

Keeping track of the bad scripts he chooses is nearly impossible -- he's like Connery was in the '80s (or Caine in the late '80s/early '90s).

[modpixie.livejournal.com]

i have two words for you, friend. just two.

lakeview terrace.

[lokilokust.livejournal.com]

i'm willing to bet that this may actually be worse.

[yendi]

Oh, wait. Lakeview Terrace. Duh. Man, it's a banner year for him.

[modpixie.livejournal.com]

oh, how the mighty have fallen.

my boyfriend pointed out that sam took one look at neil bigbootay's girth and thought "well, at least the craft service table will be good."

[yendi]

Not sure the mighty have really fallen. I mean, Black Snake Moan was two years ago. SWAT and Basic were five years ago. And The 51st State and Shaft were at the beginning of the decade. I think we just collectively forget his missteps and remember the cool cameos in Iron Man and the like.

[shadesong.livejournal.com]

Speaking of Frank Miller's Whooores, didja see my WTD today?

[yendi]

*kiss* I did; that's why the whole OJRN thing was in my head. :-)

[voltbang.livejournal.com]

Hmm, I'm seeing a collaborative work, Frank Miller and John Ringo, together like you've never seen them!

Except, John knows when he is veering off into the land of the terrible, and is actively ashamed of it. Not so ashamed he won't cash the check, but ashamed.

[unwilly.livejournal.com]

He's the goddamn Spirit!

[hangingfire.livejournal.com]

Damn.

I think I just got stupider watching that from the brain-cell death it induced.

[badlittlemonkey.livejournal.com]

That's... I'm... but... that's... I just...

wow.

Nice to see that my hopes that the Spirit-Octopus showdown which was "leaked" awhile back wasn't just something to throw off the scent. It really, really will be that bad.

[chebutykin.livejournal.com]

I have a terrible feeling that I'll have to sit through this at the Butt-Numb-a-Thon film festival this year. (The release date is only two weeks after the festival, and a certain Mr. Harry Knowles is actually anxious to see the film.) DAMMIT!

At least I won't have to pay to see it.

Then again, I'm pretty sure that I won't be paid to see it, so I suspect I will still lose.

[rowancat.livejournal.com]

It's commendable you restrained yourself to only watching it four times ;p

I saw Jumpers, one of the few films i watched online.
It was free but that's a couple of hours i'll never get back.

[sir-alf.livejournal.com]

1)I only watched half the trailer. I don't like watching trailers as they kill movies for me.
2)I have no attachment to the character The Spirit. I didn't even know if he had superpowers or not until I read his wiki entry.

I don't see a problem with this. I don't know that I'm thinking anyone deserves an Oscar nod or anything, but I fail to see what makes this the worst acting ever. I'm not seeing what makes this a bad movie.

And for the love of God, if it's so bloody bad, why are you advertising it? You've got nothing better to do than watch something you dislike 4 times? Jesus. Go take a pottery class or something.

You don't like the movie trailer. You think it's a travesty. We get it. Now can you say something positive about something else?