Sneak Peak: The Spirit the movie

Earlier today I attended an advance screening of the upcoming movie based on the comic books The Spirit by Will Eisner.

Lionsgate’s film, to be released on Christmas (December 25, 2008), was written and directed by another graphic novelist, Frank Miller, who is extremely familiar with graphic-novel-to-film adaptations (see 300, Sin City and Elektra).

While the legal document I signed states that I cannot review the film yet (expect to read that soon), here’s what I can tell you about the flick without any spoilers…