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Frank Millers campy, tedious version of the pulp hero
Will Eisners The Spirit debuted in 1940 and was obviously influenced by The Shadow, Dick Tracy and, especially, Batman. Shot in late 2007, this movie version of the character is decidedly Millers rendition wherein he meshes Eisners hero with Sin City, which turned off purists of the comic. Yet film versions of heroes from comics and other mediums (radio, literature) are always alternative renditions.
For instance, John Milius Conan the Barbarian with Schwarzenegger is similar to Robert E. Howards sword & sorcery hero and features bits taken from several of the stories, but it definitely deviates from REHs yarns. Or take the movies Batman & Robin and Batman Begins, which are b...